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Rajiv Shastri

MD & CEO

Peerless Mutual Fund


Rajiv is the MD & CEO of Peerless Mutual Fund. He has over 17 years of experience in the mutual fund industry with considerable exposure with entities & fund houses like DSP Merrill Lynch, Birla Sunlife, HDFC and ABN AMRO in investment related functions, corporate & institutional relationships, risk control methodologies, procedures & tools, product development, etc.

He had also been responsible for driving business led growth with Sahara Mutual Fund, Lotus Mutual Fund, where he had achieved phenomenal growth through increased brand awareness measures, management of different verticals, managing strategic partnerships with stakeholders.

His last assignment was with Pramerica Mutual Fund as Director & Business Head - Portfolio Management Services and Products with overall responsibility for establishing & managing the portfolio management business and developing asset management products.

He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and also holds a Post-graduation degree in Economic Management & Policy from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

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