Anu Aiyengar

Anu Aiyengar is the Global Head of Advisory and Mergers & Acquisitions at J.P. Morgan, a member of the Global Banking Operating Committee and Global Investment Banking Management team.  She also serves on the Steering Committee of Women On the Move for JPMorgan Chase.

Since 1999, Anu has advised both domestic and international clients on over a trillion dollars’ worth of transactions including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures/separations, leveraged buyouts, proxy contests, unsolicited transactions and special committee assignments.

Transactions she has advised on include: The Home Depot’s acquisition of SRS Distribution, International Flavors and Fragances’s sale of Pharma Solution Business to Roquette, Subway's sale to Roark Capital Group, Omni Logistics's merger with Forward Air, United Parcel Service, Inc.'s acquisition of MNX Global Logistic, Ortho Clinical Diagnosic’s sale to Quidel, Maxar Technologies to Advent International, LVMH on its acquisition of Tiffany, E*Trade on its sale to Morgan Stanley, Navistar on its sale to Traton, Siemens Healthineers on its acquisition of Varian, Allergan on its sale to Abbvie, Standard Industries on its acquisition of W.R. Grace, and Waddell & Reade on its sale to Macquarie.

Anu serves on the Board of Trustees of Smith College and is on the Board of the American Red Cross, Youth INC and Dress for Success. 

Anu has been named to Barron’s “100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance” list and recognized by American Banker 2024 as one of the “Most Powerful Women in Finance”.  She has also been recognized by Ascend with the A-List Award; by Forbes with the India W-Power 2024 award and by Business Insider as a Rainmaker. She was also the recipient of the “Impact and Innovation Award” by Dress for Success, the “Rising Star Award” by Women’s Bond Club.

Anu is involved with several initiatives across J.P. Morgan and Wall Street to recruit, mentor and develop women.  Anu is often a panelist and speaker at industry events including Wall Street Women’s Forum, Women Corporate Directors, Women’s Private Equity Summit, The Asian Women in Business, and the South Asian Bar Association Leadership Awards.  Anu is frequently quoted in the financial press and interviewed on CNBC and Bloomberg TV.

Anu holds a BA in economics from Smith College and an MBA from Vanderbilt University. She lives in New York City with her husband.