About White Pine
White Pine Investment Management Private Limited has been founded in May 2021 by Niraj Mansingka and Manish Karwa to pursue their vison of creating a sustainable organisation known for its investing acumen. Our aspiration is to create long-term wealth for our investors. We visualise ourselves as a recognised asset management firm having an entrepreneurial environment and long-term process driven investing culture.
Meet Our Team
Niraj Mansingka – Co-Founder
Niraj co-founded White Pine Investment Management in May 2021. He has cumulative ~22 years of formal experience in Equity investing, Equity research and Information Technology. While most of his experience pertains to Equities (18 years) and Real Estate (large equity investments + family business), he has also worked in Fixed Income markets (~0.5 years in Debt fund management). In his last assignment, he held the position of Executive Director in Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) – entity managing funds for GS India Equity Fund.
He graduated in First class with Honours in Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-BHU), Varanasi in 1998. He is also an MBA (Finance and Strategy) from Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad. He is a CFA charter holder since December 2007.
Manish Karwa – Co-Founder
Manish co-founded White Pine Investment Management in May 2021. He has 22 years of equity research experience primarily covering the financial sector – banking, insurance, NBFCs, etc. at marquee places like Kotak, Deutsche, Axis, Motilal Oswal, etc. He has been very well rated by most institutional investors in their polls and various external polls. Manish is an MBA (Finance) from Mumbai University.
Chirag Shah – Director Investment
Chirag joins White Pine Investment Management as Director – Investments. He has 20 years of work experience, of which 18 years has been in the field of equity research primarily covering the automobile sector. He has been very well-rated by most institutional investors in their polls and various external polls. Chirag is a Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary.
Keshav Karwa – Analyst
Keshav Karwa has over two years of work experience and had worked in Nomura and Fidelity as an Associate prior to joining White Pine Investment Management. Keshav has a Masters in Management Studies in Finance from the University of Mumbai.
Sahil Karia – Analyst
Sahil Karia has over two years of work experience and had worked in Aranca and SS&C GlobeOp as an Associate prior to joining White Pine Investment Management. Sahil has a Bachelors in Commerce (Financial Management) from the University of Mumbai.