About Us
A leading full-service investment bank in India
Leadership Team
Kotak Investment Banking is led by a highly experienced team of professionals who have in-depth knowledge and understanding of the industry.
Learn more about them »Kotak Investment Banking offers the complete breadth and depth of high-quality financial advisory services and capital market solutions to domestic and multinational clients across sectors. Our services include Equity and Debt Capital Market issuances, M&A Advisory, Private Equity Advisory, Restructuring and Recapitalization services, and Infrastructure Advisory & Fund Mobilization. The firm has a deep understanding and strong domain knowledge of all major industry sectors through a team of dedicated sector experts.
Our key strengths include:
- A solid reputation for unmatched advisory services and deal execution skills, which is reflected in our continued leadership on the league tables for both Equity offerings and M&A transactions
- An in-depth understanding of the local market and intimate knowledge of industry verticals through dedicated sector experts
- Our values focused on maintaining the highest ethical standards and our approach in always keeping our clients’ interests first
- The ability to leverage the Group’s intellectual capital and wide-ranging experience to customize innovative solutions for our clients
- Strong relationships with all the leading business houses in India cultivated through several years of client servicing
Falguni Nayar
Managing Director & CEO
As the Managing Director & CEO of Kotak Investment Banking., Falguni oversees the firm’s activities in equity raising, private equity placements, M&A and corporate advisory. She also oversees the firm’s Institutional Equities business. Falguni joined the Kotak Mahindra Group in 1993 and was instrumental in setting up Kotak Mahindra (UK) Limited, followed by Kotak Mahindra Inc., US in 1997. Falguni holds a Masters degree in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad where she majored in Finance. Falguni received the FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) award for top woman achiever in the field of banking. She is a founding member of the Asia Society in India.
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Falguni can be reached at falguni.nayar@kotak.com
S Ramesh
Chief Operating Officer
Ramesh joined the Kotak Group more than a decade ago and currently heads the financing business (including equity capital markets) at the investment bank. Ramesh has extensive experience in handling capital market transactions and has been closely involved in a number of landmark initiatives in the capital markets business. He has an in-depth understanding of the regulatory framework for capital markets designed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the stock exchanges. Ramesh is a chartered accountant (ACA, ACS, Grad CWA).
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Ramesh can be reached at ramesh.srinivasan@kotak.com
Sourav Mallik
Executive Director – M&A
Sourav Mallik is a specialist in M&A advisory, deal structuring, restructuring, valuations, JVs and India entry services. With over 16 years’ experience, Sourav has advised a range of clients on their growth strategies, M&A and restructuring plans. He is also very familiar with the regulatory framework for M&A (including cross-border M&A). Sourav’s outbound M&A expertise has been built by liaising with international investment banks across Japan, Western Europe and UK, and he is currently working on many initiatives covering these geographies. Sourav was a member of the SEBI’s Takeover Regulations Advisory Committee, which recommended a new set of Takeover Regulations for Indian listed companies in 2010. He is an Engineer (IIT, Delhi) and MBA (IIM, Ahmedabad).
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Sourav can be reached at sourav.mallik@kotak.com
Chetan Savla
Executive Director & Head of Corporate Advisory Group
Chetan Savla is part of the leadership team with oversight responsibility for origination and execution of all Investment Banking products across sectors. He additionally spearheads a number of large client relationships. Chetan joined the Kotak Mahindra Group in 1994 and during this time has worked extensively on equity capital market and advisory issuances for companies. Chetan has worked on the development of some of the most path breaking innovations in the Indian capital markets including the introduction of book building in public offers and the introduction of Qualified Institutional Placements in India. He also has in-depth healthcare sector experience. Chetan is a post graduate from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
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Chetan can be reached at chetan.savla@kotak.com
V Jayasankar
Executive Director & Head of Equity Capital Markets
Jayasankar has been with the Kotak group for 15 years and has worked in diverse areas within the investment bank encompassing Private Equity, Capital Markets and M&A. He set up the technology sector practice at Kotak between the years 2000 and 2005, during which period he helped to establish Kotak as the dominant player. Subsequently, he was responsible for setting up the Financial Sponsors Group in 2006 and has since played an instrumental role in Kotak emerging as a leading player in the private equity business. In 2010, Jayasankar was appointed to lead the Equity Capital Markets team. Jayasankar is an Engineer (IIT, Madras) and MBA (IIM, Bangalore) with a total work experience of over 19 years in financial advisory.
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Jayasankar can be reached at jaya.sankar@kotak.com
Sanjay Sethi
Executive Director & Head of Infrastructure Group
Sanjay joined Kotak Investment Banking in 2007 to set-up the firm’s infrastructure practice and now leads a team of experienced infrastructure investment banking professionals. The team provides the entire gamut of equity, debt, M&A and advisory solutions to public and private sector corporates engaged in infrastructure development across the country. Sanjay has over 23 years of experience in Corporate and Project Finance, Project Development, Project Advisory and Resource Raising across infrastructure sectors like power, telecommunications, highways, seaports, airports, railways and SEZs. He is a member of CII’s National Committee on Transport Infrastructure, CII’s Core Group on Roads and Highways and the Indo-UK Core Group on PPP in Infrastructure.
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Sanjay can be reached at sethi.sanjay@kotak.com
Manish Makharia
Executive Director & Head of Restructuring Group
Manish heads the restructuring advisory practice across sectors and also covers the firm’s activities for the steel and mining industry in equity raising, private equity placements and M&A advisory. Manish joined the Kotak Mahindra Group in 2004 and successfully established the restructuring advisory practice. Manish was also instrumental in introducing the concept of dispute resolution for corporate and family disputes as part of the advisory practice. Manish has built strong relationships with various Asset Reconstruction Companies and Special Situation Funds, both domestically and internationally. He is also responsible for all regulatory aspects of restructuring. Manish is a Chartered Accountant and a rank holder at the all India level.
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Manish can be reached at manish.makharia@kotak.com
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