Published by Finews.asia – 14th July 2017
The firm has made a number of hires over the last two months to expand its South Asia operation. Standard Chartered Private Bank has expanded its global South Asia private banking operation with a number of hires over the past few months, all based in Singapore.
Bharath Shetty was hired as managing director and team head in June, Gagan Mehorotra was appointed as executive director in May, Apurva Kothari and Deepak KV were both appointed managing directors in June, and lastly, Komal Syal was hired as a managing director in early July, the firm said in a statement.
All of the hires report to Vishal Jain, managing director and market head of global South Asia community.
Shetty has 20 years’ of experience in the sector, and before Standard Chartered, he was at Julius Baer, where he managed and led a team of NRI bankers covering the Indian sub-continent, Singapore, Middle East, Africa, UK and Europe.
Mehrortra also has 20 years’ experience in the industry. Prior to Standard Chartered, he worked at JP Morgan, where he was responsible for managing key ultra-high net worth relationships across Singapore, India and the UAE.
Kothari joined the firm from Julius Baer, where built and lead a team to cover South Asian markets.
KV has more than 15 years’ experience, and also joined the firm from Julius Baer, where he helped build a team to focus on the Indian sub-continent.
Syal has over 15 years’ experience in the sector, and also joined from Julius Baer, where she was team head and managing director, leading a team that covers the South Asian markets.
