ASK Investment Managers today announced the appointment of George Heber Joseph as Chief Investment Officer and Chief Executive Officer (Equity). This appointment underscores ASK’s intent to deepen its equity expertise, accelerate product innovation, and expand into new segments, including mutual funds and quant-driven strategies.

George brings over two decades of experience in equity and capital markets. He joins ASK from Jio BlackRock Asset Management, where he was designated as the Chief Investment Officer and played a pivotal role in setting up the Jio BlackRock JV in India. Previously, he led investment and business strategy at ITI Mutual Fund. George’s longest stint was with ICICI Prudential AMC, where he had spent more than a decade and was responsible for more than $2bn of equity assets, according to a press release.

Joseph has managed two flagship funds. He also led the discretionary PMS division, where he managed small-cap/Pipe investment approaches with top-quartile performance and exits to investors. He has also worked with DSP Merrill Lynch, Wipro, Metlife India, Cholamandalam Investment & Finance. He is widely known for his stock-picking approach, long-term value orientation, and for successfully scaling asset management platforms. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Cost & Management Accuntant.

George will spearhead and drive the strategy and execution of the investment framework and performance management, operational excellence through products and sales strategy for ASK’s Equity business - PMS, AIFs, including Offshore funds and soon-to-be-launched mutual fund (for which ASK has received in-principle SEBI approval). He will play a pivotal role in ASK’s transformational growth journey, data-driven decision making, investment outcomes and product innovations.