India - Ahead Venture Trust

Ankit Aggarwal is the Fund Manager of Abakkus Four2Eight Opportunities Fund (the scheme of India-Ahead Private Equity Trust). He led investments including All Time Plastics Limited (INR 100 crore Pre-IPO) and Stelmec (INR 175 crore), emphasising Abakkus's focus on mid-to-late stage companies with strong fundamentals and IPO potential.

Aman has over 17 years of Indian equity experience. He was previously Portfolio Manager for PMS at Reliance Asset Management (Nippon Life India Asset Management), managing local and offshore schemes from the Singapore office. He brings a regional and global perspective to Indian equity investing. He holds an MBA from Mumbai University.

Hitesh Arora is a Fund Manager at Abakkus Asset Management, bringing nearly two decades of domestic and global market experience. He has worked at Unifi Capital, Deutsche Bank, and J.P. Morgan across equity research, fund management, structuring, and risk management in India and abroad.

Sunil Singhania, CA and CFA Charter Holder, founder of Abakkus Asset Manager Limited (Formerly known as Abakkus Asset Manager LLP) was rated among the Best fund managers by Outlook Business in 2016 and 2017 over a 10 year time frame. He is the first Indian to be appointed on the Global Board of CFA institute, USA (2013-2019). Currently he is the only Indian to be appointed on the IFRS Capital Market Advisory Committee (CMAC) (2020-2023). He was Chief Investment Officer (CIO), Equities of Reliance Nippon Asset Management overseeing – USD 11 billion of equity asset. He was also an Honorary Chairman of Investment committee of CFA Institute (2018-2019) managing – USD 450 million.