Board of Directors

  • Mr. Deevyesh Desai

    Managing Director and CEO, Malabar Capital Advisors
    Director, Shriram Wealth Advisors Ltd.

    Mr. Deevyesh Desai, a Chartered Accountant, has been a career Investment Banker for over 17 years. Prior to starting Malabar Capital Advisors, Deevyesh held senior positions at JM Financial, JM Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley where he covered and executed transactions for some of the largest business groups in India. His interactions and association with corporate houses like Tata, Birla, Essar and Reliance has provided the valuable insight, experience and relationships required to make a difference.

  • Mr. Dhruv Mehta

    Director, Malabar Capital Advisors
    Director, Shriram Asset Management Company
    Director, Shriram Wealth Advisors Ltd.

    Mr. Dhruv Mehta, is a practicing Independent Financial Advisor (IFA), since 2003 and is based out of Mumbai.

    He is managing surpluses of over US$ 200 Mn for various family offices, Corporates and High Net worth Individuals. He has developed a deep and diverse relationship at CEO/ CXO level with the manufacturers of financial products including the 33 Mutual Fund Houses in India. He has been ranked as one of the top performers by the large Mutual Funds in the category of an Independent Financial Advisor.

    Professionally, he is qualified as a Chartered Accountant and Cost and Works Accountant (India) with 25 years of diverse work experience in diverse roles and responsibilities:

    • He has spent 2 years with A F Ferguson and Company - a well -known accounting and audit firm.

    • He has spent 5 years in the Corporate Finance Department in Searle India Limited, a pharmaceutical and Agrochemicals Multinational.

    • He has spent 14 years as a Financial Controller with the Savita Group, a leader in Petroleum Specialties.

    He is also the Director on Shriram Wealth Advisors Limited (SWAL) - a knowledge platform for the Shriram Universe of investors. SWAL is part of the well -known and respected Shriram Group of Chennai, in Financial Services Industry. He has also joined the Board of Shriram Asset Management Company.

    Currently, he is Chairman of Federation of Independent Financial Advisors (FIFA).