Vikaas M Sachdeva

Managing Director, Sundaram Alternates

Mr. Vikaas M Sachdeva is an industry stalwart with over three decades  of experience in the Asset Management business. He is currently the  Managing Director of Sundaram Alternates, driving growth across  different platforms, geographies, and asset classes. 

During his career, he has held several influential and senior  management positions across marquee financial service  organizations. He has a broad range of interests across functions like  global and domestic sales, investment management, digital and  physical distribution, marketing, HR, and customer service. 

Starting his career in asset management as one of the founding  members of Birla Sun Life International AMC Ltd., Vikaas has been  instrumental in turning around companies like ING Investment  Management in India. He was the CEO of Edelweiss Asset  Management Ltd., successfully turning around the business  culminating in the acquisition of JP Morgan MF in India. He has also  been the Global CEO of Enam Asset Management Ltd., where he  oversaw both the global and domestic side of the business. He  formerly served as the CEO of EMKAY Investment Managers  Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Emkay Global Financial  Services Limited (EGFSL).  

Among his industry affiliations, he has been an erstwhile member of  the Mutual Fund Advisory Committee (MFAC), a high-powered  committee appointed by SEBI to advise them on governing the MF  industry. He was also on the board of the Association of Mutual Funds  of India (AMFI), heading the ETF and indexing committee, which  submitted the first white paper on ETFs to SEBI. More recently he was  associated with the Asset Managers Roundtable of India (AMRI), the  nodal body for FPIs in the country.  

He is the co-chair of the Indian Venture and Alternate Capital  Association (IVCA) Category III AIF council. Vikaas is an active  Fintech enthusiast and is currently on the Advisory Committee of  India FinTech Forum.