Mr. Nimesh N. Kampani is the founder and Non-executive Chairman of JM Financial Group,
one of India’s leading players in the financial services space. The Group is engaged in diverse
businesses which comprises of (i) Integrated Investment Bank (IB) which caters to Institutional,
Corporate, Government and Ultra High Networth clients and includes investment banking,
institutional equities and research, private equity funds, fixed income, private wealth
management, PMS, syndication and finance; (ii) Mortgage Lending includes both wholesale
mortgage lending (primarily catering to real estate developers) and retail mortgage lending
(affordable home loans and secured MSME); (iii) Alternative and Distressed Credit includes
the asset reconstruction business and alternative credit funds; and (iv) Asset management,
Wealth management and Securities business (Platform AWS) provides an integrated investment
platform to individual clients and includes elite and retail wealth management business, broking
and mutual fund business. In his career spanning over five decades, Mr. Kampani has made
pioneering contributions to the development of the Indian capital markets and has advised
several corporates on their strategic and financial needs, especially, capital raising,
mergers & acquisitions, regulators and law makers on progressive regulations for development
of financial markets and corporate activities. Mr. Kampani has served as a member on
several important committees constituted by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India,
Reserve Bank of India, Securities and Exchange Board of India, BSE Limited, National Stock
Exchange of India Limited, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Federation of Indian Chambers
of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).
Mr. Kampani was a member of the High-Powered Expert Committee constituted by the Ministry
of Finance on making Mumbai an International Finance Centre and also a member of the Advisory
Panel on Financial Regulation and Supervision constituted by RBI Committee on Financial Sector
Assessment. He was a member of the Bloomberg Asia Pacific Advisory Board and also a member of
the Governing Board of Centre for Policy Research. Mr. Kampani is a commerce graduate from
Sydenham College, Mumbai and a fellow member of ICAI. In January 2021, Mr. Kampani was honoured
with the Hall of Fame Award by ICAI.
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