Kutty Dutta is Managing Principal at HSBC Alternative Investments, part of HSBC Global Asset Management, and has over 17 years of private equity fund investing experience. At HSBC he invests globally through primaries, secondaries and co-investments on behalf of an investment programme with over $30bn in assets under management across the private markets spectrum. He also serves on the advisory boards of several global private equity funds. Prior to joining HSBC in 2014, Kutty worked at Coller Capital in London and New York, where he was responsible for originating, evaluating and executing private equity secondary transactions. Kutty began his career at Standard Chartered in the Global Corporate Bank and Treasury, and subsequently joined Morgan Stanley in Mergers & Acquisitions within the investment bank in London. Kutty holds a BA in Economics from Franklin & Marshall College and an MBA from INSEAD.