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Ajit has over 40 years of experience in the investment management and financial services industry. In 1990 Ajit founded Quantum Advisors Private Limited (Quantum Advisors); an India-focused investment advisor and investment manager. Ajit has worked with leading US and UK investment management firms either as a key member of the executive management team or, through Quantum Advisors, as a joint venture partner. He has also served as a Deputy Chief Investment Officer at Hansberger Global Investors, Inc, USA, and, on behalf of HGI, was the lead manager for the Vanguard International Value Fund from 1999 till 2004. In 1996, Quantum pioneered the adoption of an “Integrity Screen” to sift out companies with poor governance or questionable practices from client portfolios. In 2015, this evolved into a broader proprietary ESG database and resulted in the launch of the Quantum India ESG Fund in July 2019 – the first primary offering of an ESG fund in India. In 2018, Quantum AMC tied up with HelpYourNGO to offer investors a “Smile” option – the proceeds of which would be distributed to a wide number of NGOs furthering the SDG-17 goals. Ajit has spent much of his career trying to help individual investors make long term sensible investment decisions. The popular stock market portal Equitymaster.com (launched in April 1996) and the wealth advisory and financial planning PersonalFN.com (launched in 1999) websites were part of the “original” Quantum. In 2006 Quantum AMC – the 100% subsidiary of Quantum Advisors – launched India’s first direct-to-investor family of products under the Quantum Mutual Funds banner. Ajit is also the founder of HelpYourNGO, a financial database of over 650 Not-For-Profit organisations which helps these organisations improve their efficiency and efficacy. Ajit earned his Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1983 after completing his Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Bombay University in 1981.

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