Key Presenters

Rajeev Thakkar
Rajeev Thakkar
Chief Investment Officer And Equity Fund Manager - PPFAS Mutual Fund

Regarded by many as a polymath, his presentations, cover diverse topics ranging from the state of the shipping industry, corporate leadership, capital allocation and individual companies like Google. His audience usually takes to him wholeheartedly, as he possesses the endearing quality of ‘talking to’ them and not ‘talking down to’ them. Apart from them, certain presentations may be made by a few of their colleagues on account of them being well versed with a specific topic.

Raunak Onkar
Raunak Onkar
Research Head and Fund Manager - PPFAS Mutual Fund

Raunak tracks the Technology, Pharma & Media sectors at PPFAS Mutual Fund among others. Apart from his primary areas of research he has a wide variety of interests spanning across sectors & industries. Through his presentations, he has covered diverse topics from Media, Pharma, Technology, Retail (online & offline), Telecom to topics like Disruption & Business Failures which synthesizes his reading interests. He brings in his observational style to the presentations which make them engaging & provide lots of resources for further research.

Raj Mehta
Raj Mehta
Executive Vice President & Fund Manager - Debt - PPFAS Mutual Fund

Beginning his career as an intern with PPFAS Mutual Fund in 2012, Raj swiftly moved up the ranks and is currently part of the Fund Management team. Apart from being a Commerce graduate from University of Mumbai (N.M. College), he is also a Fellow Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and a CFA Charter Holder. He has also earned a Certificate for the ‘NSE Debt Market Module’ issued jointly by FIMMDA and NCFM. He is also featured as a regular participant on various TV channels and a columnist in select financial publications.

Rukun Tarachandani
Rukun Tarachandani
Executive Vice President & Fund Manager - Equity - PPFAS Mutual Fund

He has more than a decade of experience in Equity Markets. He started his career in 2013 as an Equity Research analyst with Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research.Prior to joining PPFAS, he worked with Kotak Mahindra Asset Management as an Equity Research analyst focussing on small and midcap stocks and special situations. He is an avid reader of books on Behavioral finance, Value Investing and Quantitative Investing.