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'''Viswas ("Vis") Raghavan''' is the Chief Executive Officer for [[J.P. Morgan Chase|J.P. Morgan]].<ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=23895995&ticker=JPM&previousCapId=658776&previousTitle=JPMORGAN%20CHASE%20%26%20CO Executive Profile: Viswas Raghavan ] ''[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]'', 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013. [https://www.webcitation.org/6JgghBw2y?url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=23895995 Archived here.]</ref> in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In 2020, he was additionally named co-head of the firm's Global Investment Banking business. <br />
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== Career ==<br />
Raghavan is CEO and member of the Board of J.P. Morgan Securities Plc, J.P. Morgan Europe Limited and Chairman of the London Branch of J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.<br />
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He joined J.P. Morgan in 2000 from [[Lehman Brothers]], initially to head up its equity-linked and derivatives capital markets business for Europe and Asia. <br />
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He has since held various senior jobs at the bank, including head of International Capital Markets and global head of Equity Capital Markets.<ref>[http://www.efinancialnews.com/story/2012-12-11/question-answer-viswas-raghavan-jp-morgan?ea9c8a2de0ee111045601ab04d673622 Q&A with JP Morgan's Viswas Raghavan] by Matt Turner, ''[[Financial News]]'', 11 December 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2013. {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/6JggRnHKP?url=http://www.efinancialnews.com/story/2012-12-11/question-answer-viswas-raghavan-jp-morgan?ea9c8a2de0ee111045601ab04d673622 |date=16 September 2013 }}</ref> <br />
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Raghavan grew up in India and studied physics at the [[University of Bombay]] before completing a postgraduate degree in electronic engineering and computer science at [[Aston University]] in the U.K. He also qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young, and it was then that he started thinking about a career in investment banking. While at Aston University, he worked as a systems engineer at General Signal’s European headquarters in Birmingham.<br />
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In a 2017 press interview, he described banking as “the perfect marriage of quantitative skills and real-life business situations. You’re at the cutting edge of strategic thinking, and there is immense satisfaction and pleasure that comes from helping clients – companies, investors, governments and supranationals – with their strategic business and funding needs.”<br />
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In 2016, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in science from Aston University.<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Raghavan is a keen follower of football and an avid supporter of [[Arsenal F.C.]] He is also a lifelong devotee of cricket and has been instrumental in driving J.P. Morgan’s lead sponsorship of Lord’s Cricket Ground. He lists architecture, art and tennis amongst his other hobbies.<br />
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He is married with four children.<br />
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