The latest news from the peripatetic Viswanathan Shankar is that he is joining Standard Chartered to set up a new global MA division called Global Corporate Advisory. According to the bank the new team to be run by Shankar, will work across geographies with relationship managers and product heads to cross sell the bank's product suite and optimise the benefits to corporate and institutional customers.
Joining Shankar at Standard Chartered will be Tan Jee Say as regional head of corporate advisory in South East Asia and Ming Wong as regional head of corporate advisory for North East Asia.
Before joining Standard Chartered Shankar was with CLSA running a new mezzanine financing unit. He...