The People

In a career spanning 30+ years, K Sarath Reddy, Founder & Chief Investment Officer has led a variety of functions in the field of Investments. Having started his career in Mumbai with Standard Chartered Bank, he took the first opportunity that came along to turn into an entrepreneur. He founded Unifi Capital in 2001. As Unifi's Chief Investment Officer, he works very closely with the analysts and fund management team.

Mr. Narendranath is one of Unifi's co-founders. Until recently, he was managing the day-to-day operations and in particular, the entire back-office operations of the Portfolio Management division of the company, which he built since inception. He currently heads the HR and Special Projects function of the Company and advises the Company on strategic matters. He began his financial services career in 1980. During his 20-year stint with a leading non-bank finance company, he has had hands-on exposure at a senior level to equipment leasing, hire purchase, and credit cards. Functionally, he has handled business development, client relationship, capital raising, compliance and back-room operations. Mr. Narendranath was born on 18th November 1953 and has a master’s degree in Economics from Madras Christian College.

Maran is one of Unifi's co-founders and currently holds the position of Executive Director. Starting his journey in capital market in early 90s, he has worked with some of the leading names in the financial markets. He currently manages some of Unifi's key client relationships and has also been instrumental in spearheading Unifi's initiatives into niche investment strategies and new geographies. His passion for granular details about Indian economy and consumption pattern helped to develop thematic investing styles far ahead of time. He generously shares his thoughts with data as a sought after speaker in academic and industry forums. 

Sandeep is the co-founder of Peepul Capital. Prior to the launch of Peepul Capital in 2000, he had 15 Years of experience in Strategy Consulting with PriceWaterHouse in San Francisco and with Andersen Consulting in London. He has been one of the early participants in the rapidly evolving Indian private equity industry having been active for over twenty years. He takes overall responsibility in defining and executing Peepul Capital's strategy. In that role he has spawned and built a number of entities as well as driven migration through their lifecycles.

Christopher Vinod is one of Unifi's co-founders and currently holds the position of Executive Director. Armed with a Post Graduate Degree in Economics from Loyola College, Chennai and over 25+ years of experience in capital markets, Chris heads the company's branches at Bangalore & Hyderabad and is also responsible for managing client relationships with several HNIs and corporate leaders. Prior to joining Unifi, Chris was with Navia Markets Ltd. (1994 - 2001), a Chennai based financial services firm that provides brokerage services for stocks, currencies and commodities. At Navia, he was responsible for building a strong franchisee network for the company, business development and managing client relationships. Christopher also managed a centralized order routing and risk management system.