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Prashant Khemka, CFA

CFA | 25 Years of Experience

Prashant founded White Oak Capital in 2017. Prior to White Oak Capital, Prashant spent 17 years at Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM), most recently as CIO and lead PM of Global Emerging Markets (GEM) Equity and India Equity strategies.

He won several accolades as the CIO and Lead PM of GS India Equity. He and his fund won several awards including ‘A’ rating from Citywire and ‘Elite’ rating from Fundcalibre among others.

In addition to his long-standing India investing experience, Prashant brings a unique perspective from having managed developed and emerging market equities over a span of two decades.

Prashant started his professional investing career in 1998 at SSGA in Boston as senior portfolio officer of Enhanced International equity in the quant group. He started his career at GSAM in 2000 as a research analyst in US Growth Equity, and by 2004 he rose to become Senior Portfolio Manager and Co- Chair of the Investment Committee.

He returned to Mumbai in 2006 to start the GSAM India business and served as the CIO and CEO/Co-CEO of their domestic Asset Management Company. In 2013, in addition to India he was also made the CIO and lead PM of GEM equity.

Prashant graduated with honors from Mumbai University with a BE in Mechanical Engineering and earned an MBA in Finance from Vanderbilt University, where he received the Matt Wigginton Leadership Award for outstanding performance in Finance. He was awarded the CFA designation in 2001 and is a fellow of the Ananta Aspen Centre, India. 


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Fadrique Balmaseda
Investment Director | Exp 10 Years
Lim Wen Loong
Investment Director | Exp 10 Years

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Fadrique Balmaseda

Investment Director | 10 Years of Experience

Fadrique is responsible for covering Consumer Discretionary, Industrials and Diversified Financials. He has over 10 years of experience in Investment management. Prior to joining White Oak Capital, Fadrique worked as a Portfolio Manager at Chronos Global Equity, focusing on global listed equities. Before starting Chronos, Fadrique worked at Goldman Sachs Asset Management in London, where he worked as an Equity Analyst for Goldman’s Emerging Markets Equity Team. Prior to that he spent 18 months at Goldman Sachs’ Fund sales team. He holds a double degree in Law and Business administration from ICADE University in Madrid.

Lim Wen Loong

Investment Director | 10 Years of Experience

Loong has ten years of investment experience and currently covers Semiconductors and Tech Hardware at WhiteOak. His previous position prior to joining White Oak was with Maitri Asset Management as a Senior Equity Analyst. Loong started his career at M&G Investments in London where he spent 7 years on the Global Emerging Markets Team. He was a generalist across sectors and geographies but developed a deep understanding of the Tech and Industrial Sectors, particularly in North Asia. During his time at M&G, Loong developed from an analyst to a deputy fund manager and finally managing M&G’s China Strategy before leaving the company to return to Singapore. Loong read Philosophy, Politics & Economics at the University of Warwick. He is a CFA Charterholder

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