Speaker Profile: Vikram Bhandari

Vikram is the Head and CIO of Schroders Capital Solutions.  He is responsible for designing and managing portfolio solutions, leveraging Schroders Capital’s in-house investment capabilities and external manager research function across the full spectrum of private market strategies including private equity, infrastructure, private credit, real estate, and niche asset classes.  Prior to joining Schroders Capital, Vikram was the senior most Portfolio Manager for BlackRock Alternative Portfolio Solutions in EMEA, where he led the design and management of multi-alternative, private markets portfolios spanning income, growth and thematically aligned outcomes for DB, DC, insurance, and OCIO clients.  Vikram started his career in 2001 as a credit specialist at Bain Capital Credit. Vikram graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and Systems Science.