Abhay Laijawala

Abhay Laijawala joined Lighthouse Canton in May 2026 as Managing Director & CIO, India. Based inMumbai, Abhay brings over three decades of experience in Indian equity markets, built across leadingglobal investment banks including HSBC, DSP Merrill Lynch, Citibank, JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank.His career spans sell-side research, global macro strategy and asset management — covering the fullarc of India’s equity market evolution, from early foreign institutional access to the structural shiftdriven by domestic financialisation.At Deutsche Bank, he served for a decade as Managing Director and Head of Equity Research, leadingcoverage of more than 120 Indian stocks across multiple sectors and formulating India equity strategyfor institutional clients worldwide — sharpening the cross-sector depth and global macro fluency thatdefine his investment philosophy. Having navigated the Global Financial Crisis, demonetisation and theCovid pandemic, he brings a deep understanding of market behaviour during macro dislocations. Mostrecently, as Head of Offshore Investments at Canara Robeco Asset Management, he grew the RobecoIndian Equities Fund’s AUM tenfold, delivering consistently top-quartile performance among offshoreIndia funds. Abhay holds an M.Com from the University of Bombay and an MBA in Finance from theUniversity of Rhode Island.