
Bhupinder Singh
Founder, InCred Group
Bhupinder Singh has over two decades of experience in financial services. He has a track record of identifying and building successful businesses across Credit/Fixed Income, Equities and Investment Banking. He founded the InCred Group in 2016 with an aim to build a world-class diversified financial services company. InCred Retail started in 2016 and InCred Capital in 2018. Prior to this, he was the head of the Corporate Finance division of Deutsche Bank and co-headed the Fixed Income, Equities and Investment Banking divisions for the Asia Pacific region. He has a PGDM from IIM, Ahmedabad and an undergraduate degree in engineering

Venky Vishwanathan
CEO – Investment Banking & Capital Markets
Venky has over 20 years of experience in Wholesale and Investment Banking, with nearly a decade spent in building and running Indian businesses. Prior to joining InCred Capital, he was Deutsche Bank’s Head of Capital Markets and Treasury Solutions, Asia and Co-Head of Corporate Finance, Asia, based in Singapore – a US$ 1 billion top-line business with 300+ bankers. He was previously the Co-Head of the European Financial Institutions Group with Deutsche Bank in London and held senior positions encompassing Structured Finance, Capital Markets and Corporate Finance. He has a PGDM from IIM, Calcutta and an undergraduate degree in Economics from St Stephen’s College, Delhi
Investment Banking Team

M Ramprasad
Chairman, Investment Banking
Ram has 25+ years of experience in investment banking, private equity and fundraising. He co-founded MAPE Advisory – a boutique Indian Investment Bank focused on mid-market companies. Prior to MAPE, he was a Senior VP at Merrill Lynch India, heading the South India operations. He has a PGDM from BIM Trichy.

Jacob Mathew
Chairman, Investment Banking
Jacob has 25+ years of experience in investment banking, private equity and fundraising. He co-founded MAPE Advisory – a boutique Indian Investment Bank focused on mid-market companies. Prior to MAPE, he was a VP (M&A) at Merrill Lynch India, and prior to that, he was instrumental in setting-up the corporate finance practice at PwC India. He has a PGDM from IIM Calcutta and is a Civil Engineer.

Akbar Khan
Chairman, Investment Banking
Akbar has 20+ years of experience in investment banking, corporate M&A, consumer and corporate finance, and fintech. He has held senior positions with leading financial institutions such as Merrill Lynch, GE, and PwC, and has deep expertise in sell-side advisory, buy-side acquisitions, and business management. During his time at Merrill Lynch, Khan led TMT Investment Banking, Financial Sponsors coverage, and M&A across India, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. At GE, he was the head of Corporate Development and M&A for India, the Middle East, and North Africa. Akbar has also spent 10 years as an entrepreneur.

Anjani Kumar
Chairman, Investment Banking
Anjani has 27+ years of banking experience spanning M&A, Capital Markets, and Corporate Finance. He has led the investment banking teams for CIMB and RBS in India and comes to us with significant domain experience in infrastructure, energy & renewables, industrials, healthcare and technology. Anjani started his investment banking career with PwC Corporate Finance, followed by ABN AMRO, RBS, CIMB, and o3 Capital. He has also worked overseas in London and HongKong for over 5 years. Most recently, Anjani was founder and CEO at Asialink Advisors, a niche advisory outfit focused on cross border M&A and fundraising.

N. Håkan Wohlin
Senior Advisor, New York
Håkan Wohlin is a Senior Advisor at Incred Capital, based in New York, with over 30 years of experience in investment banking and finance. In his own time, Håkan runs his own multinational advisory platform, Kingsrock advisors. He led a successful career at Deutsche Bank as the Global Head of Debt Origination and the Head of European Capital Markets Origination. His expertise and experience has distinguished him as one of the most seasoned advisors in the field.

Preetam Patnaik
Head of Cross Border Investment Banking – India / Middle East and Africa
Preetam has 20+ years of experience in wholesale and Investment Banking across the EMEA region with bulge bracket platforms like Goldman Sachs, UBS and Societe Generale. In his last role at Societe Generale, Preetam led the establishment and growth of the private capital franchise for the bank across Emerging Markets based in London. Preetam has done his MBA from IIM Ahmedabad.

Arjun Mukherjee
Managing Director
Arjun has over 13 years of experience in corporate finance across M&A and private equity. He has worked primarily in the Industrials sectors, FMCG and real estate. He was previously associated with Macquarie Capital, Ambit Corporate Finance and Lazard. He is an MBA from AGSM, Sydney and BA (Hons) in Economics from Delhi University.

Ashim Ahuja
Managing Director & Head Coverage
Ashim has 22+ years of experience in investment banking, private equity investing and fundraising. He has an investment banking experience of over 18 years at global firms such as Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and HSBC. He has an MBA from FMS Delhi and a B.E. in Computer Engineering.

Ashish Ambwani
Managing Director
Ashish Ambwani has 15+ years of experience in investment banking and other advisory services with a focus on cross border M&A & PE. Prior to his current role, he was a Managing Director at Goldstein Roth & Co. and Director at Lazard for over 12 years. He has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow and a degree in Electrical & Electronics engineering.

Nikunj Seksaria
Managing Director
Nikunj has 20+ years of experience across geographies including USA, UK, India, Singapore and the GCC in corporate finance advisory roles. He served as a Managing Director and led the Indian Financial Institutions Group practice at Citigroup as a strategic advisor. He graduated from The University of Texas, Austin with a double degree in Finance and Economics.

Shreyan M L
Director
Shreyan had 17+ years of experience primarily focused on Pharmaceutical sector spanning roles across management consulting, Corporate M&A & Investment banking. Shreyan has worked on landmark M&A transactions at Strides and Sequent, besides setting up the pharma practice at Spark Capital. By qualification, Shreyan is a computer engineer from NIT, Karnataka and MBA from IIM Indore.
Structured Finance Solutions Team

Saumya Mittal
Managing Director, Special Situations and Structured Credit
Saumya has extensive experience in risk management and structured credit trading, including special situations, structured lending and credit hybrid structures. He was previously the Asia-Pacific Head for Credit Counterparty Trading in the Fixed Income Division at Deutsche Bank in Singapore, managing a risk book of US$ 1 bn. He has a PGDM from IIM, Ahmedabad and an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Abhijit Rao
Managing Director, Special Situations and Structured Credit
Abhijit has 25+ years of experience across various corporate and investment banking positions. Prior to joining InCred Group he co-founded a debt advisory firm – Polestar, 5 years ago. Prior to Polestar he spent nearly 2 decades at Rabobank and ICICI. Abhijit has an MBA in International Finance from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies and a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering.
Debt Trading and Capital Markets Team

Manish Verma
Managing Director, Debt Trading and Capital Markets
Manish has 30+ years of experience in Indian Debt Markets. He co-built the Wholesale Debt Market practice at Trust Capital Services and was responsible for overseeing the proprietary book, PF sourcing, placement of primary CP and bonds (PSU & Pvt), secondary market, risk management, and credit underwriting.

Rano Verma
Managing Director, Debt Trading and Capital Markets
Rano has 25+ years of experience in Indian Debt Markets. She built the Wholesale Debt Market practice at Trust Capital Services, with a market leadership enjoying ~25% market share. She was responsible for developing a niche for the Trust Group in the high growth credit space.
Institutional Equities Research Team

Satish Kumar
Managing Director, InCred Research
Satish has 20 years experience in equity research, widely covering the Metals and Mining, Oil and Gas, Utilities, Cement, Chemicals and Capital goods sector. Prior to InCred he was the Head of Equities at Equirus Group.

Pramod Amthe
Head of Equity Research and Automobile sector Analyst
Pramod has 22+ years’ experience in equity markets. Prior to CIMB, he has worked with RBS/ABN AMRO India for six years and with domestic brokers for 4 years. He has been tracking Indian auto sector for last 10 years and diversified to cover construction and infra space. Pramod holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and an MBA degree.

Krishnan Viswanathan
Head – Strategy & Account Servicing (SAS)
Krishnan has over 23 years’ experience in both trading and sales roles, servicing clients in India and APAC geographies. He has been recognized widely across various domestic institutions and has been involved in selling research, deals & IPOs. Prior to joining Incred, he was instrumental in setting Haitong India’s sales desk. Before Haitong has worked in organizations like Ambit, Standard Chartered, Centrum, CITI & I-Sec. He has graduated in physics and has done post-graduation in management specializing in finance.