Sanjeev Bajaj Joins Credit Suisse As Fixed Income Head

Sanjeev Bajaj has rejoined Credit Suisse Group AG from JM Financial as head of fixed income in India.

At Credit Suisse, he is responsible for expanding the fixed income business across trading, sales, structuring and research.

He will be based in Mumbai and will report locally to Mihir (Micky) Doshi, India CEO and regionally to Carsten Stoehr, who heads fixed-income for Asia-Pacific from Hong Kong.

Transaction Reference: BS

Bajaj was most recently at local Indian investment bank JM Financial where he was CEO for the fixed-income business and international operations. He joined JM in August 2009.

Prior JM, he was country treasurer for Bank of America in India between 2004 and

However, after Bank of America acquired Merrill Lynch worldwide, the Indian operations of their respective subsidiaries were restructured. Jayesy Mehta, who headed the primary dealership of DSP Merrill Lynch, the Indian subsidiary of Merrill Lynch, was appointed as country treasurer and head of fixed-income for the combined entity. Bajaj quit shortly thereafter.

He began his banking career with Bank of America in India in 1987 and has had a previous stint at Credit Suisse.

This year in March, Nomura appointed Nitin Jain from ICICI as co-head of fixed income department.

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