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Aakash Desai

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CIO and Head Private Credit at 360 ONE Asset
📍 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Aakash Desai is the Chief Investment Officer and Head of Private Credit at 360 ONE Asset, with two decades of experience in institutional financial services. He specializes in corporate and structured finance, syndication, and capital markets. An alumnus of Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, his career includes leadership roles at Standard Chartered Bank and Clix Capital.

There is no publicly available information about Aakashs personal interests or hobbies. His public presence is focused entirely on his professional expertise and accomplishments in the financial services industry.

His firm won "Best Private Credit Deal – APAC and India" and "Best Private Credit House – APAC" at the FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2025.

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Experience
22 Years
Current Role
CIO and Head Private Credit
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Priorities

Topics Aakash cares about

Indian Private Credit
He frequently speaks on private credit in India, calling it a defining decade for the asset class and a strategic allocation for institutional portfolios, not just an opportunistic trade.
Bespoke Capital Solutions
He champions providing "Bespoke capital. At scale." as a core philosophy for private credit in India, a key theme from his discussion at a BCG Global Fintech Fest podcast.
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Career

Work history

3-2023
CIO and Head Private Credit
360 ONE Asset
1-2022
Chief Investment Officer and Head - Credit
360 ONE Asset
1-2022
Head - Private Credit - IIFL Asset Management
IIFL Asset Management
7-2017 - 2-2022
Head - Corporate Finance and Structured Credit
Clix Capital
3-2017 - 7-2017
Managing Director - Loan Syndications - Corporate Finance
Standard Chartered Bank
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Media appearances

#FASTFIVE with Aakash Desai | 360 ONE Asset. Featured in YouTube
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We believe the majority of rate hikes is behind us: Aakash Desai, CIO & Head Private Credit at 360 ONE Asset. Featured in The Hindu BusinessLine
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Education
1999 - 2001
MBA (MMS)
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
1984 - 1994
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Maneckji Cooper Education Trust School - MCET
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