Market Dynamics: India, Asia and the World
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
An assessment of the market dynamics in Asia and the rest of the World and the potential impact that factors including recent government policy may have on the short-term and long-term demand for gold in India.
Shekhar Bhandari, Kotak
Mahindra Bank.
Shekhar Bhandari is the
Business Head for Forex,
Derivatives and Precious
Metals in the Treasury
division of Kotak Mahindra Bank
He joined Kotak Mahindra group in 1996 after
completing his Chartered Accountancy where
he was ranked 25
th
in India. Since then he
has held positions of increasing responsibility
across various group companies – Kotak
Mahindra Finance Ltd, Kotak Mahindra Asset
Management Company and Kotak Mahindra
Old Mutual Life Insurance. Amongst several
achievements, Shekhar led the entire formulation
and turnaround project - “Turning Point” with
McKinsey, and rolled out Change Management
Process at branch, regional and national level
in turn making Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life
Insurance among top 3 in Agent Productivity in
the Industry. He also set up the Compliance
and Secretarial function at Kotak Mahindra Old
Mutual Life Insurance.
His interests include Foreign Exchange,
Precious Metals, Derivatives, Treasury, Economy,
Risk Management, Distribution and Marketing
of Financial Products. He is a regular speaker at
various forums on these areas of interest.
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a
further qualification of Associate member of
the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India,
Associate member of the Institute of Company
Secretaries of India and graduate member of the
Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India.
