Danesh Mistry
"Success in investing comes from understanding both public and private markets, combined with disciplined execution across the entire investment value chain."
He previously served at Tata Asset Management (2009–2020) as Head of Portfolio Management, managing multiple flagship strategies including Tata Digital Fund, Tata Healthcare Fund, Tata Equity Savings Fund, Tata Midcap Growth Fund, Tata offshore Indian Opportunities Fund and Tata Resources & Energy Fund.
Earlier, Danesh worked with Enam Securities (2007–2009) in capital market investment banking transactions and with HDFC Limited (2002–2007) in credit appraisal and underwriting for real estate financing.
Chandrakanth Chereddi
Chandrakanth Chereddi brings over 18 years of experience across business leadership, risk management, compliance and large-scale operational management. He has led and scaled multiple high-growth businesses in the pharmaceutical CDMO and generics space as Division CEO at Laurus Labs (NSE: LAURUSLABS), serving on its Board of Directors for eight years.
He played a central role in expanding the Laurus Synthesis (CDMO) business from less than USD 3 million revenue to over USD 50 million in revenue (now exceeding USD 200 million), and the Laurus Generics Formulations business from nothing to over USD 100 million (now above USD 150 million). He also mentored an industrials company through its successful listing on NSE/BSE in January 2025, at a valuation of over USD 350 million.
Chandrakanth previously worked with Google, Mountain View as a software engineer and McKinsey & Company as an Associate in the Pharma practice and also served as a Senior External Advisor to McKinsey.
He holds a PGPM from ISB Hyderabad (Dean’s List, Merit List, Young Leader Award), an MS in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and a BE in Computer Science & Engineering (Gold Medal for all round performance) from Osmania University, Hyderabad.