Manisha Girotra, CEO, Moelis India and former CEO, UBS India, shares the journey, challenges and lessons from her stellar three-decade career in a free-wheeling and hard-hitting conversation with Moneycontrol's Ashwin Mohan.
On this edition of Deal Central, we put the lens on International Women's Day 2023 which is being celebrated with the theme 'Embrace Equity'. Moneycontrol's Ashwin Mohan caught up for a candid chat with leading investment banker Manisha Girotra , CEO of Moelis India and former CEO of UBS India, on her journey and challenges through three decades of blockbuster deals. Girotra opens up about the need for a support system to avoid losing women i-bankers at the mid -level, how to tackle bias and bullies at the workplace, juggle a hectic work schedule and motherhood, making your presence felt in male dominated boardrooms, key M&A trends for 2023 and much more. Also, don't miss the fun rapid fire round right at the end!
Manisha Girotra, who previously headed the Indian unit of Swiss bank UBS and is well known in the industry, said she expects deals in sectors such as financials, telecoms and pharmaceuticals to continue driving M&A activity in the South Asian nation.
Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Manisha Girotra of Moelis India said that India urgently needs capital and restructuring of stressed assets should be undertaken through any means possible.
Watch the interview of Manisha Girotra, CEO of Moelis India with Nisha Poddar on CNBC-TV18. She shared her 25 years of experience in investment banking and also discussed impacts of demonetisation on deals.
Manisha Girotra CEO, Moelis & Co India and independent director, KPIT Cummins explains to CNBC-TV18 that she does not share the optimism arising from the ECB‘s bond-buying initiative and increase hopes of the Fed launching another session of quantitative easing
Moelis & Co has launched its India operations with the hiring of Manisha Girotra, former chief executive of UBS AG in India, as its country head, the US investment banking boutique said on Thursday.