Our People
April 26, 2023 2024-12-20 6:35Our People
Our People
Jigar Mistry
Director
Jigar has over 21 years of equity research and investing experience, covering sectors like Banking and financials, Global metals and mining, Utilities and India strategy. Jigar has previously worked with
institutions such as HSBC Capital Markets and Kotak Institutional Equities. Prior to founding Buoyant, Jigar was the Director of Research at HSBC, advising top global funds on investing in India. Jigar is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, and a CFA Charterholder from AIMR, US.
Outside of work, Jigar likes playing music and squash.
Sachin Khivasara
Director
Sachin has over 24 years of equity research and investing experience, covering sectors like Automobiles and ancillaries, Capital goods and engineering and small and mid-cap sectors. Sachin has previously worked
with institutions such as Nippon Asset Management, Edelweiss and Enam Investments. Sachin is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, and an associate Cost & Works Accountant.
Outside of work, Sachin is a profound practitioner of yoga.
Viral Berawala
Director
Viral has over 23 years of equity research and investing experience, covering sectors like Information Technology, FMCG and retailing, Real estate and Oil & Gas. Viral has previously worked with institutions such as
Nippon Asset Management, Nippon Life Insurance and TCS. Previously, Viral was the Chief Investment Officer at Nippon Life Insurance, running over USD3 billion in equity and debt assets. Viral is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, and an alumnus of IIM – Ahmedabad.
Outside of work, Viral likes reading books on various topics, especially ones not related just to the world of finance.
Dipen Sheth
Director
Dipen has 32 years of diverse professional and entrepreneurial experience, spanning sectors such as manufacturing, consulting, infotech, retail and capital markets. He has previously
worked with HDFC Securities and Edelweiss Securities. At HDFC Securities he was the Head of Institutional Equity Research advising leading Indian institutional investors. He holds a PGDM from IIM Calcutta and is a B. Tech (Chem Engg) from IIT Kanpur.
Dipen is a trained Indian classical musician, a film music buff and a traveller / photographer who goes off the beaten track.
