PK Sen Sharma
Chairman & Founder

PK is the Chairman of Indxx and founded the business in 2005. He establishes the firm's overall corporate strategy and advises on turning that strategic vision into reality.

Raised in India, PK started his career as the co-founder of a leading global fashion brand, Mexx, in the 1970s. The company was based in The Netherlands, where he resided for 15 years. PK was responsible for all finance, operations and distribution functions of Mexx, and established independent operations in other key markets such as Germany, Belgium, France, the UK and Hong Kong. In 1984, Mexx decided to expand its business to North America and PK was chosen to head this expansion. He established US operations in New York along with a franchise partner in Canada. Within 3 years, the US business grew to be in excess of $100 million with distribution in all major department and specialty stores through unique, shop-in-shop concepts. The Mexx global business continued to grow and by 2000 it was operating in 26 countries with over 350 retail stores and revenues in excess of €500 million. In 2001, Mexx was acquired by a leading US multi-brand apparel company as one of their core brands.

PK holds a degree from The Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi, India.

Naveen Kumar
Managing Director & Co-Founder

Naveen joined Indxx in June, 2005 in his current role. He has been instrumental in launching a variety of products including index funds, long only funds and private equity funds. The firm has carried out various investment decisions under his leadership, in the areas of both private equity as well as public market securities.

He has also been instrumental in setting up the Corporate Advisory division of the firm. Under his leadership, Indxx has established relationships with quality mid-sized companies seeking growth capital or other forms of financial advice. He conceptualized and set up the Customized Index division which today produces a variety of unique, investible indices that are licensed to various organizations for product launch.

Naveen started his career with the investment banking division of JM Morgan Stanley. During the initial years, he worked as part of the MARD (Mergers & Acquisitions and Restructuring Division) and GCM (Global Capital Markets) groups. He played a significant role in notable transactions including the Bharti Airtel IPO, Gujarat Ambuja convertible offering, acquisition of L&T Cement by Aditya Birla Group, and acquisition of Centak Chemicals by Akzo Nobel.

He then moved on to the banking division within JM Morgan Stanley where he was responsible for initiating, developing and maintaining the firm's investment banking relationships with clients. He covered sectors such as oil & gas, power, cement, fertilizers and chemicals.

Naveen's educational qualifications include a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and a Bachelor of Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering, University of Delhi.

Rahul Sen Sharma
Director, Business Development

Rahul joined Indxx in 2011 and currently serves as Director of Business Development, where he is responsible for building the firm's new client relationships. Prior to joining Indxx, Rahul was the Director of Investment Research for RR Advisory Group, a full service private wealth management firm based in New York that caters to high net worth individuals, where he performed due diligence on the firm's investment managers and built customized portfolios for client's investable assets. From 2003-2006, Rahul was based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and served as Manager of Consumer Sales Training for Mexx, a global fashion company with more than €1 billion in sales and 500 retail location throughout Europe and the Middle East. He began his career in the music industry, and worked at Atlantic Recording Corporation from 2002 – 2003.

Rahul holds a BS from Boston College and an MBA with Beta Gamma Sigma honors from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business.

Chakradhar Gade
Vice President

Chakradhar joined Indxx in 2007 and is responsible for oversight of the firm's Corporate Advisory division. He has diverse deal experience spanning private equity, M&A and corporate restructuring and has worked with clients across the manufacturing, financial services, retail, information technology and education sectors. Prior to Indxx, Chakradhar worked with Infosys.

Chakradhar has a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM Indore and is a Financial Risk Manager. He has also successfully completed all three levels of the Chartered Financial Analyst exam.