Abhijit Naik has over 12 years of experience in asset management within global markets and close to 4 years of experience in engineering consulting. He has played an active role in scaling business operations for ventures across all stages of the business life cycle. He has leveraged his expertise to optimise risk and build a stronger business model for his portfolio companies.Abhijit is a British citizen and spends his time between London and Singapore.

Abhijit has substantial portfolio management experience at Nomura where he managed an AUM of over 315 million in quantitative strategies and 35 million (gross AUM 245 million) in an equity volatility strategy. Before that, he also managed a 140 million equity portfolio at Barclays employing quantitative strategies. Abhijit has also worked with American Express where he was in charge of credit models for Europe using machine learning. He also undertook chief credit officer responsibilities for Netherlands, France and Nordics.

Abhijit has published seven articles in Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and Harvard Working Knowledge on non-financial value drivers using data from sports teams and exploring the effect of leadership and compensation structure on a firm’s financial valuation. Abhijit is on the international advisory board of Manav Sadhan Vikas Sanstha, an institution that aims at providing economic opportunities and sustainable livelihood to every villager at his place of residence.