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Name | Title | Since | Until |
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Hiren Dasani | Managing Director | 2017 | Now |
Biography | Hiren has over 20 years of investing experience in India and emerging markets. He joined White Oak from GSAM, where he worked for more than 18 years from January 2007 to June 2025. At GSAM, Hiren started as a sector analyst covering Indian financials at Mumbai as part of India equity research team and over the years, researched telecom, media and consumer discretionary sector companies till June 2013. Hiren was promoted as Head of India Equity research team at GSAM in June 2013, when he started working closely with Prashant Khemka on GSAM’s India equity strategy effectively as co-portfolio manager. In May 2017, when Prashant left GSAM to found White Oak, Hiren was promoted as Co-Head of Global Emerging Markets Equity and lead portfolio manager, India Equities at GSAM, a role that he fulfilled at GSAM till end of June 2025. Hiren is a CFA chartered holder, has studied MBA in finance and marketing from Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIM K) and has also done Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering from M.S. University of Baroda, India. | ||
Prashant R. Khemka | CIO (Chief Investment Officer) | 2008 | 2017 |
Biography | Prashant founded White Oak Capital in 2017. Prior to White Oak Capital, Prashant spent 17 years at Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM), most recently as CIO and lead PM of Global Emerging Markets (GEM) Equity and India Equity strategies.He won several accolades as the CIO and Lead PM of GS India Equity. He and his fund won several awards including A rating from Citywire and Elite rating from Fund calibre among others.In addition to his long-standing India investing experience, Prashant brings a unique perspective from having managed developed and emerging market equities over a span of two decades.Prashant started his professional investing career in 1998 at SSGA in Boston as senior portfolio officer of Enhanced International equity in the quant group. He started his career at GSAM in 2000 as a research analyst in US Growth Equity, and by 2004 he rose to become Senior Portfolio Manager and Co- Chair of the Investment Committee.He returned to Mumbai in 2006 to start the GSAM India business and served as the CIO and CEO/Co-CEO of their domestic Asset Management Company. In 2013, in addition to India he was also made the CIO and lead PM of GEM equity.Prashant graduated with honors from Mumbai University with a BE in Mechanical Engineering and earned an MBA in Finance from Vanderbilt University, where he received the Matt Wigginton Leadership Award for outstanding performance in Finance. He was awarded the CFA designation in 2001 and is a fellow of the Ananta Aspen Centre, India. Prashant graduated with honors from Mumbai University with a BE in Mechanical Engineering and earned an MBA in Finance from Vanderbilt University, where he received the Matt Wigginton Leadership Award for outstanding performance in Finance. He was awarded the CFA designation in 2001 and is a fellow of the Ananta Aspen Centre, India. |
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