Raghu Mandagolathur

CEO at Marmore Mena Intelligence

Speaker

Raghu is the CEO of Marmore Mena Intelligence, a research subsidiary of Kuwait Financial Center (Markaz), a leading asset management company based in Kuwait with AUM exceeding $3b.

In a career spanning more than 33 years, Raghu has dedicated nearly 22 years in the Gulf region (Riyadh, Bahrain and Kuwait). Prior to his stint in the Gulf region, Raghu worked with several leading institutions based in India including the largest mutual fund Unit Trust of India and the largest engineering consultancy MECON.

Raghu provides regular strategic research opinions on markets, economy, sectors and other business angles through various blogs, columns and speeches. He specializes in big picture research focused on GCC, with a keen interest in energy, asset allocation and stock market research.

Raghu has obtained CFA Charter from the CFA Institute, USA (2003) and is a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) from the Global Association for Risk Professionals, USA (2005). He is also a Fellow member of The Institute of Cost Accountants of India. He is associated with CFA Institute as a volunteer since 2003. He was the founding board member of CFA Bahrain Society and founding President of CFA Kuwait Society. He was also a member of Education Advisory Committee of CFA Institute (2012-2019).

Raghu attended a 2-week Investment Management Workshop at Harvard Business School in 2007. Raghu enjoys motor biking, playing online chess, watching Cricket and reading books.