Comprehensive banking experience with specialization in Market Risk, Liquidity Risk and Treasury
Built the Asset Liability and Balance Sheet Management team including the development of management, measurement and reporting framework
Set up the Hedge Accounting and Effectiveness Testing framework in the bank for execution of Micro and Macro Balance Sheet Hedges
Experience in implementing ALM and FTP system for the bank, involved in the end to end process
Worked in bank wide projects like upgrading the Treasury system of the bank; migration from Kondor+ to Murex. with participation as steering/working committee member
Added value to the bank by providing inputs in ALCO, Mancom and other senior management and Board level committees
Excellent stakeholder management skills, including experience of working with C suite
Performed quantitative impact studies on effect of various scenarios on bank’s capital and liquidity and provided recommendations to ALCO and Board Risk Committee
Successfully handled multicultural teams in Global banks like JPM Chase, Nomura (Lehman Brothers) and Local banks like Emirates NBD and Rakbank
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior VP: HEAD OF FTP AND ALM
AL MASRAF
06.2023 - Current
Double hatting, as Head of FTP, ALM and Acting CFO
Setting up ALM and FTP unit in the bank, the function was managed by an external consultant
Enhancement of the FTP framework of the bank, to effectively manage the balance sheet in line with management expectations
End to end implementation of ALM and FTP system, starting from vendor selection to performing UAT and implementation. Managed the project as a steering committee member
Preparation of ALCO packs for the ALM unit including analysis of the EaR and EvE metrics for Interest Rate Risk
Reporting of Liquidity Risk, including Basel III ratios like LCR, NSFR and other internal liquidity measurement tools
Devised the behavioural model for non maturity products for Structural Gap reports
HEAD OF TREASURY MID OFFICE
EMIRATES NBD
06.2017 - 06.2023
Responsible for business support and business control for Treasury Business at an overall Group level
End to end responsibility of the FX Net Open Position of the ENBD group including international branches and subsidiaries
Valuation of deals and reporting of derivative valuations to counterparties; completely automated the process using AI -Robotics
Enhanced the control framework for Market Data of the bank, used for pricing, valuations, PL Reporting and collateral management and settlement
Developed the illiquidity framework for testing of the illiquid positions in trading desk
Handling dynamic regulatory framework including regulations like TESS, IBOR, FRTB and AED Monetary reforms issued by CBUAE
Experience in IRSG (Interest Rate Setting Mechanism) by CBUAE for publishing of EIBOR
Product approval for complex derivative structures before deal initiation
Project Management – implementation of projects for Treasury from BRD stage till Go live stage
End to end testing of aspects like pricing, valuations and risk metrics for Treasury products
Providing analytic reports for ALCO and BOARD for decision making
Adept with CBUAE regulations, IFRS and Basel changes pertaining to Treasury/Risk.
SENIOR MGR: MARKET RISK
RAKBANK
05.2015 - 06.2017
Monitoring of daily Treasury and Investment limits and escalation of the breaches
Monitoring Market Risk of the portfolio using tools like VaR and Duration
Performed various behavioural analysis using concepts like normal distribution
Experience in capital calculations for market risk using standardized and IMA method as per Basel II
Implementation of Basel III in the bank including but not limited to LCR, NSFR and Leverage Ratio
Vetting of various wholesale banking policies and doing an annual review of business divisions
Reporting of daily time bucket-wise and currency-wise cash-flows for nostro funding
Providing useful inputs and reports to ALCO and regulatory reporting team
Set up the Treasury Middle office team in the bank along-with setting up controls
Formulated the Daily Treasury Report providing snapshot view of the daily activity of Treasury
Valuation of derivative deals and providing the MTM values to the back office for onward transmission to clients
Monitoring of treasury profitability across different asset classes, dealer desks and dealers
Doing in-depth analysis and approving complex derivative structures to be done by the Treasury front office
Reporting of the Open currency position and the reconciliation of the same
Negotiating ISDA and CSA with counterparties, performing collateral management by handling margin calls beyond CSA thresholds
Handling the central bank (regulatory authority), internal and external audit.
MARKET RISK AND TREASURY MID OFFICE
BANK MUSCAT
01.2010 - 05.2015
Built the overall framework of Market Risk and Treasury Middle Office starting at overall policy level, drilling down to operational level
Devised the limit framework for Treasury Products in line with industry-wide best practices
Handling the end to end dashboard reporting and performance measurement for Treasury
Monitoring of limits and escalation of breaches in line with the Board approved policies for activities in the trading and back-to-back book
Performed various aspects of Enterprise risk like ICAAP reporting, Country Risk reporting
Handled Liquidity Reporting including formulation of the contingency funding plan
Formulated the stress testing framework for liquidity using scenario analysis
Monitoring Market Risk of the portfolio using tools like VaR and Duration
Performed various behavioural analysis using concepts like normal distribution
Experience in capital calculations for market risk using standardized and IMA method as per Basel II
Implementation of Basel III in the bank including but not limited to LCR, NSFR and Leverage Ratio
Vetting of various wholesale banking policies and doing an annual review of business divisions
Market Risk and Treasury Middle Office
JP MORGAN, NOMURA And ICICI Bank
11.2004 - 01.2010
ICICI Bank - Nov 2004 to March 2006
Nomura - March 2006 to March 2007 and March 2008 to Jan 2010
JP Morgan Chase - March 2007 to March 2008
Handling the team of Asset Liability and Management and Network Management (Treasury Operations)
Managing Asset Liability Management desk, preparation of daily funding projections, ensuring that the firm is liquid enough all the time, preparing host of MIS on Asset Liability Management
Handling Middle Office function in Derivatives (interest rate swaps, options, FX, forwards) including processing, confirming, accounting, exposure monitoring sending funding requirements and settlement of derivative contracts with counterparties
Automation of manual processes like uploading of deals in the system, calculation of figures of swaps and options, process relating to expiry of options, developing of various settlement reports.
Developed controls by making the spreadsheets formula driven, spreadsheets like funding sheet, notional reporting sheet and host of regulatory returns.
Managed and successfully completed projects like on boarding of an existing system from a different location, replacing of Murex by Athena, on boarding of credit derivative systems for Credit Default Swaps.
Monitoring exposure and tenor limits of counterparties, deal size limits of derivative contracts
Education
Chartered Financial Analyst -
CFA Institute
USA
01.2011
Financial Risk Manager -
GARP
USA
01.2005
Chartered Accountant -
Chartered Accountant: Rank Holder(39th Rank)
India
01.2004
Languages
English
Hindi
Gujarati
Marathi
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 06/28/81
Marital Status: Married
Hobbies and Interests
Meditation
Watching TV
Timeline
Senior VP: HEAD OF FTP AND ALM
AL MASRAF
06.2023 - Current
HEAD OF TREASURY MID OFFICE
EMIRATES NBD
06.2017 - 06.2023
SENIOR MGR: MARKET RISK
RAKBANK
05.2015 - 06.2017
MARKET RISK AND TREASURY MID OFFICE
BANK MUSCAT
01.2010 - 05.2015
Market Risk and Treasury Middle Office
JP MORGAN, NOMURA And ICICI Bank
11.2004 - 01.2010
Chartered Financial Analyst -
CFA Institute
Financial Risk Manager -
GARP
Chartered Accountant -
Chartered Accountant: Rank Holder(39th Rank)
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