Zulfikar joined Somerset in 2019 and has 20 + years of experience across private equity, AIFs, taxation, regulatory services, assurance, and consulting, with expertise across the full fund lifecycle from fundraising to exits.
At Somerset, he focuses on fund operations and compliance management, fund raising, investment operations, investor relations, due diligence, reporting, Tax, HR and ESG matters.
Previously, he headed investment operations and asset management for a multi-jurisdictional co-managed offshore fund and was entrusted with providing functional leadership to investment team in the course of investing and post investment activities. He has also helped launch and manage new businesses in his earlier stint – a real estate focussed NBFC and a cold chain warehousing platform. Before this, he has worked with BDO and EY in their assurance and tax practices working across diverse sectors including financial services, consumer, pharma, manufacturing, commodities and energy.
Zulfikar is a post-graduate in commerce from and a member of Institute of Chartered Accountant of India.