Mangesh Ghogre, the Equity Capital Markets (ECM) head for Nomura India has quit the Japan-headquartered investment bank. He has decided to move to the US to pursue new opportunities, the Economic Times (ET) reported.
Ghogre joined Nomura as the head of Equity Capital Markets in June 2016. During his six years of tenure, the company reportedly emerged as a top IPO (initial public offering) player with 27 complete IPOs including the $2.7 billion LIC IPO, $1.4 billion SBI Card IPO, $750 million Sona Comstar IPO, $1.5 billion HDFC Life IPO, $1 billion Bajaj Finance QIP, $750 million SBI Life OFS and the $500 million Blackstone block deal in Sona Comstar.
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Ghogre has worked on more than 150 deals and raised over $50 billion in equity.
Additionally, Ghogre is a well-known crossword constructor for American newspapers like the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times for the past 15 years. He was granted the Einstein visa (US Green Card) for his remarkable work in this niche field.
According to an ET report, Ghogre is figuring out plans as he is eager to continue investment banking along with his crossword activities.
Previously, he has worked as an associate director in the equity capital market, for the investment banking team of Edelweiss and other organisation posing about 18 years of total experience. He also works as a spiritual columnist for a national daily in India.