Vikaas M Sachdeva appointed chief executive officer, Edelweiss Asset Management
15 Nov 2010
Financial services conglomerate, Edelweiss Group today announced the appointment of Vikaas M Sachdeva as chief executive officer, Edelweiss Asset Management Limited (AMC), the investment manager to Edelweiss Mutual Fund.
Prior to Edelweiss, he worked with Bharti Axa Investment Managers Pvt. Ltd as their country head, business development.
Sachdeva's appointment is in line with the Group's focus on strengthening the senior management bandwidth to lead the Group's growing and expanding businesses particularly in the asset management space.
In his new role, Sachdeva's key responsibility would be to spearhead Edelweiss Mutual Fund and the AMC operations to the next level.
Sachdeva brings along with him over 18 years of experience in marketing and distribution of financial products. Some of his earlier assignments have been with Birla Sun Life AMC Ltd. as head, sales and marketing and ING Investment Management Pvt. Ltd. as country head, business development.
Edelweiss Group's businesses are broadly divided into investment banking, brokerage services, asset management and financing.