Ajeeth Narayan is a member of the Group Executive Team of Investec Bank plc. Ajeeth Manages 2 businesses for Investec group – the global aircraft leasing business and Investec’s India business.
The global aircraft leasing business of Investec was set up by Investec in 2002 and Ajeeth was one of the founding members of this business. Investec provides flexible capital to airlines, lessors to assist with aircraft acquisition of new, middle aged or end of life aircraft. Further Investec managed funds also owns and lease aircraft to airlines all over the world. Investec aircraft leasing team is able to underwrite and distribute various risks associated with aircraft leasing including credit risk, metal risk, part out risk etc. Investec is one of the few capital providers who can provide solution across the capital stack to finance acquisition of aircraft.
Ajeeth was also responsible for setting up Investec’s India business in 2011. This business was set up with the purpose of providing access to growth capital to Indian corporates. Investec India helps companies with accessing capital from Series A stage to IPO and post IPO public fund raising. Investec India has dedicated India sales resources in key foreign locations like Singapore, NYC and London to distribute Indian paper amongst foreign investors. In addition through its credit funds, Investec India also provides debt to help Indian companies grow. State Bank of India group has a 20% strategic stake in the Investec India business. In the financial year 2024/25, Investec India closed more than 57 deals across both debt and equity, public and private markets. Investec India also writes high quality research on approx. 270 Indian companies which is followed by investors across the globe.
In his spare time, Ajeeth loves cooking and sport specially skiing and tennis. Ajeeth has an undergraduate degree in engineering from IIT Kanpur and a post graduate diploma in management from IIM Kolkata.