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Nairobi County, Kenya

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Doha, Qatar

-Driving sustainable business growth across international branches and representative offices by uncovering market opportunities to expand the bank's presence in key markets while maximizing revenue generation.-Directly reporting to the Group CEO; overseeing the day-to-day operations of international branches andrepresentative offices, ensuring operational efficiency, service quality, and customer experience excellence.-Providing leadership to international banking teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation and performance excellence while setting clear goals, providing feedback, and ensuring employee engagement.-Serving as the primary liaison with multiple regulatory bodies across different jurisdictions, ensuring compliance with local and international banking regulations to facilitate smooth operations and address regulatory issues.-Identifying opportunities for innovation and implementing strategy for business transformation within international banking operations to enhance efficiency and customer experience.-Spearheading efforts to Rationalize the bank’s international footprint through strategic partnerships, Hub strategy and creation of a Centre of Excellence (COE).

United Arab Emirates

Leading Mashreq’s Regulatory compliance projects for International risk management. Responsibilities include: A. Development of International Risk Management (IRM) Framework; to include:▪ Definition of overarching Risk Management framework (including governance) forMashreq’s international operations, current and future.▪ Definition of approach for Foreign (non-UAE) exposure risk management, withcompliance of home and regional regulations▪ Embedding of level 2 risk appetite and assistance in development of relevant level 3(Country specific) risk appetite frameworkB. Enhancement of Bank wide Cross-Border & transfer risk Exposure Management Framework; to include:▪ Recommendations to address the material gaps in current framework & practices versus CB UAE regulations and standards.▪ Led the enhancements of existing Country and Transfer risk policy in light of IRM framework and up to date CBUAE standards▪ Establishment of early Alert framework for Cross Border Risk management▪ Framework for Loss norms and constitution of group Level 1 risk appetite statement,around cross border risk management.

United Arab Emirates (Dubai)

Responsibilities span 1300 correspondent bank relationship across 23 countries in Asia pacific, Middle East and Africa. Total risk assets managed $7 Billions with revenues of $160millions. Managing a team size of 48.Teams in U.A.E., HK, London, New York, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal.Achievements.• Implemented x-border approval and monitoring discipline across the bank with countrytripwires and risk heat map.• Implemented AGILE and LEAN tools across the business• Grew revenues at a CAGR of 10 % in the 3 years since I joined• Managed to get Mashreq as the only ME bank in the Sub Saharan Africa syndication leaguetables.• De risked and rightsized the business from relationship and product perspective while drivingstrong revenue growth.• Part of the Compliance / AML Task Force for Mashreq

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Headed the client coverage function in Financial Institutions group as Head of banks segment, Africa. Was also a senior coverage resource as Global account manager (GAM) for 4 Pan-African FIs. Achievements• Grew revenues by 40% across the portfolio diversified across countries and products• Increased share-of-mind and share-of-wallet in the value added products like Debt Capital Markets, Structured treasury products and Structured Trade Finance• Trained and hired from the market to have a fully staffed sales / relationship team• Derisked the business by strong focus on AML / KYC and exits from high risk / Marginal geographies.

Singapore

Last assignment in Citi was Business Manager - Public sector for Citi Transaction services (CTS). Moved to Asia Pacific in 2007 as FI Product Head. Held various senior sales and business Management positions in transactions services like ASEAN and South Asia Head, Bank Services Group, CTS and Market Manager, Asia Pacific, Bank Services Group, CTS.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

My last assignment in Africa was an FI Head in East and Southern Africa where I was responsible for Business Development, relationship management of the FI and banks portfolio. Responsibilities included risk management, credit exposure strategy and Country Managed Risk limits for the Non Presence Countries under my portfolio. My other assignments in Africa were Country Business Manager, Non-Presence countries in East and Southern Africa and Trade Transactor for Sub-Saharan Africa.

Chennai Area, India

My last assignment in India was in the Corporate bank as FI Head for Southern India. I have also worked in Mumbai as Relationship Manager - Public Sector Banks, Mumbai

New Delhi Area, India

I was a key member of the team that launched SME Banking in Citi India in 1994 as part of Consumer banking. My other assignments in Citi Consumer banking were Sales Manager, North India, Unsecured loans, Sales Manager Mortgages. I started my career in Citibank Technology in Chennai as a Project Manager for 3 years from 1991 to 1994.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance And International Business

B.Sc, Science

High School, Cbse