2013 Pinnacle Awardee
Co-Head of Global Capital Markets, Morgan Stanley
Raj Dhanda is Co-Head of Global Capital Markets, which includes Equity Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets, and Leveraged and Acquisition Finance worldwide. Global Capital Markets also manages the firm’s Capital Commitment Committee. Morgan Stanley is a top Equity Capital Markets House, having ranked #1 in Global IPOs since 2010. The firm is also a leading investment bank in all Debt Capital Market products, pricing over 1,000 deals as lead manager and raising over $500 billion annually for its clients. Mr. Dhanda joined Morgan Stanley in 1989. By 1991 he had joined the Investment Grade Syndicate Desk, which focuses on the execution of investment grade debt financings led and co-managed by Morgan Stanley. Early in his career, Mr. Dhanda spent time working in the London office and also covered clients in Latin America. He was promoted to Managing Director in 2001 and named Global Head of Fixed Income Syndicate in 2002. He later went on to become Global Head of Fixed Income Capital Markets before being named to his current position as Co-Head of Global Capital Markets in 2008. At that time he was also asked to join the firm’s Management Committee.
As Co-Head of Global Capital Markets, Mr. Dhanda has introduced many notable new programs to the division. He was responsible for devising Global Capital Market’s Emerging Leaders Program, which he launched in the New York office in 2010 and has since introduced in London. As Co-Head, Mr. Dhanda has worked on a number of critical transactions while at Morgan Stanley. He served a crucial role on Chrysler’s refinancing in May 2011. He served important roles in the General Motors IPO, Facebook IPO and Abbott Separation Financing.
Mr. Dhanda received a Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics from Brown University. He is a Trustee of The Roxbury Latin School.