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. 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 early 2000s.
Since 2013, she has spearheaded the fundamental research & fund management team at FG. Her research has been featured in Wall Street Journal, CBS Marketwatch, Business Week, Barron's etc.
She has a B.Pharm. degree plus an MBA from Mumbai University where she topped the course.