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Harsh Kr. Dhanuka — Executive Committee Member · Navodyam-by SDMC Trust · Gurugram, Haryana, India.
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About
Family Office Professional: More than a decade of experience of cross-functional leadership across Private Bank, Corporate treasury team of a large Indian MNC and an Institutional Globally active Single Family Office
Family Office and Investments Thought Leader: Recognised as Indian Family Office Thought Leader in the Single Family Office
An accomplished financial services professional with deep expertise and leadership experience in Family Office environment and the Investment management space, Harsh has been exposed to different asset classes (Pubic and private equity, derivatives, debt, structured products, venture capital and real estate) and markets (domestic and global), giving him years of rich experience and an extensive network. Over time, Harsh has worked closely with Ultra High Net worth Families, Corporate Treasuries, and highly placed professionals and entrepreneurs.
One of the first set of professionals to have worked on Family Offices in India, Harsh started his journey with developing and executing the concept of Family Office Services with laying down governance frameworks around family constitution, wealth structuring, estate management, family business, succession planning, legal/tax/accounting, and global cross-jurisdiction matters for one of the large Ultra HNI family,
Currently leading efforts to create the structure and team at a large, diverse global Single-Family Office, Harsh’s interests and expertise lie in dealing with complex structural issues (working on designing and implementing solutions for global wealth preservation and transmission) and also in implementing portfolio risk-reward optimisation techniques (in theory as well as in practice).
Experience
Chief Investment Officer & Head of Family OfficeCurrent
SAR Group Family Office · Gurugram
Apr 2019 – Present
Heading the established Single Family Office of the SAR Group whereby managing matters relating to the Family Office including Financial Management, Investments, Compliance, Taxation & Governance of the Family & the Pvt. companies. The promoter family had divested their stake in Luminous in 2011 to Schneider Electric. Harsh is been responsible for - - Strategic Asset Allocation & Evaluation of investment strategies & managing proprietary investments across all asset classes and their execution. ~Creation and Implementation of a comprehensive family financial strategy, including an accompanying Investment Policy document (IPD), across public markets, private markets, new venture incubation, and philanthropy ~Sourcing, identifying, selecting, diversifying and monitoring money managers across various aspects of the portfolio, including cash management, bonds, equities to implement the applicable allocation towards each specific asset class ~Formulating the Family Office Charter with the Family and external advisors - Management of a significant liquidity event from planning and managing cash flows to watertight execution of deployment plan. -Trust Structuring and succession planning needs of a global and diverse Corporate Group's promoter family. - Tax structuring and planning to manage post tax returns & compliance efficiently across the family and trusts. - Setting up and management of global investments out of Singapore in conjunction with regional wealth advisors and private bankers. - Team hiring strategy and leading the process of identifying, hiring and retaining a strong team aligned culturally with the Family. - Continuous reach-out to find growth opportunities for group owned businesses from the perspective of future strategic potential (M&A, JV). - Supervising & Managing the Compliance's at the Group level for all the Operating Cos.
Executive Committee MemberCurrent
Navodyam-by SDMC Trust · Gurugram, Haryana, India
2019 – Present
As Executive Committee member of the Family Foundations, responsible for supervising the functioning of the family foundation and played an instrumental role in setting up organised way of social investing across themes of Primary Health, Primary Education and Livelihoods together with peer family foundations
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