Purna Saggurti is Vice Chairman of Bank of America and Chairman of Global Corporate and Investment Banking. Prior to being named to his current role, He served as the co-head of Global Corporate & Investment Banking.
He is a member of the operating committee of Bank of America. He is on the board of the Environmental, Social and Governance Committee and was previously vice chairman of the Global Diversity & Inclusion Council for the bank.
Prior to Bank of America acquiring Merrill Lynch, He was head of Americas at Merrill Lynch, which included all Investment Banking coverage, Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets Origination in the U.S., Canada and Latin America.
For over 34 years, He has advised and worked on landmark transactions for clients across the globe including Dow, Dupont, Ecolab, Engelhard, GE, Hoechst, Huntsman, Lyondell Basell, Merck, Occidental Petroleum, Potash Corp, Reliance, Tata’s and Valspar.
He is currently a member of the executive board of the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum and the Board of Trustees of the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art. Previously He was a member of the Graduate Executive Board of The Wharton School, was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Tennessee Technological University and the former chairman of the Board of Trustees of the John Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations. He also was co-chairman of the Finance Committee of the Sustainable Energy for All initiative of the World Bank and the United Nations.
He holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Chemical Engineering from Andhra University, a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Tennessee Technological University and an MBA from The Wharton School.