Our Senior Team

Manisha Girotra

Manisha Girotra

Managing Director Chief Executive Officer of Moelis India Mumbai

Biography

Manisha Girotra is Chief Executive Officer of Moelis India. She has more than 30 years of investment banking experience, with extensive cross-border M&A expertise across a broad range of industries.

Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Manisha served as CEO and Country Head of UBS in India, where she oversaw its investment bank, commercial bank, markets, equity research, and wealth management divisions. Before that, she was Head of North India at Barclays Bank after beginning her investment banking career at ANZ Grindlays in London. She has been named one of Fortune India’s “100 Most Powerful Women in Business” in 2025 and one of its “50 Most Powerful Women in Business“ in both 2014 and 2015. Additionally, Business Today has recognized Manisha as one of the “25 Most Powerful Women in Business in India” for the past six years.

Manisha holds a degree in Economics from St. Stephen’s College and received a gold medal for her master’s degree from the Delhi School of Economics. She currently serves on the Global Board of Naspers and is a Board Member of Ashok Leyland and Mindspace Business Parks REIT.

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Our Strategic Alliances

MA Moelis Australia

Moelis & Company provides investment banking advice in Australia through our strategic alliance with MA Moelis Australia, the Corporate Advisory and Equities division of MA Financial Group, an Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) listed firm. MA Moelis Australia provides financial advice for clients across M&A and strategic advisory, equity and debt capital markets, capital structure advisory, equities research and trading.

Learn more about MA Moelis Australia here.

Learn more about MA Financial Group here.

Alfaro, Dávila y Scherer, S.C.

Moelis & Company has a strategic alliance with Alfaro, Dávila y Scherer, S.C. (“ADS”), the leading independent strategic and financial advisory firm in Mexico, to provide advisory services to our global client base with a focus on Mexican cross-border transactions. Founded in 2003, ADS advises a select number of clients on strategic mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, capital raising and financial restructurings.

Learn more about ADS team here.