The Angel Group of Companies was brought to life by Mr. Dinesh Thakkar. He ventured into stock trading with an intention to raise capital for his own independent enterprise. However, he recognised the opportunity offered by the stock market to serve individual investors. Thus India’s first retail-focused stock-broking house was established in 1987. Under his leadership, Angel became the first broking house to embrace new technology for faster, more effective and affordable services to retail investors.

Mr. Thakkar is valued for his understanding of the economy and the stock-market. The print and electronic media often seek his views on the market trend as well as investment strategies.

Mr. Lalit Thakkar is the motivating force behind Angel’s highly acclaimed Research team. He’s been a part of the senior management team since the Angel Group’s inception. His technical and fundamental outlook has provided impetus to Angel’s market research team. Research-based & personalized advisory services are Angel’s forte, and Mr. Lalit Thakkar has undoubtedly been the brain behind it.

When it comes to analyzing the market, Mr. Lalit Thakkar is truly a genius. His hands-on experience and fundamental knowledge of the market can predict the market trend early. His views on the market trend are often quoted in the print and electronic media.

A chartered Accountant by qualification, Mr. Amit Majumdar is a key member of Angel’s strategic decision-making process. He has been with the group since August 2004. He has handled several functions of the group like finance and operations, to name a few. He has rich experience in finance, investment banking, treasury, consultancy and advisory services.

Mr. Majumdar has led many successful initiatives for the group. Before joining the Angel Group, Mr. Majumdar has been associated with Rabo India Finance, Ambit Corporate Finance and Ernst & Young.

Mr. Sachinn R Joshi brings with him over 19 years of experience handling strategic positions in Business Operations & Finance. He also has hands-on experience in Resource Raising, Strategic Planning, Business Restructuring, Public Listing (Local/ International), etc

A Chartered & a Cost Accountant by qualification, Sachinn is also a post graduate in Law and has completed a one year Certificate Program (BLP II) from IIM (Kolkatta). He has been associated with reputed firms such as Navneet Group of Companies, Lupin Laboratories Ltd and Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd. (IL&FS). His last assignment which spanned over 11 years was with IL&FS Investsmart Group where he worked in various capacities such as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director- Finance & Operations and Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Vinay Agrawal leads the Equity Broking business at Angel, which comprises Business Development, Operations, Product Development and E-broking initiative. He is actively involved in exploring new ways to adopt technology for business enhancement.

A Chartered Accountant by qualification, Mr. Agrawal began his career with the Angel Group as Finance and Operations Consultant, and since then he’s quickly climbed up the corporate ladder.

With an MBA in finance, Mr. Nikhil Daxini has been instrumental in introducing the concept of professional marketing of broking services at Angel. His area of focus is Business Development, Risk Management and Operations.

Mr. Daxini has immense experience in the marketing of financial products and services. He has been associated with HDFC Bank Ltd. in the past.

A marketing professional and a British Chevening scholar from the London School of Economics, Mr. Hitungshu Debnath leads the Distribution and Wealth Management business at the Angel Group. It includes the distribution of Insurance, mutual funds, IPOs, personal loans and other wealth management products.

Mr. Debnath has over 18 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Times Guaranty Financial Ltd., Fortress Financial Services Ltd., Alliance Capital Asset Management and HDFC Asset Management Ltd. in the past.

Mr. Mudit Kulshreshtha heads the advance analytics and strategic business intelligence division at Angel. With a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and PhD in Economics, Mr. Mudit Kulshreshtha has more than 12 years experience in the field of strategy and business consulting.

He has been associated with reputed consulting firms like Deloitte Consulting India, Ernst and Young, Arthur Andersen and WNS Global. He has advised several big clients in the U.S. and U.K. He is also a known speaker at public seminars and conferences organised by CII, NASSCOM, Indian School of Business and IIT.

Mr. Syam brings with him over 18 years of experience in the field of Transaction Banking, Wholesale Banking, Treasury Banking, Consumer Banking and CBS. He started his career with ANZ Grindlays Bank and he was also associated with Standard Chartered Bank in India as Director Transactional Banking.

Mr. Syam followed up his Engineering degree with an MBA. He has also attended Banking & Technology seminars organised by SCB Singapore, BSE India & Euro Finance.

IT is a strategic function at Angel. And Mr. Ketan Shah is involved in the designing of Angel’s IT policies and Strategies. Mr. Shah leads all IT-related activities from planning and budgeting to implementation and maintenance.

Mr. Shah has over 18 years of industry experience. He has been involved in various aspects of Business Operations in his previous assignments.

Ms. Pinky Kothari is responsible for development and expansion of the Angel Group’s business in Southern India. She started her career at Angel as Business Development Executive. She was then appointed the head of Surat Branch and the South Gujarat region, before assuming the role of Associate Director.

A qualified Company Secretary and an MBA in Finance, Ms. Kothari has vast experience in business development in the financial services industry.

A CFA of 1997, Mr. Mathur holds a Post Graduation degree in Financial Management and Business Finance. He brings with him over 14 years of experience in the financial markets

He had been associated with Religare Commodities, Karvy Consultants and with BLB Ltd in the past. He has been involved in several management activities, treasury operations, corporate and strategic planning, research activities in Futures and Options markets in his past assignments.

Mr. Mathur is a regular speaker on all the prominent financial news channels.