Pawan Chaudhary

Pawan brings over 17 + years of extensive experience in equity and debt markets, with expertise across wealth and asset management, credit rating, and equity research.

He oversees investments across a variety of asset classes in his role as Neo Wealth's Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer. He also serves on the board of Neo Wealth Management Pvt. Ltd.

In his previous role as Head of Investments at Client Associates, Pawan managed multibillion-dollar portfolios diversified across equity, debt, and alternative assets during his 8.5-year tenure.

He was also a fund manager of an in-house multi-cap, long-only strategy, which consistently outperformed the market and peers from 2019 to 2022. His investment framework to form view on Indian equity markets, which has received endorsement from marquee fund managers, carries an impeccable track record.

Pawan has been an early investor in absolute return hedge funds in India. Identified, mentored and seeded a couple of hedge funds. He is also a prolific author, having published numerous annual and monthly equity reports, along with thought-provoking white papers.

Prior to this, Pawan was a rating person at Moody’s Analytics, where he covered a diverse range of industries for over three years. He started his career as an equity research analyst at Inforay Consultants.

Academically distinguished, Pawan is a gold medallist in both graduation and post-graduation. He is a CFA charter holder and has completed the prestigious Value Investing Program at Columbia Business School, USA. An avid reader, Pawan frequently conducts knowledge sessions at esteemed institutions like IIMs, FMS, and IIFT.

His core values are excellence and humility, with a deep commitment to contributing positively to the broader investment ecosystem. His top 5 Gallup strengths are: achiever, strategic, learner, ideation, and intellection.