Aashish P Somaiyaa

ED & CEO-White Oak Capital Management

Aashish holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Polymer Science from Pune University and a Masters in Management Studies in Finance from NMIMS, Mumbai University. He passed out of MMS Finance at NMIMS in the year 2000.

Aashish is responsible for strategizing, growing and managing the domestic operations at White Oak Capital, a highly differentiated equity fund management firm managing Mutual Funds, AIF and PMS strategies totaling over $4 bn. WhiteOak Capital is founded by Prashant Khemka, former CIO at Goldman Sachs Asset Management for their India Equity and Global Emerging Markets strategies. White Oak Capital totally manages nearly $10 USD across its global as well domestic businesses and is one of the leading foreign portfolio investors investing into India on behalf of global investors including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, family offices and HNIs.

Prior to joining White Oak Capital, Aashish served for nearly 8 years as Managing Director and CEO of Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company, one of the highly regarded and differentiated equity managers in India backed by excellent performance track record and well documented investing philosophy. Starting with about ₹1,300 crs ($150 mn) in 2013, Motilal Oswal AMC grew to >₹42,000 crs ($5.6 bn) of equity assets across portfolio management services, alternative investment funds, offshore funds and domestic Mutual Funds. Aashish played a pivotal role in launching and growing a highly differentiated passive business which for the first time introduced Indian investors to investing in Nasdaq100, S&P500 and similar differentiated indices. Motilal Oswal was awarded Brand of the Year at the CNBC India Business Leadership Awards in 2018 and Aashish was awarded Most Distinguished Alumni of the year 2018 by his alma mater NMIMS, Mumbai.  

Aashish has 25 years’ experience in business strategy and management, process driven sales and distribution, product development and marketing of investment offerings. He has been engaged with India’s private sector asset management industry for pretty much its entire growth trajectory post 1998.

Prior to Motilal Oswal AMC, Aashish was heading sales, distribution and product development at of ICICI Prudential AMC for their MF, PMS and Real Estate offerings through multiple distribution channels across India and Middle East. He has led new product development, product management, communication, and distribution channel delivery over a number of years.

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