Dilshad Billimoria | Age 45 | Managing director and principal officer of Dilzer Consultants, Bengaluru
Assets Under Advice Rs 550 crore
Practising Since July 2001
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It has been 22 years since Dilshad Billimoria started out in the financial advisory space. Now, the Sebi-registered investment advisor and managing director and principal officer of Dilzer Consultants strongly believes that more women should choose this field as a career option.
“There should be more women in the registered investment advisory space. They are better listeners, more empathetic, and they speak to you more holistically about financial planning and are not just concerned about returns. I think this is definitely a great profession for women,” says Billimoria, also a member of the Association of Registered Investment Advisers (ARIA). Incidentally, out of about 300 ARIA members, there are only 20-25 women members.
As part of an initiative of ARIA, Billimoria reaches out to women in colleges and educates them about the RIA industry and the benefits of becoming a financial advisor,...