Fund Manager Profile
Akshay Badjate
Head of Fund Management
Akshay Badjate is the Head of Fund Management at Merisis Advisors Private Limited, bringing over 18 years of specialized experience across public market investing, investment research, and strategic portfolio advisory within Indian capital markets. A Chartered Accountant by qualification, Akshay has built an extensive institutional background working in leadership and research roles at global investment banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Lehman Brothers, Nomura, and Kotak Institutional Equities. Prior to driving the equity PMS practice at Merisis, he served as Chief Investment Officer at the Y Combinator-funded fintech platform Stack Wealth and as Head of Investments at TORUS-Alphaniti. His data-driven investment philosophy focuses closely on identifying asymmetric risk-reward trends and managing structural business cycles.