Swati Babel

CEO

Dubai, United Arab Emirates11 yrs 3 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • 17 years of expertise in trade finance.
  • Founder of BridgeGap Financial Services.
  • Led business expansion across multiple geographies.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with extensive experience in trade finance and business development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business DevelopmentTrade FinanceFinancial AdvisoryFactoringClient Relationship ManagementCorporate FinanceDue DiligenceClient ServicingFactoring Portfolio ManagementRelationship Management

Other Skills

MarketingStrategic AlliancesCredit Rating AdvisoryTrade TransactionsFinancial AnalysisProduct StructuringBusiness StrategiesTrade Finance ProductsAnalysisBankingBusiness Relationship ManagementCreditCredit AnalysisCredit RiskFinance

About

Swati Babel, is an industry veteran with diverse experience in cross-border trade finance marching with a motto of simplifying finance and investment for entrepreneurs and enterprises globally. Having gained experience in senior leadership roles across leading financials advisory firms, Swati brings in a quintessential blend of leadership, networking and knowledge. Over the years, she has provided the strategic vision and direction for the development and implementation of business models and drove the vertical and horizontal growth of organizations across geographies. Harboring the spirit of a hustler and perfectionist Swati has also pioneered the realms of entrepreneurship and founded BridgeGap Financial Services, specialized boutique firm in trade finance. A subject matter expert with an experience of over 17 years, Swati runs a well-oiled machine of team leadership, business strategic planning, people management, business transformation, sales process improvement in factoring-trade finance and supply chain finance. With her deep-domain expertise in boosting company revenues through innovative management skills, she has also built and led various teams with cross-functional talent and established new arrays of underwriting processes to expand the existing and new business portfolio. In her free time, she likes to unwind by traveling. She is also a pet mom and sponsorer of girl child education.

Experience

Globizera services

Founder and CEO

Oct 2023Present · 2 yrs 6 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · On-site

Triterras

Vice President, Business Development

Feb 2022Sep 2023 · 1 yr 7 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Transforming Trade & Trade Finance
  • Triterras is a global fintech company co-headquartered in Singapore and Dubai and leading innovator of inclusive finance solutions for the world's micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The company launched and operates KRATOS™ — one of the world’s largest digital financing platforms, to directly connect MSMEs with lenders online and source capital across commodity trading, supply chain, logistics, and ecommerce finance.
  • At Triterras, she leads the Indian subcontinent operations in the capacity of Vice President. She oversee the expansion of business for exporters and importers around the globe, leading to the growth of the existing client base across new geographies.
  • In her current role, she will also steer the avenues of developing marketing, branding plans for new and existing product categories and building strategic alliances, corporate partnerships and channel partner agreements in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, China, Hong-Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Europe, UK and Americas to spawn new businesses across verticals.
Business DevelopmentTrade FinanceMarketingStrategic Alliances

Primadollar

CEO - India

May 2019Feb 2022 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra

  • Primadollar overview :
  • # simple, low cost & transactional trade finance for importers & exporters on a global basis
  • # calling banks, nbfc's marketplaces, logistic companies & corporates : talk to us about our trade finance toolkit; quickly add trade finance to your online systems & create value for your customers.
  • http://www.primadollar.com/
Trade FinanceClient Relationship ManagementMarketing

Bridgegap financial services

Founder

Jul 2014Jun 2022 · 7 yrs 11 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • With an objective to facilitate our clients to recieve their desired funding and debt structure BridgeGap Financial Services is incorporated in July 2014. We are a Mumbai based financial advisory firm working hand in hand with clients to provide various financial instruments.
  • 10 years spent in Financial Industry before creating own venture to synergies between clients and lenders. Apart from getting traditional and conventional working capital facilities arranged we are strongly into arranging all types of FACTORING transactions, INVOICE DISCOUNTING, CREDIT RATING ADVISORY & IMPORT TRADE TRANSACTIONS.
  • To explore how we can do value addition please contact us at babel.swati@gmail.com
Financial AdvisoryFactoringCredit Rating AdvisoryTrade Transactions

Camellia corporate services

Vice President - Corporate Finance

Oct 2013Sep 2014 · 11 mos · Mumbai

  • Playing a senior role alongside Managing Directors on Business strategy and the course of action for Mumbai branch of the company.
  • Developing deal strategies and timelines with credit team.
  • Reviewing and analyzing due diligence processes and materials with credit team.
  • Preparing comprehensive pitchbooks, information memoranda, management presentations and marketing materials with sourcing team.
  • Managing and performing key steps in building up self sustainable profit centre.
  • Conduct financial need analysis and recommending appropriate Trade and Assets product’s to meet client financial requirement
  • Submission of detailed proposals to banks/financial institutes as per prescribed formats.
  • To handle the entire gamut of pre and post sanction activities including project evaluation/appraisal, preparation of term sheets/legal documents and negotiation thereof with the clients, assistance in security creation until the loan disbursement stage
  • To keep self and the team informed on the relevant regulatory, legal and compliance guidelines
Corporate FinanceDue DiligenceFinancial Analysis

Ifci factors limited

Senior Manager - BD

Sep 2011Oct 2013 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Mumbai Area, India

  • Acquisition of New Clients in western region
  • Responsible for client servicing-generating more business from the existing client
  • Responsible for income generation for the company
  • Responsible for structuring client specific products.
  • Responsible for new product design and rollout
  • Close liasioning with other departments to ensure smooth transactions
  • Responsible for achieving Budgeted Team Target and ensuring high level of efficiency and motivation among the team members
  • Preparing of Credit Proposals – analyzing the company’s financials, requirement and assessing the proposal
  • Close Liasioning with the Risk Department Team for managing and recovering stressed accounts.
  • Liasioning with the stressed clients on daily basis for getting the account regularized
  • Liasioning with the stressed clients bankers in case of re-structuring of the account
  • Close Liasion with Legal, Credit and Risk Departments for recovery procedures
Business DevelopmentClient ServicingProduct Structuring

Blend financial services limited

Sr.Business Associate

Dec 2010Sep 2011 · 9 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • To monitor PAN India Factoring Portfolio.
  • Developing business strategies for all branches to meet desired factoring targets.
  • Liasioning with all lenders for smooth processing of client applications.
  • Business Development- Sourcing SSI, SME, MSME & Large Corporate for trade finance Portfolio.
  • Negotiating with the new clients to finalize the deals.
  • Tie-up with clients for Corporate Deals/Working Capital Finance / Term Loans etc .
  • Apprising new credit proposals & evaluating credit risk associated for Domestic & Export lending & submitting credit proposal.
  • Handling legal documentation for facilities sanctioned, assessing client for mortgage creation and other legal activities.
Factoring Portfolio ManagementBusiness StrategiesBusiness Development

Sbigfl

BD&RM

Jan 2009Jan 2010 · 1 yr · Chandigarh Area, India

Sbi global factors ltd

2 roles

Assistant Manager

Apr 2008Nov 2010 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Business Development & Relationship Management
Business DevelopmentRelationship Management

Profile - Business Development

Sep 2007Nov 2010 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Mumbai
  • Established Jodhpur Branch of Global Trade Finance Limited.
  • Work Profile:-
  • Handled Chandigarh Branch.
  • Generating new business for the company, marketing of trade finance products viz. Export Factoring, Domestic Factoring, Reverse Factoring, and Import Factoring, LC Discounting etc.
  • Liasioning with corporate customers to make new business opportunities.
  • Preparing and checking Factoring applications as well as recommending the Facilities amount after analyzing the various documents submitted for scrutiny.
  • Ensuring proper coordination in field audit, and approval of Facility after fulfillment of formalities.
  • All operational, administrative and customer related procedures & policies are adhered to at all times.
  • Performing a monthly review of the limits sanctioned to ensure that all accounts are operative.
  • Facilitate root cause analysis resolution of unutilised accounts.
  • Co-ordinating with Debt Management Team for stressed account for regularization
  • Identifying, Developing & Handling Intermediate Business Channels.
Business DevelopmentTrade Finance ProductsTrade Finance

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