Wallfort India Contra Equity Fund

Devang Kabra has been involved in starting and scaling multiple customer-facing businesses including Specialty Retail, Commodity Retail, F&B Retail, Outdoor Advertising and Real Estate Development. He has been managing family funds since 2004 and brings strong business acumen, risk-taking ability and opportunity identification skills. He holds an MBA (Marketing) from Vishwakarma Institute of Management, Pune.

Kaushal Kedia has over 10 years of experience in the Indian equity markets with strengths in understanding market cycles and identifying turnaround sectors. He manages the Wallfort Avenue Fund. He is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (2011).

Yash Somani is Co Fund Manager at Wallfort Ameya Fund with over 8 years of equity market experience. Previously associated with another PMS, he covered multiple sectors with focus on special situations and turnarounds. He graduated from the London School of Economics in 2016.

Abhishek Shah has over 12 years of financial markets experience and is part of Wallfort India Contra Equity PMS. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Management from Warwick Business School and is a CFA Charterholder. He focuses on value investing with a bias toward mid and small caps.

Koustubh Shah (CA, CFA) has over 23 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to Wallfort PMS, he played key roles in incubating NBFC startups including Avanse Financial Services and BikeBazaar Finance, leading CFO functions. He has also worked with Kotak Securities and Motilal Oswal in leadership roles.

With a career spanning over two decades in the financial services industry, Mr. Vijay Bharadia is a seasoned professional known for his expertise in investment management and client relations. His journey began in 1997 at Wallfort Financial Services Ltd. under the mentorship of Mr. Manoj Bharadia. He honed his skills managing proprietary funds with a strong focus on micro-cap investments and later led the Institutional Desk managing relationships with over 100 institutions including banks, mutual funds and FPIs. As founder of the PMS division, he brings strategic vision, deep market understanding and strong client relationship expertise, emphasizing ethical practices and disciplined investing.

Chirag Jain has over 8 years of experience in Indian equity markets. His strengths include administration, accounting, taxation and regulatory compliance. He develops and maintains compliance frameworks to prevent illegal or unethical conduct. He holds an MBA (Finance) from Institute of Technology & Management.

Kinjal Mandalia has over 4 years of experience with CA firms handling financial and equity market clients. Her expertise includes administration, accounting, taxation and regulatory compliance. She is pursuing PGDM in Finance plus Banking, Investment & Insurance from Welingkar Institute of Management.

Yash Chudasama has been part of Wallfort PMS since 2023 and is responsible for daily dealing, operations and trade settlement. He is a graduate from Lala Lajpat Rai College, Mumbai.