Manisha Girotra is the 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.

Before joining Moelis & Company, Manisha was CEO and Country Head of UBS in India, managing its investment bank, commercial bank, markets, equity research, and wealth management divisions. Previously, she was Head – North India of Barclays Bank. Manisha began her investment banking career at ANZ Grindlays in London. She has been named one of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Business in India by Business Today for the past six years and one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business by Fortune India in 2014 and 2015.

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. Currently, Manisha serves on the Global Board of Naspers and is a Board Member of Ashok Leyland and Mindspace Business Parks REIT.

Manisha Girotra, Moelis & Company’s India CEO, boasts over three decades of hard-fought experience. Her journey through a male-dominated financial world, where sexism ran deep, is a testament to her resilience. From battling condescension to coffee-fetching expectations, she's defied unspoken challenges. In her current role, where men still outnumber women 60:40, her mission is clear: inspire and empower women in India's burgeoning investment landscape. As the nation garners global investment attention, her story resonates. Through Joshtalks, she'll unveil her odyssey through patriarchy, a journey few women dare to tread. A wife and mother, she's mastered the art of balancing family and a thriving career.

Manisha, a gold medalist from Delhi School of Economics, once saw banking as a fleeting stopover enroute to a PhD abroad. But her passion ignited, propelling her to pioneer and helm UBS's India chapter, eventually seizing the CEO mantle in 2002. Later, she establishing Moelis’s India operations and today manages the business as the India CEO. In the '90s, a starkly different corporate world greeted her, laden with presumptions about her impending marriage and exit. She faced unwarranted comments on attire and appearance. Leading a team, yet clients preferred speaking to male counterparts, relegating her to pizza orders and coffee runs. Her early years were grueling, compounded when she became a mother, working relentlessly. Yet, at Moelis, she champions open discourse on domestic responsibilities, urging all employees to prioritize family midday. Her life mantra and advice to fellow working women: resilience. "Believe in yourself. You will triumph."