Viswas Raghavan, an FN100 stalwart, was yesterday named as head of banking for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at JP Morgan. Financial News spoke to the long-time equity capital markets banker about his new role.

In a memo sent out to staff yesterday, the US bank announced that Raghavan would take the reins as head of banking in Emea, with for responsibility for regional client coverage across investment banking, the corporate bank and treasury services.