Nikhil P. Desai

Mr. Nikhil P.
Desai is a Co-Founder & Co-Chief Investment Officer at Karma Capital Advisors Pvt Ltd.
is professional experience spans over 29 years with over 21 years in the field of Portfolio Management and Research in Listed Equities across several market cycles.
At KCA, he is the Portfolio Manager besides contributing to the overall corporate management.
Mr. Desai started on a full-time career in the Investment Management field in 1993 when he joined as a buy-side equity analyst at ASK Raymond James Securities.
Five years later, initially, as an assistant to the Portfolio Manager and then as a Portfolio Manager, he went on to manage discretionary equity assets of domestic high net worth and offshore investors at ASK Raymond James.
In 2003, he joined ABN AMRO Bank’s Private Banking division as Head of its Equity Assets business.
At ABN, he was responsible for formulating the equity investment strategy and managing segregated equity assets of very high net worth investors.
He also played a key role in setting asset allocation strategies and integrating the portfolio management and asset allocation processes in India to the best practices followed globally by ABN AMRO Bank NV.
Mr. Desai graduated at the top of his MBA class at Virginia Tech where he was awarded honors for scholastic achievement, and he received a Bachelor in Commerce Degree from the University of Mumbai (Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics).