Duff & Phelps announces transitions in Kroll leadership team

Global valuation and corporate finance advisor Duff & Phelps today announced transitions in Kroll leadership team.

Kroll, a division of Duff & Phelps, announced that Tarun Bhatia, Managing Director for Business Intelligence and Investigations, has become Head of South Asia, while Managing Director Reshmi Khurana has been appointed to head the operations in Southeast Asia based in Singapore, Duff & Phelps said in a release.

In March this year Duff & Phelps, had acquired security and cyber solutions specialist Kroll.

Meanwhile, Duff & Phelps, also announced plans to expand operations with the opening of a new office in Mumbai.

"As we grow our business in India over the coming years, Mumbai will be an important hub for our expansion strategy in the region. Together with the Kroll team, we see exciting opportunities to work on cross jurisdictional mandates for our clients," said Varun Gupta, Managing Director and Asia Pacific Leader for Duff & Phelps.

India is home to the third largest Duff & Phelps team after New York and London. The team not only serves the India market but also supports global projects involving valuation, restructuring, merger and acquisition (M&A) advisory, disputes and investigations, among other services.

"Along with Tarun's elevation to head of South Asia and Reshmi's return to head of Southeast Asia, we welcome new colleagues from Duff & Phelps. Collectively, this all creates an extraordinary synergy that we expect to further enhance our already strong ability to provide clients in India and Southeast Asia with the information edge they need for their most important decision-making," said Tadashi Kageyama, Regional Managing Director, Business Intelligence and Investigations at Kroll.