Mr. Janmejay Upadhyay is the Chief Risk Officer of the Franklin Templeton AMC (India) and he is responsible for oversight of enterprise-wide risks across the firm. Janmejay works in close partnership with the investment portfolio teams, business, and enterprise leaders in India, and our global Risk Management team to lead the risk management function for the India AMC.

Janmejay brings over 23 years of experience in Risk Management having worked with leading institutions such as Citigroup and ICICI.  Prior to joining FT, he has spent the last 11 years with the Edelweiss Group, in his last stint he was the CRO for Capital Markets, NBFC and Wealth & Investment Management businesses of the group. For some part of his career at Edelweiss group, he played the role of Chief Operating Officer of the Wealth Management business, wherein has was overseeing enterprise functions comprising Risk, Compliance, Technology, Operations, Customer Service, Corporate Planning and Strategy.

Over the years he has been instrumental in leading the transformation of business operations through institutionalization of robust internal processes and automation thus creating a highly reliable enterprise platform to support the wealth management businesses.

Mr. Upadhyay holds a master’s degree in Business Administration (PGDBA) from Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Co-op Management, and a bachelor’s degree in arts (BA) from the University of Allahabad.