Thursday, May 26, 2011

Religare Capital Markets Appoints Head of Institutional Equities, India

New Delhi: Religare Capital Markets Ltd (RCML), the investment banking and institutional securities arm of Religare Enterprises Ltd (REL), has announced the appointment of Gautam Trivedi as MD and head of institutional equities, India.Gautam joins RCML with over seventeen years of financial services experience, most recently at Goldman Sachs, where he worked for seven years, latterly as MD and head of sales in India.

He was also a member of the Board of Directors of Goldman Sachs India Pvt Ltd. Previously, he served as executive director, Asian equity sales in Hong Kong. Prior to Goldman Sachs, he was vice president, corporate finance, for Reliance Industries Ltd in Mumbai.Gautam began his career as a research analyst at DSP Merrill Lynch Ltd and went on to work in senior roles at CLSA and Jardine Fleming Hong Kong.


He has an MBA from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Law and Commerce from the University of Bombay.Gautam, who will be based in Mumbai, is the latest in a series of high profile hires at Religare Capital Markets Ltd who, along with the global management team, will lead the growth of the firm's institutional securities business.

RCML is now present across rising markets and has some 300 staff, counting over 40 analysts covering a broad range of industry sectors, speculation themes and macro-economics.Tarun Kataria, chief executive officer, Religare Capital Markets India, said, "We are delighted to welcome Gautam to the team as head of institutional equities for India. We are confident that he will provide the leadership required to drive our rapidly growing institutional equities business."