Vishal Parekh

Vishal Parekh is a seasoned finance professional with a robust background in investment and commercial real estate. Currently serving as Vice President at Kotak Investment Advisors Ltd since January 2018, Vishal has held multiple titles including Associate Vice President and Associate. Prior to this, Vishal was employed at YES BANK from December 2015 to January 2018, progressing from Manager to Senior Manager. Earlier experience includes a role as Senior Executive at JLL India, where responsibilities encompassed the origination, structuring, negotiation, and closure of transactions in commercial real estate. Vishal holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, completed in 2014.

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Mumbai, India

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Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited

Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited, erstwhile Kotak Investment Advisors Limited, is a part of Kotak Mahindra Group (Kotak), focuses on alternate assets management and investment advisory businesses. The company was set up in early 2005 and has raised/managed/advised over US$ 22 billion across different asset classes including Private Equity, Real Estate, Infrastructure, Special Situations, Data Centre and Private Credit. Kotak Alts also has a significant Investment Advisory business, and all asset management and Investment Advisory businesses are managed by independent teams. This change reflects the company's continued commitment to build and operate best in class investment and strong governance led alternate investment firm. KIAL was set up in early 2005 with its first structured third party funds to bring a sharper focus to this business. Since then it has raised / managed / advised in aggregate ~US$ 18 billion across different asset classes including Private Equity, Real Estate, Infrastructure, Special Situations, Data Centre and Private Credit. Kotak Alts also has a significant Investment Advisory business, and all asset management and Investment Each of these teams has significant industry and investment experience with strong deal origination and networking capabilities and a proven investment track record with demonstrated exits. The teams are known for their deal structuring capabilities, value creation and are among the few managers in India to have returned significant amount of capital and returns to our investors. Kotak is well versed in managing institutional capital and currently has several Sovereign Wealth Funds, Global Pension Funds, Insurance Companies and Development Finance Institutions as investors. Kotak Alts has consistently pioneered in identifying unique and differentiated investment opportunities in India and will continue to pursue this for the benefit of our Global LPs and domestic family office investors.


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Mumbai, India

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51-200

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