Citi India has named Arvind Vashistha as head of equity capital markets. Based in Mumbai, he is responsible for the equity origination and execution business for Citi India and reports to Ravi Kapoor, head of corporate and investment banking for Citi India, and Kenneth Poon, head of Asia-Pacific capital market origination, based in Hong Kong.

Vashistha has worked on numerous capital market deals over his decade-long career. Prior to joining Citi, he was executive director, global capital markets, at UBS Investment Bank, India, a position he has held since 2006. In this role, he originated and executed transactions of over US$25 billion in more than 60 equity transactions across all products formats, sectors and markets.

He is a chartered accountant and holds a bachelor of commerce degree from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai.