Westbridge Capital Adds Chief Corporate Development Officer
Westbridge Capital Ltd. (“Westbridge”) is pleased to announce the addition of Prashant Gokhale as Chief Corporate Development Officer as of January 22, 2024. Prashant is based in New York City and comes to Westbridge after an extensive career working primarily with Credit Suisse. Although based in the New York area, Prashant will often be working from the Saskatoon head office. Reporting directly to the President, he will lead our growth initiatives, as we look to build on our track record with investors, strengthen our foundations, seek operational efficiencies, and expand our business. He brings extensive global experience across both client facing functions as well as operational leadership roles not only at bulge bracket firms, but most recently as an entrepreneur.
Michael Meekins, co-founder and CEO at Westbridge stated “Prashant joins us at an important inflection point in the business. Our existing team has performed admirably in a difficult environment, resulting in our Fund being named one of Canada’s leading private debt hedge funds for the last two consecutive years by Alternative IQ. At a time of rapid growth, Prashant brings a unique perspective to our team, combining the agility of entrepreneurship with a successful career at one of the largest investment banks in the world. He is the right candidate at the right time as the Fund seeks to build on its history of success and safely increase assets under management”
Prashant Gokhale, Chief Corporate Development Officer
In a career spanning 20 years at Credit Suisse, Prashant led global research teams, and was the Chief Operating Officer for its APAC Global Markets division. In 2018, he co-founded Aletheia Capital, Asia’s largest and No.1 ranked independent investment advisory business. He is based in the New York Area.
Prashant Gokhale, stated "I have spent the last few months getting to know Mike and the business at Westbridge Capital. I am excited to join Westbridge at what I believe is a staging ground for scaling new heights - they have an established track record with both entrepreneurs and investors. I am looking forward to bringing my collective experience to the table and working with the Westbridge team to develop new thematic opportunities, expand our investor base and execute on the forward vision."
About Westbridge Capital Ltd.
Westbridge Capital is a private equity management company. Westbridge Capital focuses on real estate and private equity investments that by their nature have little correlation to publicly listed securities and may be used to diversify a portfolio and reduce overall portfolio risk and Volatility.
About Westbridge Capital Partners Income Trust
Westbridge Capital Partners Income Trust (the Fund) is a Canadian domiciled Mutual Fund Trust managed by Westbridge Capital. The Fund makes high yield loans to mature operating companies and distributes the associated income stream to investors through monthly distributions.