Ganeshan MurugaiyanHead –Corporate Coverage & Advisory - BNP India
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Ganeshan is currently the Head of Corporate Coverage & Advisory in India at BNP
Paribas. A 25-year old veteran in investment banking, Ganeshan has served as Head of
Investment Banking and has spearheaded several marquee deals for leading companies
across Debt and Equity Capital Market, M&A and Leveraged finance products in onshore
and offshore markets.
He has worked on several landmark transactions with corporates such as Reliance, Tata,
Bharti, AV Birla, JSW, Motherson, UPL etc. He has also played a key role in building the
private equity franchise with relationships across large global clients like Bain capital,
Advent, Carlyle, KKR, Warburg Pincus etc. He has been associated with transactions with
clients raising over USD 10 billion over the last 2 years.
Some of the landmark transactions include: USD 3 billion Loan for Reliance Industries and Reliance Jio USD 1 billion Round the clock project financing for ReNew USD 7 billion rights offering for Reliance Industries USD 60 billion merger between HDFC and HDFC Bank USD 6.5 billion fairness opinion for Holcim
In his current role, as the Head of Corporate Coverage & Advisory, Ganeshan is
responsible for coverage of Indian corporates through a full suite of solutions like
lending, transaction banking, global markets, capital markets, debt markets and
advisory products.
Prior to joining BNP Paribas, Ganeshan was head of Investment Banking at UBS
Securities India where his key responsibilities included M&A and capital markets. He
began his career at DSP Merrill Lynch where he worked for 10 years under various roles.
Education & others
Ganeshan holds a PGDM degree from IIM-Kolkata and BTech from IIT Varanasi