HDFC Bank today appointed heads for infrastructure finance, financial services, healthcare and pharmaceutical verticals.
Former civil servant Ajay Gupta will head the infrastructure finance, while Askhay Dixit will be driving financial services and Abhishek Sharma will look after healthcare and pharma, the bank said in a statement.
“The appointments have been made keeping in mind the larger objective of growing our investment banking business,” Rakesh Singh, Head (Investment Banking), HDFC Bank said.
According to a recent report, the appointments have been done over the last two months anticipating a surge in deal making.
Gupta, a mechanical engineer from IIT Roorkee also holds a Masters from IIT Delhi and an MBA in finance and strategy from the Vanderbilt University in the US, joins HDFC Bank from GE Capital, the statement said.
Dixit, a chartered accountant, joins after seven years at Mape Advisory Group, while Sharma, a qualified doctor, has also worked with Mape earlier, the statement added.