Vidhu Shekhar, CFA, is the country head of CFA Institute in India. He is responsible for advancing CFA Institute’s mission and supporting CFA charter holders in India.

Mr. Shekhar is an investment professional with over 30 years of industry experience in India and abroad. Prior to his current role, he served as Vice President, New Products and Business Excellence at National Stock Exchange (NSE) of India. In this role he was responsible for new product initiatives in debt and equity markets for the exchange and also led an enterprise wide Business Excellence program. While at NSE, Mr Shekhar contributed to the development of Indian financial markets through his participation in the work of various committees, including the Dr. Patil Committee on Corporate Bonds and Securitization, and the Raghuram Rajan Committee on Financial Sector Reforms. In prior roles, Mr Shekhar has served as Senior Vice President at IDBI Capital Markets and Managing Director at E*Trade Systems India Limited. He has also served as the Vice President of CFA Society India.

Mr. Shekhar completed his postgraduate diploma in management (PGDM) from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 1987 and holds a bachelor’s degree in physics (Honours) from the University of Delhi.