About

Sudip Bandyopadhyay

Sudip Bandyopadhyay is currently the Managing Director and CEO of Destimoney Securities, a full service financial organisation, promoted by New Silk Route – an Asia focused growth capital private equity firm with over $1.5 billion under management.  Sudip is also an independent non-executive director of Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange.

Sudip is a qualified CA and a Cost Accountant. He has over 23 years of rich & diverse experience in various areas of financial services. He has worked with reputed organizations like Reliance (ADA Group), ITC, ICI and HLL.

Sudip was the Managing Director of Reliance Money and was also on the Board of several Reliance ADAG Group Companies since May 2005. He was instrumental in leading Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group’s foray, amongst others, into Equity & Commodity Broking, Financial Products Distribution, Commodity Exchanges, Gold Coin Retailing, Money Changing and Money Transfer. Under his leadership, Reliance Money had aggressively expanded its footprint in India and across the globe.  Sudip was also responsible for the acquisition of AMP Sanmar through which Reliance launched its Life Insurance business.

During Sudip’s 16 years stint with ITC as head of Treasury and Strategic Investments, he managed investments in excess of Rs.4000 crores.  He was responsible for the acquisition of strategic stakes in EIH, VST and several other companies by ITC.

Sudip strongly believes in empowering masses for making smart decisions related to investments, savings and spending through ‘Financial Literacy Programmes’. With this objective, he has taken various initiatives towards creating investment awareness and opportunities for the various segments of the population.