Udayan Sharma

Kotak Investment Advisors Ltd

Kotak Investment Advisors Limited (KIAL), part of Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited ("Group"), focuses on the Alternate Assets business of the Group. KIAL was set up in early 2005 with its first structured third party funds to bring a sharper focus to this business. Since then it has raised / managed / advised in aggregate ~US$ 7.5 billion across different asset classes including Private Equity, Real Estate, Infrastructure, the Special Situations Credit and Investment Advisory, all led by independent investment teams. Each of these teams has significant industry and investment experience with strong deal origination and networking capabilities and a proven investment track record with demonstrated exits. The teams are known for their deal structuring capabilities, value creation and are among the few managers in India to have returned significant amount of capital and returns to our investors. Kotak is well versed in managing institutional capital and currently has several Sovereign Wealth Funds, Global Pension Funds, Insurance Companies and Development Finance Institutions as investors.