New M&A head has been appointed for Natixis CIB SEA, India

Abbas Rangwala will report to Miranda Zhao.

Abbas Rangwala has been named as Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking’s (Natixis CIB) new head of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) for Southeast Asia (SEA) and India.

Rangwala will be based in Singapore, and reports to Miranda Zhao, Head of M&A, Asia Pacific, and Bertrand Guiot, Head of Real Assets & Investment Banking, SEA, and Head of Infrastructure Fund Coverage, Asia Pacific. 

In this newly established role, Abbas will lead and expand the M&A division in Southeast Asia and India.

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Abbas brings over 20 years of experience in corporate finance, strategy, business development, and organizational change management. 

Before this role, he served as the Group Head of Mergers, Acquisitions, and Business Development at Bharti Enterprises, one of India's largest corporate groups. Prior to that, he was the Head of M&A at InterGlobe Enterprises. Abbas also held senior positions in investment banking at Citigroup and Deutsche Bank across Singapore, Hong Kong, and Mumbai.