ITI Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth

Mr Pradeep is a qualified Chartered Accountant from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, New Delhi and a Chartered Financial Analyst from CFA Institute – USA.

Prior to joining ITI Asset Management Ltd., he has worked with Tata Asset Management Ltd., CARE Ratings Ltd., Bombay Dyeing, Tata International and Lubrizol India Ltd. He has over 23 years of extensive experience in Fund Management, Equity Research, Credit Evaluation and Ratings. During his 15-year stint at Tata Asset Management Ltd., he managed a broad spectrum of schemes across large cap (Tata Large Cap Fund), multi cap (Tata Large and Midcap Fund, Tata India Tax Savings Fund and the equity portion of Tata Hybrid Equity Fund), offshore fund (Tata India Offshore Opportunities Fund) and thematic funds (Tata Ethical Fund) with assets under management exceeding Rs. 5,000 crores. He was responsible for heading the equity research function and also for tracking various sectors and a wide variety of stocks. On the other hand, at CARE, he took care of multiple ratings and advisory assignments of companies across manufacturing, financial services and other services sectors.

Mr George holds dual Bachelor's Degrees in English Language & Literature and Commerce. He is a qualified CA from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, New Delhi and a Cost and Management Accountant from Institute of Cost Accountants of India, Kolkata.

Prior to joining ITI Asset Management Ltd., he has worked with ICICI Prudential Asset Management Ltd., Tanfac Industries Ltd. (Aditya Birla Group), Cholamandalam Investments & Finance Co. Ltd., Met Life India, Wipro and DSP Merrill Lynch Ltd. based in India and abroad. His last stint was at ICICI Prudential Asset Management Co. Ltd. Mumbai, where he spent more than a decade managing some of the large flagship fund strategies in the equity and hybrid categories with assets under management exceeding Rs. 10,000 crores. All funds (Multicap, ELSS – Long Term Equity Fund, Child Care) and discretionary portfolios (Wellness, Exports, Flexicap, Largecap, PIPE/Smallcap) managed by him during this entire period were excellent performers in their respective categories. There, he was designated as Senior Fund Manager (Vice President Grade) based in Mumbai, India and was one of the Key Management Personnel in the company and was part of the investment management team. He is known for his focus on extensive bottom-up research and stock-picking capabilities, has overseen fund managers activities and managed various research analysts during his tenure.