Ruchi Biyani

Responsibility Team’s Responsible Investment and Governance division leading corporate governance, investment team support, and the development of proxy voting policy and processes. Additionally, she is a member of the Janus Henderson Proxy Voting Committee and Deputy Chair of the India Working Group of the Asian Corporate Governance Association. In 2025 in recognition of her stewardship work she was highly commended for the UK Investor Forum’s Simon Fraser Award. Ruchi joined the firm as a responsible investment and governance analyst in 2022. Previously, she worked as a corporate lawyer at Nishith Desai Associates (NDA) from 2008 most recently as head of European practice from 2013. Ruchi began her career in 2006 at HDFC Ltd.

Ruchi received a Bachelor of Commerce degree in accounting from Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics, a Bachelor of Law degree from Government Law College, and a master’s degree in finance from the London Business School. She is a qualified company secretary and holds the CFA Institute Certificate in ESG Investing. She has 17 years of combined legal and financial industry experience.