Gokul Laroia has risen swiftly through the ranks at Morgan Stanley and was named co-chief executive of Asia ex-Japan at the Wall Street firm on Friday.
Indian national and Hong Kong permanent resident Laroia will lead the region alongside Wei Sun Christianson, the first time the firm’s leadership team has hailed from the region.
Laroia has worked for Morgan Stanley in India, Singapore and Hong Kong in a variety of roles including co-head of Asia-Pacific investment banking, head of global capital markets, and head of institutional equities and wealth management in the region. The profitable equities division is Morgan Stanley's largest by revenue in the region....