UBS India head Girotra resigns; Kamat named new CEO

The head of India operations at UBS AG, Manisha Girotra, has resigned, according to an internal memo, the latest high-profile exit from the Swiss bank in the world’s second-fastest growing major country.

The head of India operations at UBS AG, Manisha Girotra, has resigned, according to an internal memo, the latest high-profile exit from the Swiss bank in the world’s second-fastest growing major country.

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The bank, which vies with Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs in country’s fiercely competitive investment banking business, has named Aashish Kamat, its chairman of financial institutions coverage in Asia Pacific, as the new chief executive for India.

“Manisha Girotra has informed us of her decision to retire from UBS at the end of the year to focus on developing the next phase of her career,” said the memo, seen by Reuters on Thursday.

Kamat, who joined UBS in June this year, will assume responsibility for the management and development of all of UBS India businesses with immediate effect, it said. A spokesman for UBS in Hong Kong declined to comment, while Girotra was not immediately available.

Girotra joined UBS India in 1998 and had led several cross-border deals and equity offerings including advising Unitech’s telecom unit on a $1.2 billion stake sale to Norway’s Telenor and $763 million treasury share sale by energy major Reliance Industries last year.