JPMorgan’s Aiyengar Becomes Only Female M&A Head on Wall Street

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Anu Aiyengar is becoming sole head of global mergers and acquisitions, making her the only woman to lead that franchise at a major Wall Street bank.

Anu Aiyengar

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Dirk Albersmeier, who was previously M&A co-head alongside Aiyengar, is stepping aside to focus on client work, according to an internal company memo Thursday seen by Bloomberg News.

Aiyengar has been with the firm for more than 20 years and was named co-head of global M&A in 2020. As somewhat of an M&A generalist, the India-born banker has worked on restaurant deals like Burger King Worldwide Inc.’s ...