HDFC Defence Fund - Direct (G) vs Motilal Oswal Flexi Cap Fund-Dir(G)

Abhishek Poddar

PGP from Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. CIMA (UK) Chartered Accountant, B Com. (H) from St. Xavier's College

Collectively over 17 years experience including 13 years of equity research, 1 year in investment banking, 3 years in corporate finance. April 25, 2019 till date HDFC Asset Management Company Limited. November 19, 2012 to April 12, 2019 Kotak Securities Limited Last Position held: Research Analyst (Lead) April 20, 2010 to November 15, 2012 Tata Securities Limited Last Position held: Research Analyst February 8, 2010 to April 19, 2010 HDFC Securities Limited Last Position held: Senior Manager - Institutional Business August 10, 2009 to January 31, 2010 Anand Rathi Financial Services Limited Last Position held: Investment Banking Associate

Ajay Khandelwal

MBA, Bachelor of Engineering

Around 14 years of Experience including 9 years in Mutual Fund industry BOI AXA Investment Managers Private Limited ( April 2010 To Present) B&K Securities ( January 2008 To April 2010) Infosys (June 2005 To December 2007)

Akash Singhania

B.Com(H), CA, & PGDBM (IIM-L)

Prior to being the Fund Manager at DWS, Mr.Singhania was associated with Deutsche Asset management (India) Pvt. Ltd. as Fund Manager-PMS (May'08-Dec'12), ICICI Prudential Asset Management Co. Ltd. as Research Analyst (Mar'06-May'08), SR Batliboi & Co. (Ernst & Young) as Senior Executive (Jul'05-Mar'06), Bharat S Raut & Co. (KPMG) as Senior Executive (Aug'02-May'03) and PWC as Junior Executive (Oct'01-Jul'02).

Gautam Sinha Roy

B.E(Honors) from Jadavpur University, Kolkata and PGDM from IIM-Calcutta.

Mr.Roy has close to 11 years of experience in the fund management and investment research from April 2014 onwards Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd..- Vice President from January 2013 to March 2014 IIFL Capital Pvt. Ltd.- Investment Analyst from December 2008 to December 2012 Mirae Asset Global Investments (India) Pvt. Ltd. Designation - Investment Analyst from November 2007 to November 2008 Edelweiss Capital Ltd.- Senior Manager - Research from October 2005 to October 2007 Genpact Ltd.- Assistant Manager from January 2004 to October 2005 Benntt, Coleman & Co. Ltd.- Deputy Manager from June 2003 to December 2003 Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company Ltd.

Herin Visaria

CFA Level three Candidate and a Bachelor of Commerce.

Mr. Herin Visaria has a rich experience of over 11 years in Sales Trading, Derivatives Research and Dealing. Prior to working with Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company Ltd, Mr. Visaria has worked with Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd (now Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.) under Institutional Derivatives Research Department. Mr. Visaria has also worked with Bank of Baroda Capital Markets Ltd in Sales Trading - Institutional Equities, and Religare Capital Markets Ltd in Sales trading and Dealing servicing the Mutual Funds in the Institutional Derivatives department.

Niket Shah

Masters in Business Administration (MBA-Finance)

Niket Shah has 9 years of overall experience. Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company Ltd. - Vice President - Associate Fund Manager Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd - Head of Midcaps Research Edelweiss Securities Ltd. - Research Analyst - Midcaps Religare Capital Markets Ltd. - Associate Research Analyst - Midcaps

Santosh Singh

Chartered Ac-countant (CA) and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

Mr. Santosh Kumar Singh has over 17 years of experience across his tenure. Mr. Singh was associated with Haitong International Securities Ltd. as Head of Research and Lead Analyst where he was responsible for Research product and overall Research strategy. He was also associated with SG Asia Holdings as an analyst and also with Espirito Santo Securities as Lead analyst. Mr. Singh was ranked No.1 analyst in India in the Asia money polls for insurance sector continuously for three years from 2015 to 2017.

Siddharth Bothra

B.Com (Honors), MBA (Post Graduate Program) from ISB (Indian School of Business, Hyderabad) and MBA International Student Exchange NYU Stern School of Business (New York)

He has over 17 years of experience in the fund management and investment research.  Motilal Oswal Asset Management Co. Ltd. - as Senior Vice Presidentand Fund Manager from April 2013 onwards.  Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd. - as Senior Vice President from June 2012 to March 2013.  Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd. - as Senior Vice President from January 2005 to March 2011.  Alchemy Share and Stocks Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, - as Analyst, from January 2004 to January 2005.  VCK Share and Stock Broking Services, Kolkata - as Senior Manager from June 2001 to September 2003.

Swapnil P Mayekar

M.Com from Mumbai University and Advanced Diploma in Business Administration from Welingkar, Mumbai

Prior to joining Motilal Oswal AMC he worked with Business Standard Limited from Aug 2005 to Feb 2010.