Mr. Nikhil Vora is the Managing Director and Head - Research at IDFC Securities Ltd, amongst India's largest domestic stock brokerage house. He brings to his credit 20 years of experience in the Capital Market space and along with Strategy also directly heads the Consumer centric businesses. Mr. Vora has been invited by the Nestle Global Consumer Board and the Regional CFO forum to give a presentation on the potential roadmap for Nestle India. He has also evolved a strategic road-map for Hindustan Unilever, Aditya Birla Group, Marico, Godrej, NIIT, Navneet etc. His research has been accredited by some of the largest global funds like Capital, Fidelity, Alliance Bernstein, Putnam, Schroder's, New Vernon etc. Mr. Vora has been rated by Asia Money / Institutional Investors consistently for being amongst the best analytical minds in the country. In the recent Asia Money polls (2012), Nikhil was voted as the best analyst in the country. Nikhil also has the rare distinction of being voted Asia's Best Analyst by the Wall Street Journal in the same year (2012). Nikhil was also voted as India's Best Consumer Analyst by Zee TV for 2013. His work is also accredited by StarMine - Thomson Reuters, as amongst the best stock-pickers in the markets. Along with advising clients, he also has been a venture capital investor and on the board of a few of his investee companies.
A post-graduate in Management, Mr. Vora was a member participant at the Future Leaders Program at the Said Business School, University of Oxford, London. He was also bestowed with the ‘Thought Leadership' award by IDFC Ltd. He has been a speaker at various forums including management schools such as ISB etc. He has also been a panelist and speaker at various forums such as Future of Financial Markets Leadership Summit, Indian Education Summit etc. Mr. Vora has also served as a judge for contests such as “India's Smartest Investor” by Zee Network and Best Research Presentation conducted by ICFAI.