Viswas Raghavan, who has been with JP Morgan Chase since 2000 in different positions, was appointed to be the new chief executive of the investment bank’s Europe, Middle East and Africa business. Prior to his new appointment Raghavan held the post of deputy CEO of JP Morgan’s EMEA division. In his new role he will oversee the bank’s EMEA business in asset management and private banking. He will also oversee the corporate and investment bank.
His other main role will be to run the JP Morgan Securities, plc as CEO. This appointment is in the wake of Daniel Pinto’s promotion to joint global head of technology and operations across the JPMorgan Chase group after his involvement as corporate and investment bank head. H e took over when Matt Zames, the chief operation officer, departed.
Raghavan will report to Pinto, as well as to Mary Erdoes, the CEO of the asset management division.