Ascentios Advisors is the investment manager to funds sponsored by Arpwood Partners.
Amit Deshmukh is the Chief Financial Officer of Ascentios Advisors.
Amit was previously the CFO for the Yes Bank AMC and HSBC India’s AMC. Across his career in the Indian financial services industry, Amit has also worked with Bhartia AXA, Fidelity India, Standard Chartered Bank, and Kotak Securities.
Amit is a Chartered Accountant and Cost Accountant by training.
Kazi Arif Uz Zaman is a Whole-Time Director of Ascentios Advisors.
Kazi is a partner at GestAlt Network, a a Bangalore-based investment partnership deploying proprietary capital. Prior to GestAlt Network, Kazi worked at Everstone Capital, ICICI Venture, and ANZ Grindlays.
Kazi holds an undegraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur and a graduate degree in Management from IIM Ahmedabad. He is a CFA (US) charterholder.