Samir Rajpal
CEO
Samir Rajpal is the CEO of Portcullis Investment Office Private Limited.
Samir was Executive Director of Khattar Holdings & Khattar Capital International, a Singapore-based family office, for 10 years where he advised on portfolio construction and risk management with a focus on money philosophy.
In the family office Samir advised on Angel and Venture investing, Listed and Private Equity, Fixed Income, FX, structured products and technical analysis. He was a member of the investment committee, advised on internal performance reporting and contributed to formulating investment policy and risk management.
Prior to joining the family office, Samir worked in strategy management consulting for Stanford Research Institute and in Corporate Banking for Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco. In Singapore, he was Director & COO for a European holding company with global interests in real estate, direct marketing and wellness. He previously also founded and spent six years running a business as regional distributor of personal care goods licensed by Walt Disney, Warner Brothers, LucasFilm, Mattel and others.
Samir received his Bachelors of Technology in Chemical Engineering from IIT Delhi before obtaining a Master’s Degree in Chemical & Materials Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Finance from the University of Iowa, specialising in options trading. He is also a CFA charter holder.