Kartik Nair is a highly accomplished public markets fund manager and equity analyst with over 18 years of profound experience managing absolute-return strategies and institutional long-short portfolios. Prior to spearheading CapitalK, he held senior portfolio leadership roles at premier domestic investment houses, managing public market equities exceeding ₹3,000 crores. He holds an advanced degree in Financial Engineering and specializes in implementing deep fundamental equity screening and complex derivative risk-mitigation frameworks.