James Winterbotham | PARTNER

James Winterbotham, Partner, 52, was a main Board Director of Lazard from 1995 until 1998 when he established IAP.

After taking an MA in History at Cambridge University and an M Phil at the Courtauld Institute in London, he joined Lazard’s London M&A division in 1982, also spending time in the Fund Management Division and in Lazard’s Paris office. From 1993 to 1995 he was based in New Delhi as President of Lazard's Indian joint venture, managing the emerging M&A business. Among other deals he put together the sale of the last Indian assets of Union Carbide, a complex and politically challenging transaction which was then the largest M&A transaction witnessed in India.

"Indian companies are now paying global prices and can justify the purchases because they have the depth and ambition to manage these businesses"
James Winterbotham
New York Times October 20, 2006

David Anderson | SENIOR ADVISOR

David Anderson, 54, joined IAP as a Senior Advisor in January 2009. David has a first class degree in Mathematics and Philosophy from Oxford and after 5 years in the British Army joined Lazard in London in 1983. He became a director in 1990 and managing director in 1997. He ran the Asian business for Lazard in Singapore from 1998 to 2000 and then joined Vodafone as head of mergers and acquisitions. He was a managing director at JP Morgan Cazenove in London from 2002 to 2008 with a particular focus on telecoms, media and technology.

Dhruv Luthra | VICE PRESIDENT

Dhruv Luthra, Vice President, 34, moved to IAP’s London office after spending two years with the Firm in Mumbai. As part of the Corporate Finance team, Dhruv helps execute buy and sell mandates as well as market entry strategies for international companies. Before joining IAP, Dhruv spent one year with an international investment firm, helping set up a domestic fund management business. Prior to that he spent six years with KPMG Consulting in Washington, D.C. where he helped telecom and financial services clients with corporate strategy and process improvement projects. Dhruv has a B.A. Economics from Cornell University and is currently reading for his Executive MBA from the London Business School.