MAPE Advisory Group has appointed Mr Sunil Mehra as Managing Director of investment banking, said the company in a statement.

Mr Mehra was with Standard Chartered as a Managing Director in the Corporate Finance group and with DSP Merrill Lynch as a director during 2000-2006. Prior to that he was Vice-President at ABN AMRO for five years and worked with Kotak I-Bank as manager for three years.

Mr Mehra has had almost 20 years in the investment banking sector. He was involved in key transactions including Tata Chemicals' acquisition of General Chemicals, Cimpor's acquisition of Digvijay cement, Mylan Labs' acquisition of Matrix Labs, ADR issuance by Dr Reddy's Labs and convertible bond issuances by Lupin, Panacea Biotech, Tata Motors and Tata Chemicals, said a statement from the company.

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