Kumar Dasgupta Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Course Co-ordinator and Lecturer:Global Financial ReportingAdvanced Financial Accounting

Technical Advisor on Regulatory Adoption of IFRS 9 in various jurisdictions.

London, England, United Kingdom

Technical Director - Financial Instruments

United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for overseeing the delivery of the Board’s financial instruments projects and managing any issues arising from the implementation of IFRS 9, IAS 32 and IAS 39. • Responsible for on going projects on Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity and Dynamic Risk Management (Macro Hedging).• Develop and implement project plans and strategies taking into consideration wider organizational implications including political implications across multiple international jurisdictions.• Handle all interpretation issues relating to Financial Instruments accounting and Fair Value measurement with IFRIC.• Oversee the Transition Resource Group on Impairment dealing with IFRS 9 Expected Credit Loss.• Oversee development of deliverables on IFRS accounting issues and training and information materials.➜Key Milestones:• 2014 Publication of the Discussion Paper on Dynamic Risk Management: A Portfolio Revaluation Approach.• 2014 Publication of IFRS 9.• 2015/2016 Successful running of the Transition Resource Group on Impairment.• 2016 European endorsement of IFRS 9.• 2017 Publication of amendment to IFRS 9: Prepayments Features with negative compensation.• 2018 Publication of the Discussion Paper on Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity.

Mumbai Area, India

Partner responsible for the sign offs on all derivative valuations and implementation of credit risk models under Basel III. Global ACS Partner on Financial Instruments.• National partner responsible for Treasury, Market Risk and Financial Instruments Accounting.• Oversaw the final sign off an adoption of IAS 39 and hedge accounting by clients.• Delivered complex hedging accounting solutions in commodity, foreign exchange and fixed income.• Provided analytical and quantitative modelling support as required for the design and implementation of new and/or enhanced financial products for financing and risk management.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for the global delivery of accounting analysis under IFRS for financial instruments.• Provided accounting advice based on client needs to teams in different geographies.• Lead the development, implementation and maintenance of KPMG international global policy on financial instruments accounting.• Oversaw KPMG publications on financial instruments accounting.• Supported the International Financial Reporting Interpretation committee’s understandings on various IFRS issues.• Performed content review of financial reports in the context of audit work.• Follow-up of developments and external publications relating to IFRS.

Responsible for the accounting analysis under IFRS for structured transactions for Barcaps’ own reporting.• Provided accounting solutions based on client needs to structuring teams in different geographies on bespoke products and hedge accounting.• Member of the New Products Committee responsible for approving all new products created by Barcap.• Provided guidance on the establishment and maintenance of effective cash flow and fair value accounting hedges.• Provided treasury consultancy service for businesses with larger transactions that require individual funding and hedging.• Involved in providing accounting analysis for the Reputational Risk Committee.• Trained on Credit and Correlation products and involved in the structuring of bespoke cash and synthetic CDOs.• Ensured consistent application of common policies and practices across the Group through business relationship management and audit of businesses.

• Handled the Board’s project on improvements to Financial Instruments Accounting (IAS 32 and 39).• Involved in the discussions with the European Banking Federation exploring proposals on Interest Margin Hedging.• Led the Board project to converge with US GAAP.• Represented the organization in conferences held by the Basel committee and published in Accountancy and other magazines.• Presented to the Financial Stability Institute of the Basel Committee on various requirements under IFRS for financial instruments accounting including securitizations.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Accounting And Finance

Sloan Masters (Msc) Specialising In Quantitative Finance

Chartered Accountant

Chartered Accountant

Bsc, Economics