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Raju Panjwani CEO
and Founder
Raju Panjwani
founded Epitome in late 2005. He has 27 years
experience in financial services with a deep
understanding of financial instruments and
products. He has hands on operational experience
in areas of asset management, equity sales and
trading, investment banking and prime brokerage.
His mission is to create path breaking initiatives
to delight clients through comprehensive and
cost-effective business solutions with commitment,
integrity and reliability.
At Morgan
Stanley (MS), Raju was a Managing Director. In his
18 years at MS, New York, he was exposed to many
businesses. He spent his first seven years setting
up MS’s internal audit group in 1987. In 1994,
Raju was instrumental in setting up MS’s presence
in India for equity broking and custody, and
supported the investment banking and asset
management businesses. From 1999 to 2001, he was
the Country Representative and Chief Operating
Officer for Morgan Stanley India. During his India
stint of seven years, he played a key role in
negotiating and launching MS’s joint venture with
JM Financial. He also pioneered offshoring for MS
in India in the late 1990s, and established its
“Global Knowledge Center” in 2003 that supports
the Firm’s global institutional
businesses.
Raju has served on the Board of
Directors of the U.S. India Business Council in
Washington, D.C. from 2002 to 2005. Prior to
joining MS, Raju served as an Investment Company
(Mutual Fund) specialist with Price Waterhouse. A
Chartered Accountant from India (1979) and a CPA
(Certified Public Accountant) from New York State
(1980), Raju has a Bachelor of Commerce (Honors)
from Delhi University (1975).
A tsunami
survivor along with his family, Raju has also
founded and helped to initiate charitable
organizations. He played an active role in
establishing the United Way of Mumbai and is a
member of the Board of Directors of the United Way
International. He chairs its Member Support
Committee and is also on its Executive Committee.
He and his wife Kim have played an active part in
tsunami relief in Sri Lanka. Raju is active in
community in India, and supports many worthwhile
causes including the "Hedge Funds Care for
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Krishnan
Sakotai Chief
Operating Officer
Krishnan (Kris)
Sakotai brings to Epitome more than 20 years of
diversified IT and capital markets experience,
including 15 years in the US investment industry.
During his association with the investment
industry in the US, Krishnan managed equity
portfolios, supported securities trading desks and
risk management systems, developed analytical
frameworks for measuring transaction costs and
managed data operations projects across the front,
middle and back office functions.
At Standish Mellon
Asset Management (SMAM), Boston, Krishnan was a
Quantitative Analyst, responsible for developing
and back testing quantitative models for stock
selection. Additionally, as member of the
investment team, he was responsible for research
and stock selection for the Asia-ex Japan part of
SMAM’s International Equity Fund. In the US,
Krishnan also worked at eminent investment
companies, including Putnam Investments,
Blackrock, and Wellington Management. At Putnam,
Krishnan’s team was responsible for implementation
of quantitative data models for the Equity
Portfolio Management division. At Blackrock,
Krishnan supported the firm’s equity trading
system, managed the transaction cost analysis
platform and implemented FIX connectivity between
the trading desk and over 80 brokers.
Prior to joining
Epitome Global Services, Krishnan was Vice
President and SBU Head at Karvy Global Services,
the KPO subsidiary of KARVY (a top institutional
brokerage house in India). He was instrumental in
building the KPO business from scratch, and was
responsible for delivery, pre-sales, hiring, and
operations. Before joining Karvy Global Services,
Krishnan was the head of the financial services
practice at Zensar Technologies, a global software
solutions provider in Pune, India. |
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Samir Saurabh Manager-Operations Research and
information
Samir manages the
operations team at Epitome and assists client
delivery in areas like fund accounting, middle and
back office support, OTC derivatives valuation,
financial research and research support
operations. He is responsible for ensuring quality
and timeliness of the deliverables on a day-to-day
basis.
An MBA with over 7
years experience in financial services industry,
Samir is proficient in the financial information
product business, hedge fund administration,
securities operations & research support. He
has an exceptional track record in financial
information product operation, securities master
file, corporate action processing, fund accounting
and research support operations.
Previously with
Patni Computers (a financial services BPO in
India), Samir supervised the migration of
processes to India, and managed operations in fund
accounting & securities master file activity
for a leading fund administrator. He had acquired
intimate knowledge of transaction & market
data product operations at Thomson Financial,
where he was responsible for SDC platinum and
DataStream product operations. |
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Shreyas Shah Chief Financial
Officer
Shreyas, a
qualified Chartered Accountant, brings to Epitome
over 11 years of experience in finance &
accounting across various industry segments. He
has been successful in setting up the finance
function at Epitome and formulates policies,
procedures and plans for its smooth operation.
Before joining Epitome, Shreyas was associated
with companies in varied industries including Star
News (News Corp subsidiary), Rohm and Haas (a
specialty chemical conglomerate), Pepsico and
Reliance Industries (Petrochemical Giant).
Devoted to
automation and process improvements, Shreyas has
implemented sound finance framework in start up
environments, enhancing them through efficient
software solutions. He specializes in leading
cross-functional projects as diverse as
implementation of the crucial Channel Operating
Software as well as switching of Satcom Technology
at Star News to being part of the Asia Pacific
team for SAP implementation at Rohm and Haas.
Shreyas was
associated with the planning, budgeting, supply
chain and market studies at Pepsico India and with
transition management for acquired units at
Reliance Industries. He has also worked on cross
border transfer pricing and regulatory matters.
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Sanjeev Jain Manager-IT
Sanjeev actively
manages the entire scope of Information Technology
at Epitome, that includes, critical servers,
network, security, telecom and voice. He brings
with him 8 years of rich experience in the service
industry. He has excelled in managing the daily
operations of the IT department, data centre
infrastructure setup, designing and building a
framework for disaster recovery and business
continuity plan (BCP), vendor management, project
management, IT security and audits.
Sanjeev had successfully
executed multiple IT projects for software
implementation and set-up of hardware
infrastructures. He spearheaded the networking
team for the successful implementation of ERP
software in the shipping industry. He is an Arts
graduate with a Diploma in IT management, and is
currently pursuing his Post graduation in Business
Administration. |
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Mahesh Iyer Manager-HR
Mahesh manages
Epitome's human resources. He comes with a rich
experience of 7 years in human resource management
and operations, including recruitment, employee
relations and training and development.
He has
successfully implemented recruitment procedures,
appraisal systems and attrition reduction measures
in a 900 person company with diverse backgrounds
and responsibilities ranging from high-end
analytics to transaction level operations. Mahesh
has presented a paper on innovative processes in
human resource operations in a NASSCOM conference.
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