The CIO has more than two decades of asset management experience in areas such as equity research.

LGT Wealth India, part of LGT, has appointed Harsh Agarwal (main photo) as chief investment officer for its equities business. Most recently, he had been president, specialised investment funds, at 360 ONE Asset, the Indian financial services group. 

Agarwal will lead the firm's equity investment platform and the investments team, driving the development of investment products and blending investment strategies.

He has more than 20 years’ experience across asset management, hedge funds, proprietary trading and equity research. At 360 ONE Asset, Agarwal was responsible for developing and managing specialised investment strategies. Prior to that, Agarwal was head of alternative strategies at Tata Asset Management.

LGT Wealth India is majority owned by LGT, the Liechtenstein-headquartered group that had total client assets under management of $487 billion at the end of last year.