Ameya Prabhu is an entrepreneur and the Managing Director of NAFA Capital Advisors Pvt. Ltd,. NAFA Capital is an asset management firm with offices in Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai. NAFA Capital manages funds in public equities, private equity, debt capital markets and has a fintech lending business. Ameya also is a Partner in UAP Advisors LLP. UAP Advisors is a financial services, principal investment and sustainability & renewable energy strategic advisory firm focused on India and other emerging markets. Ameya is also the Managing Director of New Age Financial Advisors Pvt. Ltd., joint venture with IFFCO which is the worlds largest farmers co-operative organisation. New Age focusses on investment banking and agri investments.
Ameya has been designated as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Ameya is a BSc. in Economics, Politics and International Studies from the University of Warwick and an MSc. in Financial Management from IE Business School, Madrid.
Ameya is also the author of the book “The Rock Babas & other stories” and a columnist whose writings have been published by well known media outlets such as the Huffington Post, The Quint, Business Today etc.
Ameya is a trustee of Manav Sandhan Vikas Sanstha, a NGO focused on skill training and skill development in rural and semi urban India with an emphasis on job creation for women and the under privileged classes. He is also the Vice Chairman of Konkan Krida Prabodhini, promoting sports in the rural Konkan region of Maharashtra. Ameya is a member of the advisory board of Climate Group India and is also on the board of Miracle Feet India, a NGO focused on elimination of club foot in India. He is currently the Chairperson of the Western Region of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and was formerly the Chairperson of the Young Leaders Forum of the IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry.