Private sector lender HDFC Bank has appointed Rakesh Singh as head of its investment banking division.

Mr Singh, who was earlier the Managing Director and Co-Head of Financing Advisory at Rothschild, will be responsible for building loan syndication, project financing, corporate finance and advisory and debt and equity capital markets business, an official statement issued here today said.

He will report to Mr Harish Engineer, Executive Director, it added.

Mr Singh, who has done his masters in business administration, has served in Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Standard Chartered Bank and ANZ Investment Bank during his 17-year-long career.

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