ING names ex-BofA Merril Lynch banker as APAC corporate finance head

Gautam Saxena also founded the venture capital fund Pegasus 7 Ventures.

ING has named Gautam Saxena as head of corporate finance for the Asia Pacific region.

Saxena will be responsible for driving ING’s Corporate Finance strategy across our 11 markets in APAC, covering Australia, China, Hong Kong SAR, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam.

He has a 25-year investment banking career across APAC and North America. Saxena was most recently co-head of telecom, media, and technology investment banking for APAC at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML). 

He was with BAML for 15 years and has also worked in investment banking roles for HSBC, ABN AMRO, and Lazard.

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Notably, he has served as a senior trusted advisor to large and medium sized corporates, multinationals, family-owned conglomerates, and early-stage businesses, according to ING.

He also founded Pegasus 7 Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in technology-enabled impact businesses in Asia and Africa with a focus on sustainability.