Who is Kaustubh Kulkarni? Citibank appoints JPMorgan veteran as Asia Pacific co-head
Kaustubh Kulkarni was appointed by the US -based Citibank as a co -chairman of the scope of investment banking for Japan, Asia North and Australia and Asia South.
According to a note by Livemint, experienced banker Kaustubh Kulkarni will join Citi in December and will be in Singapore. According to Memo, the current president will take part in together with Jan Metzger.
According to the Meko, Kulkarni and Metzger will report to Viswas Raghavan together with the current president Jan Metzger.
The appointment contributes to Citi’s Global recruitment frenzy under the direction of Raghavan, according to Reuters’s report, which quotes the Bank’s dealership team and calls out to cooperate between the business lines to strengthen the dealership team and to manage more transactions and opportunities.
According to Metzger, Citibank plans to raise the Asia Pacific Investment Banking team to increase the staff in Japan up to 10 percent next year and to make new recruitment in Australia.
Who is Kulkarni Kaustubh?
Kaustubh Kulkarni’s career as a banker for decades. He has worked at Wall Street Investment Banking Company JP Morgan for about thirty years.
Kaustabh Kulkarni played various roles in the US -based bank, including the President of India, the President of the Investment Banking in India and the co -chairman of Southeast Asian Investment Banking in JP Morgan.
Kulkarni was the last company’s senior country officer and the Vice President of Asia Pacific Region. It was promoted to its role in 2022.
As the President of Investment Banking in India in Morgan, JP was effective in building leading investment banking business.
Kaustabh Kulkarni, Japan, Asia North and Australia and Citi, said that the company will lead the company’s investment banking franchise with a “open momentum”.
Citi’s recruitment craze
Since the appointment of Citi, Viswas Raghavan has been doing a recruitment madness for the bank. Most of most of JPMorgan, also in recent months Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Ares Management and HSBC about 15 senior executives hired.
In August, Citi announced that Vikram Chavali was added as the General Manager of Global Asset Managers (Gam) for Jana and Asia South. Charavali previously worked at Goldman Sachs.
Citi also announced that Deepak Dangayach was appointed as the general manager and the head of the debt capital markets for Jana and Asia South, who previously played high -level roles in Deutsche Bank and UBS.
