Nilesh Shah is currently Managing Director of Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company Limited. He has worked in Leadership position with Axis Bank Group, ICICI Bank Group and Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund covering Investment Banking and Investment Management across Debt, Equity and Real Estate markets for Local and Global Investors over more than two and half decades. He is a Gold Medallist Chartered Accountant and a Merit ranked Cost Accountant. He was part of the team that received the Best Fund House of the Year Award at all the mutual funds where he worked viz. Kotak Mutual Fund, ICICI Prudential and Franklin Templeton. He is presently Chairman of Association of Mutual Fund in India and member of the Mutual Fund Advisory Committee constituted by SEBI. He has served in various committees of SEBI & Exchanges for Market Development. He has written extensively on Indian Economy and Markets in local and global publications. He has co-authored a book called A Direct Take on Financial Planning.