Shares of 360 ONE WAM gained more than 2% to Rs 1,096 on the BSE on Wednesday after the company appointed Jefferies’ Country Head and Managing Director Aashish Agarwal as Chief Executive Officer. Agarwal will work alongside the firm's founders to further grow and strengthen the business.
Agarwal joins 360 ONE from Jefferies, where he has served as Managing Director and Country Head since April 2020 and has grown the India franchise over the past six years. Before joining Jefferies, Agarwal spent 13 years at CLSA, where he was later Executive Director and Head of Research. He began his career at Merrill Lynch, where he worked from 2004 to 2007. Agarwal is a Chartered Accountant and a postgraduate of SPJIMR, Mumbai.