Vikas Sharma serves as a Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) for AIP Capital. Vikas also serves as a Director at ACA Global. He is a career asset management professional with over 18 years of compliance and investment management industry experience.
Prior to joining AIP, Mr. Sharma was Deputy Chief Compliance Officer at Nephila Capital Ltd., a registered investment adviser focused on insurance-linked securities and climate risk, which has $9 billion in AUM. He served as a member of the risk, compliance and best execution committees and was responsible for the full compliance program.
Prior to that, Mr. Sharma was a Senior Vice President of Compliance at Hudson Advisors, which is a large private equity fund focused on distressed opportunities and real estate with over $50 billion in AUM. Mr. Sharma was a Manager of Compliance at Stellus Capital, a publicly listed middle-market BDC. Previously, he was an Associate at D.E. Shaw, a large Hedge Fund manager with $35 billion in AUM, in middle market loan division. Throughout his career, Mr. Sharma has successfully managed or participated in multiple SEC examinations, inquiries or investigations.
Mr. Sharma has passed the exams for the Series 7, 24 and 63 licenses. Mr. Sharma graduated with a Bachelors in Accounting and Finance and an MBA from Symbiosis International University in India.