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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Facilitating Loan Portfolio Managers of a North American Investment Bank wherein writing new money requests, increase limit requests, refinance, restructuring and performing periodic Credit Risk reviews for Utilities & Renewable Energy; Public-Private Partnerships financing and Oil & Gas credit exposures aggregating over US$ 3 Billion. Mentoring team members and performing Quality Control checks. Conducting knowledge sharing sessions. Participating in execution and delivery planning. Also, undertaking pilot runs for transition/change projects.

Narmada, Gujarat, India

Embarked on a journey to less travelled path in the tribal area of rural India and worked with partner NGO-Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India) at Dediapada (Gujarat) on Integrated Primary Education project. Therein conceptualized and implemented the project to integrate Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) and Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) entrance examination preparation with primary grade "Panchayat Sikshan Kendra" curriculum. It involved - Community Engagement and Survey; Need Assessment; Project Designing and Piloting; Monitoring and Evaluation; Report Writing. Further collaborated with NavGurukul Foundation for free online coding classes for girls.

Singapore

Acted as focal point and led the team involved in Loan Transaction Management of corporate, FI and sovereign credit portfolio.It involved - facilitating Origination and Structuring, Loan Syndication Team in deal execution and syndication; negotiating and finalizing LMA/APLMA facility documentation and multi-jurisdictional security documentation; credit and agency operations; credit monitoring; performing AML-CFT due diligence; MIS & reporting; participation in dealing with regulatory reviews/queries and audits; process redesigning and automation; managing internal and external stakeholders.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Managed client servicing of international facility agency and security agency business as well as domestic lenders agent activity of infrastructure project deals.It involved - clients pitching and sourcing; LMA/APLMA/Indian facility documentation and multi-jurisdictional security documentation; managing agency operations; outsourcing process flow development and IT automation; database management; dealing with regulatory and external audits; managing internal and external stakeholders. Also managed Finance dept. as an additional functional responsibility for a brief period.

Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

Handled audit assignments of banks and private entities as well as taxation matters of Govt. and private entities.

Chartered Accountant, Accounting And Finance

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting And Finance

Company Secretary, Banking, Corporate, Finance, And Securities Law