Malabar Perpetual Trust

Sumeet Nagar is the founder of Malabar Investments and heads the investment team as Portfolio Manager. Prior to founding Malabar, he was a consultant at McKinsey & Company where he was a founding member of its dedicated private equity group. He is a graduate of IIT Bombay and holds an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Akshay Mansukhani co-founded Malabar in 2008 and heads Business Development and Risk Management. Prior to Malabar, he worked at UBS Investment Bank, New York, in equity capital markets and structured products. He holds both his BSE and MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where he was selected as a Joseph Wharton Scholar.

Ashish Gulati has been with Malabar since inception as Head of Research, playing a pivotal role in building investment processes and the research team. Prior to Malabar, he analysed investment opportunities at SBI Capital Markets' proprietary investment group. He holds a BE from Mumbai University and an MBA from IIT Kharagpur.

Ketan Shah joined Malabar in March 2019 as COO, overseeing operations, back office, audit, compliance, general administration, IT, and HR. Prior to Malabar, he was Executive Director and member of the India Management Committee at Morgan Stanley Fund Services. He is a member of both ICAI and ICWAI.

Rajat Mahajan joined Malabar in 2016. Prior to joining, he worked at Synergy Advisory on financial advisory transactions in the infrastructure sector. He holds a BE from NIT Durgapur and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad.

Rohan Rai joined Malabar in 2015. He was previously with HSBC for over 7 years across Strategy & Planning, Investment Advisory, and Relationship Management. He holds a BE from Mumbai University and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad.