Blurring The Boundaries For Global Indian

Shilpi is the Group CEO of Lighthouse Canton. He is responsible for driving the company’s vision and objectives as well as overall business directions. He oversees the Wealth Management and Asset Management businesses of Lighthouse Canton as well as Keenai, a digital full stack private banking and trading platform, creating synergy between the verticals.

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Prior to establishing Lighthouse Canton, Shilpi was a Managing Director at Credit Suisse Private Bank where he managed the Ultra High Net Worth portfolio for the bank. During his time there, he was the team head NRI and subsequently a senior client partner. Prior to that he spent over 6 years at Citibank in India where he was exposed to the various businesses of the bank from Asset based Financing to Wealth Management.

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Shilpi received his Bachelor of Technology degree in Civil Engineering and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from Symbiosis Centre for Management & HRD.

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Capital & Financial market professional with two decades of experience in financial markets. In his last role as Executive Director with Avendus Capital he was responsible in managing a profitable vertical within the Wealth Management business. He has previously worked as a Sr. Market Director with Reliance Capital and has been instrumental in setting up a profitable private wealth business for the ADAG group and spent 6 years in building a $500 MM Private Client Business in India.

He has also worked with Citi Private Bank as Vice President heading the Investment advisory vertical in the year 2010. He was instrumental in setting up the PMS business for ING Investment Management in India as Vice President & Zonal Head in the year 2008 before joining Citi Private Bank. He has worked with organizations like Citibank , GE Money Consumer finance & American Express across various business verticals.

Sanket has led Lighthouse Canton's Global Asset Management business since 2018, building it into a diversified multi-strategy platform spanning Private Credit, Venture Capital, Life Sciences Real Estate, Indian Equities, and Global Macro — bringing together a cohesive approach to portfolio construction, risk management, and return delivery across asset classes. Under his leadership, the platform has expanded significantly in both scale and sophistication, reflecting a consistent focus on disciplined capital deployment and long-term value creation for investors.

He brings over two decades of deep expertise in investment management, structured credit, and private financing. Prior to Lighthouse Canton, he held senior roles at leading global financial institutions including Edelweiss Financial Services, X10, and Deutsche Bank. Over the course of his career, he has executed over USD 1.25 billion in private investment transactions across diverse sectors including life sciences, logistics, marine, roads, real estate, and technology.

He holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Mumbai and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

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Prashant joined Lighthouse Canton in 2016 in Singapore and moved to Dubai in 2017 to set up the DIFC business. He is the CEO for Lighthouse Canton Capital (DIFC) Pte Ltd and heads the Multi-Family Office business for the firm. He is responsible for engagement with key clients in addition to building a footprint for the business in the MENA region.

Prashant brings over 20 years of experience across large international banks like Citibank, Merrill Lynch and Barclays. In Barclays, he was responsible for managing the Non-Resident Indian team in Dubai along with the portfolios of select Ultra-High Net Worth and Institutional clients based in MENA and South/South-East Asia. Prashant has specialized skills in complex derivative products across interest rates, equities and FX and has a keen understanding of the requirements of corporate and institutional clients.

Prashant qualified as a Chartered Accountant and is a merit holder from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He is also a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Delhi University in India.

Gurjeet Sohi is Managing Director and Head of Wealth Management for India at Lighthouse Canton where he leads the development and expansion of Lighthouse Canton's India wealth management business, with a focus on strengthening client engagement, expanding UHNW coverage and deepening the integration of the organisation's global wealth and asset management capabilities.

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Prior to Lighthouse Canton, Gurjeet spent close to three decades at Deutsche Bank, where he held progressively senior roles across wealth management and private banking, most recently as Managing Director and Deputy Head of Wealth Management Coverage for India. Over the course of his career, he has built deep expertise in client relationship management, private banking advisory and building high-performing teams, serving private clients, family offices and UHNW families. He holds a Bachelor's degree from Punjab University and a management degree from IMS, Indore.

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Sunil joined Lighthouse Canton in 2022 and is Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer. Based in Dubai, Sunil oversees the overall strategy of the Investment function, including investment advisory, portfolio management, market analysis, and optimizing our investment processes. In his role, he looks to ensure that our investment team continues to deliver high-quality investment solutions while driving innovation and growth.

With over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, Sunil is an expert in global markets, banking, and macroeconomic research. Prior to joining Lighthouse Canton, Sunil was International Equity Research Head at JP Morgan. He oversaw the organization's global expansion of ESG research and data-driven research in EMEA and APAC. He was also a member of the Corporate Investment Banking Management Committee. Previously, Sunil has held leadership positions with some of the renowned investment banking institutions in London and Hong Kong, including Fox-Pitt Kelton, Barclays de Zoete Wedd, and HSBC.

Abhay Laijawala has over three decades of experience in Indian equity markets, built across leading global investment banks including HSBC, DSP Merrill Lynch, Citibank, JPMorgan, and Deutsche Bank. His career spans sell-side research, global macro strategy, and asset management — covering the full arc of India's equity market evolution, from early foreign institutional access to the structural shift driven by domestic financialisation.

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At Deutsche Bank, he served for a decade as Managing Director and Head of Equity Research, leading coverage of more than 120 Indian stocks across multiple sectors and formulating India equity strategy for institutional clients worldwide. This role sharpened the cross-sector depth and global macro fluency that define his investment philosophy. He has navigated the Global Financial Crisis, demonetisation, and the Covid pandemic, deepening his understanding of market behaviour during macro dislocations.

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Most recently, as Head of Offshore Investments at Canara Robeco Asset Management, he grew the Robeco Indian Equities Fund's AUM tenfold, delivering consistently top-quartile performance among offshore India funds.

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Abhay holds an M.Com from the University of Bombay and an MBA in Finance from the University of Rhode Island.

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