Financial News’s inaugural South Asian Power Brokers list celebrates trailblazers in finance who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the sector. See the full list here.

Arjun Nagarkatti’s career at Deutsche Bank is the kind most private bankers aspire to. Joining the firm in 2003 as a fresh-faced graduate from the London School of Economics, the 44-year old now runs the German lender’s US and Europe international private bank and is right-hand-man to wealth boss Claudio de Sanctis.