Fund Manager

Sundeep Sikka

Sundeep Sikka serves as the ED & CEO of Nippon Life India Asset Management (NAM India), bringing over 28 years of experience in financial services with deep expertise in asset management. A Commerce graduate and MBA in Finance from Savitribai Phule Pune University, and an alumnus of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School, he joined the company in 2003 and became CEO in 2009, emerging as one of the youngest leaders in the Indian asset management industry. Under his leadership, the firm strengthened its process-driven, risk-focused governance framework, acquired the India mutual fund business of Goldman Sachs in 2016, became the first asset management company in India to list via IPO in 2017, and saw Nippon Life Insurance become its primary shareholder in 2019. He has also held key leadership roles across industry bodies, including Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI), and contributed to committees at RBI, CII, NSDL, FICCI, and IFSCA.