Max Chernets - Founder and Managing Partner
Max founded Wilshire Global in 2011, with the goal of addressing many of the constraints he encountered during his years in the financial research industry.
Wilshire clients are able to mitigate many of the challenges of building, training and retaining internal research and analysis teams. Wilshire has grown from a trusted research partner for leading corporate advisory firms to a proven utility.
Prior to Wilshire Global, Max held roles at Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group, FactSet and Chesapeake Partners. His experiences include building equity research models, investment banking and trading.
Max is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder and a Finance graduate from the University of Maryland.
Nik Kolluru - Partner, Operations
Nik has a broad set of experiences across multiple industries, with operations and relationship development as the common thread.
He started his career in Healthcare Operations, first working in private practices and eventually leading departments in large hospitals. More recently he has worked with venture backed Seed and Series A startups, setting them up for growth and scale or positioning them for investment and expansion opportunities.
He excels in navigating complex environments where he can quickly analyze a problem, envision a solution, and work with involved stakeholders to execute on a plan.
Nik holds an Economics degree from the University of California, Berkeley and obtained his Six Sigma Black Belt from the American Society of Quality.
Marsha Subasinghe - EVP
Marsha heads the executive compensation and ESG research teams.
Prior to her role at Wilshire, she was the chief operating officer at Spark Actuarial and also a vice president at Amba Research (acquired by Moody’s). During her tenure at Amba, she supervised an analyst team that supported both buy side and sell side firms, covering US and emerging markets.
Marsha is an Associate Member of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants UK and holds an MA in Financial Economics from the University of Colombo.
Kanchana Abeywarna - EVP
Kanchana leads the economic analysis and equity research teams.
Before taking on this position, he was the Group Head of Corporate Finance & Strategy at George Steuart, overseeing the functions of over 12 subsidiaries in varying industries such as financial services, leisure, media, pharmaceutical, and real estate. Prior to joining George Steuart, he has amassed many years of experience in capital markets, transaction advisory and equity research having held different roles at leading global companies.
Kanchana earned his B.Sc in Business Administration from Sri Jayawardenapura University and is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK.