Senior appointments to strengthen Credit Suisse India investment banking

12 Aug 2008

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Mumbai: Sughosh Moharikar and Samita Shah have been appointed as managing directors of the investment banking department of Credit Suisse. In addition, Ashim Ahuja will join as a director of the investment banking team.

Moharikar will be responsible for M&A advisory activities in India and will play a key role in originating and executing India-related M&A transactions. He will report functionally to Joe Gallagher, head of mergers and acquisitions for Credit Suisse in Asia Pacific and locally to V. Anantharaman, India head of investment banking.
 
Moharikar joins Credit Suisse from Kotak Mahindra, where he worked for 14 years and was most recently executive director and head of mergers and acquisitions. 
 
Shah will focus on emerging large-cap client coverage, facilitating the delivery of the full capabilities of Credit Suisse to clients in India and will report to V. Anantharaman. 
 
Shah brings with her 15 years of corporate finance experience across products and industries ansd  was previously with Lehman Brothers, as managing director and co-head of the Asia special situations team in India. Earlier she has been with JPMorgan and ICICI Securities. 
 
Ahuja will cover clients in the resources and infrastructure sectors.  He joins Credit Suisse from Deutsche Bank, where he was director, global corporate finance.  Prior to that he worked for Lazard and HSBC Securities in India.  Ahuja will report to V. Anantharaman.
 
"Many Indian businesses, from blue chips to middle-market companies, are keen to explore opportunities to expand their business both domestically and abroad, which plays well to Credit Suisse's strength of combining local expertise and global reach. said  Paul Raphael, Credit Suisse head of investment banking, Asia Pacific."These hires will further strengthen our ability to take full advantage of this important market opportunity."  

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