Axis Asset Management Company (AMC) has appointed B Gopkumar as its managing director and chief executive officer (MD and CEO) in place of Chandresh Nigam, who is leaving the asset manager after almost 14 years.
Gopkumar, presently the MD and CEO of Axis Securities, will take over Axis AMC on May 1, 2023, said a press release. He joined Axis Securities as the MD and CEO in October 2019. Nigam has been with the AMC since 2009, first as the head of equities and then as its MD and CEO.
The company is bringing in former Credit Suisse executive Ashish Gupta as