Dhruv Maniktala

Dhruv Maniktala is Chief Investment Officer and Partner at True North Advisors in Dallas, Texas, where he leads the firm's investment team and chairs the Investment Committee. He oversees portfolio construction, asset allocation, and manager selection across both traditional and alternative investments for high-net-worth families and institutions. His responsibilities encompass strategic direction of investments and risk management, with a focus on public equities, private equity, real estate, private credit, hedge funds, and energy assets.

With more than 25 years of experience, Dhruv has held senior roles in investment management, including Principal at Annandale Capital and VP & Equity Analyst at Wachovia Securities. He brings extensive expertise in project finance and M&A for infrastructure assets such as power and water, having worked on transactions across the US, Europe, South America, and the Caribbean. His public market background includes global equity research and strategic asset allocation for institutional clients.

Dhruv holds an MBA in Finance, Investments, and Quantitative Analysis from the University of Georgia and a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kanpur. He is a CFA® Charterholder, serves on the RIA Advisory Board of Research Affiliates, and sits on the Investment Committee of IFG. In 2025, he was recognized among the nation's top 30 Elite Private Wealth CIOs by Markets Group for his leadership in differentiated investment opportunities and risk management.