Mr. Hemen Bhatia is a seasoned asset management professional with over 20 years of experience in the Indian mutual fund industry and is widely recognized for his expertise in ETFs and passive business. In his most recent role, Mr. Bhatia served as Executive Director & CEO of Angel One AMC spearheading the buildout of the firm’s passive-focused asset management business. Prior to that, he was Head of ETF Business at Nippon Life India AMC, where he played a key role in scaling the passive business significantly.

He was also part of the core team at Benchmark AMC, the pioneering house that introduced the ETF concept to India and was instrumental in establishing the landmark CPSE ETF at Goldman Sachs AMC, which was a very successful Government of India disinvestment program via ETF route. Mr. Bhatia has been an active member of key industry and regulatory bodies, including AMFI’s ETF Committee and he was also part of the SEBI working group that developed the Mutual Funds Lite (MF Lite) framework for passive schemes.

Mr. Bhatia holds Master of Management Studies (Finance) degree from Mumbai University.