Mr. Tarun Kataria runs a corporate finance advisory and
private equity practice. Previously he was CEO, India of
Religare Capital Markets, a regional investment banking
and institutional equities business. From 2007 to 2010, Mr.
Kataria was Chief Executive, Global Banking & Markets, HSBC
India, Vice Chairman, HSBC Securities and Capital Markets
Ltd and Non-Executive Director of HSBC InvestDirect (India)
Ltd, a listed NBFC and retail brokerage business. Prior to his
stay in India, Mr. Kataria was Managing Director and Head of
Institutional Sales, Asia Pacific, with HSBC based in Hong Kong.
Mr. Kataria is currently independent Director of Mapletree
Logistics Trust Ltd,
an SGX listed REIT and Westlife Development Ltd.
In a career spanning the US, Asia and India, Mr. Kataria has
worked in the US with Merrill Lynch’s Investment Banking
Division and Chase Manhattan Bank’s Derivatives Group. He
moved to Asia in 1995 as Head of Derivatives, Southeast Asia
for Chase Manhattan Bank based in Singapore. He joined
HSBC in 1998 as Head of Derivatives, Southeast Asia, and later
was appointed Head of Sales, Singapore, HSBC Global Markets.
Mr. Kataria has an MBA in Finance, 1985, from The Wharton
School of the University of Pennsylvania. His primary
education was at The Cathedral and John Connon School,
Bombay, and the Sydenham College of Commerce and
Economics, Bombay. He is a Chartered Accountant. He is a
Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International and his interests
include Indian art, golf, yoga and African safaris with his family.
His charitable contributions are directed at educating women
and girl children.
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