Our Team
About the Team
Ashok Jain
Director & Mentor
Total Work Experience: 40 years
Current Venture: Chairman, Director, Principal Founder and Promoter, Arihant Capital Markets Limited.
Under his foresightedness and inspiring leadership, Arihant has grown from its modest beginnings to a diversified financial conglomerate having presence pan India
Arpit Agrawal
Co-Founder and CIO
Arpit holds a CA degree and has an experience of 23 years. He has worked as a Fund Manager and was a portfolio manager with Barclays securities and has worked with Systematics Securities PMS as CIO. He was also a Co-founder and Fund Manager at Tamohara Investment Managers. He Co-Founded Electrum Portfolio Managers in 2020 and is the CIO at Electrum.
Poonam Narang
Co-Founder
(29-08-1980 to 10-03-2024)
Poonam had 17 years of experience as a Private Banker and was managing UHNI, HNI families and Corporate Treasuries. She had worked with institutions like HSBC, Development Bank of Singapore- DBS, Deutsche Bank and JM Financial. Poonam was an MBA Finance from Mumbai University.
Arpit Jain
Co-Founder
Arpit Jain has 12 years of experience in Capital Markets. He is Joint MD at Arihant Capital Markets Limited, a renowned financial services company ranked in Forbes Asia’s under a Billion Dollars list. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a commerce graduate from Mumbai University. He is an IDC Excellence Asia Pacific Awards recipient.
Rakesh Garg
CEO & Compliance Officer
Qualification: Fellow Member of Institute of Company Secretaries, LLB, M.Com
Total Work Experience: 30 years
Past Organization: Held various positions of COO, CFO, CTO & Company Secretary in Edelweiss, National Bulk Handling Corp. (MCX), IDBI Capital Markets & Arihant Capital Markets
Expertise: Legal, Business Development, Operations, Compliance and Technology
Romil Jain
Deputy CIO
Qualification: CFA (USA), CA, Commerce Graduate from HR College, Mumbai
Total Work Experience: 14 years in Fund Management and Equity Research
Past Organization: Quantum Advisors, JM Financial PMS and Systematix PMS
Recent Role: Managed money for offshore clients like foundations and pension funds
Sudhanshu Asthana
Chief Business Officer and Fund Manager
Qualification: PGDIM from NMIMS, MA, Economics
Total Work Experience: 25 years
Past Experience: Held positions of Fund Manager, Senior Fund Manager at organisations such as SBI Asset Management, Axis Asset Management, CEO & CIO, Co-founder at Tamohara Investment Managers.
Other Team Members
Khush Nahar
Research Analyst
Khush has 3 years of experience in Equity Research at Electrum, covering multiple sectors like Auto ancillary, Defence & Railways, Capital Goods. By qualification, he is a C.A. and has cleared CFA Level 3.
Richa Chowdhary
Research Analyst
Richa has 3 years of experience in Equity Research at Electrum, covering multiple sectors like Consumer, Textiles, Capital Goods, Hospitals, and Pharmaceuticals. She provides in-depth research and insights to support investment strategies at Electrum. She holds an MBA from MET Institute.
Krupa Desai
Research Analyst
Krupa Desai is a Research Analyst at Electrum, with 2 years of experience at the firm. She supports the investment management team by conducting in-depth research and analysis across sectors She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance and is a CFA Level 3 candidate.
Ashmita Davda
Research Analyst
Ashmita is a finance professional with a strong academic foundation, having completed a Bachelor of Financial Markets (BFM) from Narsee Monjee College. She is currently a CFA Level 3 candidate, Ashmita is part of the research team at Electrum
Aditya Bhatia
Research Analyst
Aditya has over 5 years of experience in Financial Markets. His previous stints were at ITI Alternate Funds, Birla Sunlife AMC and Antique Stock Broking as a Research Analyst. He has a BS, Political Science from Santa Clara University, California. He is currently a CFA Level 3 candidate.
Srashti
Business Development Manager
Ms. Srashti Khabiya is a Business Development Manager. She has 5 years of experience. She is a qualified Company Secretary and is a law graduate (LLB) from the Indore Institute of Law, Devi Ahilya University.