R Ravimohan is MD and region head, S&P

Ravimohan joined S&P in August 2007, after a successful stint at CRISIL, India's leading ratings, research, risk and policy advisory company, which is a subsidiary of S&P.

He was instrumental in growing CRISIL's revenue from $3 million to over $100 million during his 13 years as its MD and CEO.

"South Asia and South-east Asia are increasingly becoming integrated with buoyant capital flows and investment as well as increased trade flows," said Tom Schiller, executive managing director and Head of S&P Asia Pacific. "We are integrating these two powerful sub-regions to derive optimal synergies and to participate in the substantial growth offered by this region," he added.