MUMBAI, March 24 (Reuters) - Wall Street bank JP Morgan

has appointed Rahul Badhwar as the senior country

officer for India, according to an internal announcement

reviewed by Reuters.

Badhwar will take over as the head of India operations from

Kaustubh Kulkarni, who exited the bank in September 2025 to join

Citibank.

JP Morgan's India spokesperson did not immediately respond

to a request for comment.

Badhwar was most recently Global head of corporate sales,

markets and securities services at HSBC in London.

He will take over his new role, based in Mumbai, in July,

according to the internal memo.