I.V. Subramaniam (Subbu)
MD and Group Head – Equities

Subbu has over 33 years of experience in the Indian capital markets including 4 years in global equity research. Subbu is a CFA Charterholder. Since June 2000, Subbu has managed India-dedicated portfolios for India-based clients. Since 2005, he has managed India-dedicated portfolios for international clients. Subbu was born in 1962.

Subbu began his career in 1989 and gained experience in capital markets in the area of broking, registrar and stock trading based out of Hyderabad. With a deep desire to do equity research and be part of a team that places “Client interests first”, Subbu joined Quantum in 1996 endorsing Ajit’s ambitions for Quantum India to help the Indian financial markets move from a lower level of orbit to a higher level of orbit – and to ensure that investors (foreign and local) were able to participate in generating sensible, risk-adjusted returns from India’s economic growth.

While Subbu began his career as a research analyst, his understanding of portfolio construction and his perseverance later in his career of a CFA prepared the ground for Subbu to become the CIO of Quantum Advisors in 2007 and Managing Director in 2013. He passed on the role of CIO to Arvind Chari in 2021 and retains the role of Head - Equity. The partnership from 1997 to 2004 with Tom Hansberger - a co-founder of Templeton, Galbraith & Hansberger – enabled Subbu to understand the importance of research and investments process on a global platform and to modify and implement those processes for the India-focused, long-term. value equity portfolio built at Quantum Advisors with a track record since 2000.