Insurance Advisory Partners Bolsters London Senior Team With Partner Hire
September 4, 2025
Source: Insurance Advisory Partners (IAP)
New York, 26 August 2025: Insurance Advisory Partners (IAP), the insurance focused boutique investment banking firm, today announces the appointment of Rinki Melwani as partner, effective 25th August subject to regulatory approval.
She will be based at IAP’s Lime St London office and work alongside fellow UK based partners Clive Buesnel, Bhaven Pathak and Benjamin James. Melwani is the latest addition to IAP’s rapidly growing London team, she will add significant further momentum to IAP’s continued UK and European expansion.
Having worked in investment banking, equity research and corporate banking for more than 15 years, Melwani brings extensive experience to IAP. In addition to advising on acquisitions, IPOs and capital raises, she has advised on more than 50 transactions with Blue-Chip clients including insurance brokers, MGAs, Insurtechs, re/insurers and asset managers. She joins from the London branch of investment banking and capital markets group Jefferies and previously held roles at Credit Suisse, Citi, J.P. Morgan and D.E. Shaw.
Buesnel said “Rinki has an outstanding track record of advising companies in insurance and other highly regulated industries and has significant UK and continental European experience. She has also demonstrated her passion for delivering the highest quality service and advice and is entrepreneurial - this is exactly what we wanted at this stage of our growth, I am delighted Rinki is joining IAP and we are all very much looking forward to working with her and focussing on delivering an Amazing Client Experience.“
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About Insurance Advisory Partners
Launched in August 2021, Insurance Advisory Partners sets the standard for advice and support on insurance-related M&A and capital-raising transactions. Its principals and senior advisors possess more than a century of experience at the highest levels of insurance, insurtech and investment banking. Clients receive first-hand insights and intelligence from individuals who have seen insurance from every angle. The fastidious application of this experience and deep deliberation about individual businesses’ objectives consistently leads to superior outcomes for clients.
