Anand Shankar

Anand currently heads equities, both listed and alternates, at DBG ventures- the single family office of the promoters of Welspun. Anand has specialized in family office roles in India and was previously the head of Sattva group family office in Bangalore and played a pivotal role at Sharrp ventures (private investment office of the Harsh Mariwala family) where he was an early core team member. Prior to specializing in family office investing, Anand has worked in private equity and venture capital investing with roles at Incofin Investment Management, GVFL, and Axilor ventures. Prior to entering the venture capital industry, Anand has served as an Audit Associate at boutique accounting advisory firms and later as a Team Leader in the Financial Markets desk at Standard Chartered Group India, where he was involved in Performance Strategy Analysis and reporting to Group Senior Management. Anand received his MS in Applied Finance from Singapore Management University and also holds a Bachelor’s in Commerce degree from Loyola College and a Chartered Accountancy professional certificate from ICAI, India.