Umang Papneja
CIO - Wealth
Umang is Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer at IIFL Wealth and has more than two decades of experience in investments and wealth management. As a part of his role at IIFL Wealth, Umang provides strategic guidance for investment decisions across asset classes including Equities, Real Estate, Fixed Income, Commodities and Alternatives with a focus on continuous product innovation.
He has spearheaded launch of several Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) in India and also serves on the Investment Committee of several AIFs. He is also responsible for third party fund manager due diligence and selection, alternative investments, deal sourcing and provides continuous support to the sales team.
He holds board positions in a couple of companies including IIFL Distribution Services and IIFL Wealth Capital Markets. Umang also served on the board of IIFL Wealth Finance Ltd. (a systematically important NBFC) from February 2016 to November 2017.
He is an electronics engineer and holds a Master’s degree in Management Studies from Jamnalal Bajaj - Institute, Mumbai.
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