Lakshmi Iyer is a distinguished financial services leader with over 27 years of experience in wealth advisory, fixed income, equities real estate and alternative investments.

In her current role at Bajaj Finserv, she oversees investments across the Group to maximise capital deployment. She is also responsible for identifying new investment opportunities across various asset classes within the permissible framework.

With more than 25 years at the Kotak Group, she most recently served as Chief Executive Officer – Investment & Strategy at Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Ltd, where she was responsible for investment advisory and product solutions across fixed income, equities, and alternates.

She has been a portfolio specialist and managed product-related initiatives such as product pricing and coordination with the funds management and sales teams. Throughout her career, she has led high-performing teams in fund management and deal execution.

Lakshmi is an MBA from NMIMS. Her fund management industry contributions earned her recognition as one of Asia’s 25 most influential women in asset management by Asian Investor. She has also been featured in the Forbes W-Power List 2022 and Forbes India Self-Made Women 2024. She was also honoured as one of India’s Impactful CEOs 2023 by Times Now and recognised among Most Promising Business Leaders of Asia 2024 by ET Edge.