Ms. Devina Mehra Founder, Chairperson & Managing Director
She is one of the most respected names in the world of investing and research for 3 decades.
After setting up India's leading securities & research firm in the 90s, she spearheaded its global foray 1999 onwards making First Global the first Asian (ex-Japan) member of the London Stock Exchange & the NASD & setting up a truly global research team covering stocks across the Americas, Europe & Asia.
Quoted extensively in the Indian media as well as in The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Forbes, Business Week etc, she has called out major market turning points & was an early investor in HDFC Bank, Amazon, Apple, etc.
She is a Gold medallist from IIM Ahmedabad & Lucknow Univ.
Mr. Neeraj Khanna Director
A Chartered Accountant with 33+ years of experience, Mr. Khanna has strong expertise in Securities Markets, Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Investment Banking, and taxation. As Director & Group CFO at First Global for 22+ years, he has led the growth of Institutional & Retail Broking, PMS (India & Global), and Investment Banking.
He was among the early pioneers in facilitating Indian investments abroad in 1999. He has worked extensively with regulators like SEBI, SEC (USA), FSA (UK), and CIMA.
Mr. Achin Agarwal Head, Quantitative Research
He heads the Quant Research, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning unit, leading a team of highly qualified mathematicians & engineers.
His research interests in Maths & AI, include deep learning, natural language processing, genetic algorithms, distributed computing & their applications in asset management.
He has an MBA from IIM Bangalore & B.Tech. in Computer Science from IIT Kharagpur.
Ms. Kavita Thomas VP, Research
With 20 years of experience in Equity Research, she was a part of the initial team at FG that set up a comprehensive global research product in the early 2000s.
Since 2013, she has spearheaded fundamental research