Redefining Alternative Investment Models

Q1. Could you start by giving us a brief overview of your professional background, particularly focusing on your expertise in the industry?

I am a Senior Fund Administration and Product Strategy Leader with 20+ years of experience across AIF, PMS, Wealth, and Family Office structures. I have led finance transformation programmes for various RE’s and AMC’s, with a special focus on India and GIFT City.
Over the past 15 years, I have had a front-row seat to some of the most consequential shifts in how alternative investments are built, governed, and delivered. Working across Fund Accounting, Financial Reporting, and Capital Markets Infrastructure — and leading transformation programmes for global institutions including Macquarie Asset Management, HSBC, and JP Morgan — I have seen the industry evolve from paper-heavy manual processes to complex, multi-jurisdictional digital ecosystems. My work has spanned AIFs, PMS, Wealth Management, and Family Offices, with a particular focus on India and GIFT City, where the pace of change has been nothing short of extraordinary.
What strikes me most today is not the speed of change — it is the depth of it. The alternative and private markets industry is no longer just growing; it is structurally reconfiguring. And the…