Raymond James’ Diversified Industrials Investment Banking practice expands sector coverage into chemicals with hire of new senior banker
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Raymond James is expanding the capabilities and coverage of its Diversified Industrials Investment Banking practice by hiring Managing Director Monish Thawani. Thawani will lead a newly constituted chemicals sector team.
“The chemicals sector is vital to both domestic and global infrastructure, making it ripe for growth and creating tremendous opportunity for capital formation and M&A in the space,” said Alper Cetingok, head of the Raymond James Diversified Industrials Investment Banking practice. “Monish is the perfect addition to help build a practice that’s focused on delivering results to clients through tailored, strategic advice.”
Thawani joins Raymond James from Evercore, where he was instrumental in growing the firm’s chemicals practice in the U.S. Based in New York City, Thawani has deep expertise across a broad set of chemicals subsectors and experience in advising corporate and financial sponsor clients on domestic and cross-border transactions. Prior to Evercore, he was on the chemicals team at Barclays Capital. Thawani has a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.
“I’m thrilled to join Raymond James and to continue building upon the Diversified Industrials team’s growth in recent years,” said Thawani. “Raymond James’ capabilities and platform are sophisticated, and I’m confident my clients will be impressed by all that’s offered to them here.”
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