Morgan Stanley appoints Gautam Bhandari to head infra investment

Morgan Stanley today announced the appointment of Gautam Bhandari to lead the development of the investment platform for Morgan Stanley Infrastructure in India, West Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. 

The team is based in Mumbai. Most recently, Bhandari was based in New York with the firm’s investment banking division where he advised clients globally on M&A and financings in the Engineering & Construction, Industrial Services and Alternative Energy sectors.

Prior to this, Bhandari was a senior member of the firm’s global capital markets group, focusing on structured financings, hedges and securitisations. Morgan Stanley Infrastructure is a global investment platform that focuses on long-term investments associated with providing essential public goods and services to societies across the globe.