Well-known investment banker Dixit Joshi threw a lavish leaving party for friends and colleagues on the announcement of his departure to Hong Kong to head-up Asian Equities for Deutsche Bank AG. The party, which coincided with his 40th birthday, was held in the Crystal Ballroom at the swanky Mayfair Hotel in London on Saturday 18th June 2011 and was attended by veritable "who's who" of the Asian diaspora. Among the guests were Lord Paul Boateng, Lord & Lady Loomba, Barry Gardiner MP, H.E Mrs Monika Kapil Mohta Indian Ambassador to Poland, India media commentator Suhel Seth, businessmen George and Mike Jatania, investment banker Jitesh Gadhia of The Blackstone Group, stock trader Raj Gill & his wife, fashion journalist Priyanka Gill, chairman of Currencies Direct Mayank Patel OBE, journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and TV presenter Arti Halai among a host of colleagues, friends and family. Guests were treated to a wide range of Indian delicacies and a spectacular laser dance performance and DJ-set.

About Dixit Joshi

Dixit Joshi is currently heading up Asian Equities at Deutsche Bank AG in Hong Kong, having previously been appointed the Head of Equities for Europe the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) on 14th July 2010. Prior to that, he was Managing Director and Head of Equities, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific at Barclays Capital and a member of the Equities Executive and Management Committees. Prior to taking up his last role at Barclays Capital in October 2008, Mr. Joshi was the Head of Equity-Linked Products and led the growth of the Equity Derivatives business since joining the firm in November 2003.

Prior to Barclays Capital, Mr. Joshi spent eight years at Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB). He was most recently Managing Director and Head of Equity Index Arbitrage and Quantitative Trading for Europe and Asia. Prior to that, he served as Chief Risk Officer for CSFB's Equity Derivatives and Convertibles Unit based in New York, and before that Head of Equity Derivatives Exotic Trading based in London. When he joined CSFB in 1995 he was in the derivatives subsidiary, Credit Suisse Financial Products.

In April 2008 he was re-appointed a board member of ISDA (International Swaps and Derivatives Association) which is among the world's largest global financial trade associations and is an Equities Board Member of the Association for Financial Markets in Europe.

He serves as a board member of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African Art in Washington, DC and is also President of the Advisory Board for National Sewa Day, a social action and volunteering initiative for community.

Mr. Joshi holds a degree in Statistics and Actuarial Science from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. He is married to Priti Joshi and is father to three girls.