Deepa Krishnan

Associate Partner

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India17 yrs 2 mos experience

Key Highlights

Expert in leadership hiring across multiple industries.
Proven track record in relationship management and business development.
Strong analytical skills in financial analysis and credit monitoring.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned professional in Finance and HR consulting with a focus on leadership hiring.

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Team ManagementBusiness DevelopmentBusiness AnalysisManagementBusiness StrategyMISCRMFinancial AnalysisVendor ManagementAnalyticsCapital MarketsInvestment BankingValuationBankingFinance

About

I am a Native to the world of Finance COE Hiring. Native connects people and organisations so that they grow effortlessly. We understand the lay of the land through a unique blend of instinct and data. And we use this to help people and organizations make smart decisions about where and with whom they work. We call this the Power of Informed Intuition. With a reach across 15+ industries, our 150+ consultants across our 4 offices - Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Dubai have helped over 5000+ business leaders find companies Native to them. (www.nativeworld.com) We are One World now with 3 other brands alongside Native, i.e., Alternatives (independent consulting arm), Northward (HR consulting/retained business) and Woven (RPO arm) providing integrated talent solutions covering the entire value chain. Please feel free to e-mail me at @deepa.krishnan@nativeworld.com for further correspondence.

Experience

Native

2 roles

Associate Director

Promoted

Jan 2026 – Present · 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Principal

Aug 2024 – Dec 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Head - CFO Hiring Desk, South India.
Native connects people and organizations so that they grow effortlessly. We understand the lay of the land through a unique blend of instinct and data. And we use this to help people and organizations make smart decisions about where and with whom they work. We call this the Power of Informed Intuition. With a reach across 15 industries, our 100+ consultants across our 3 offices - Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore have helped over 3000+ business leaders find companies Native to them. (www.nativeworld.com).

Yes bank

Executive Vice President (RM-Large Corp)

Nov 2022 – Aug 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Relationship management for large corp portfolio in Karnataka including credit analysis, credit monitoring, and cross sell.

Novopay

Head -Partnerships

Aug 2020 – Oct 2022 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Building and growing strategic alliances for the company in different product spheres. Handling corporate relationships in BFSI (Banks, etc.) and Technology (Fintech, etc.) verticals. KRAs are tied to growth in GMV for different products like DMT, AePS, CMS, MSME Loans, etc.

Indusind bank

Senior Relationship Manager - Corporate banking

Apr 2019 – Aug 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Worked on working capital portfolio of corporate clients, deepening the engagement through transaction banking and retail products.

Brainwiz educational games mobile app

Marketing Team

Jun 2018 – Apr 2019 · 10 mos · Fremont, CA, United States

Contributed to scoping the market (India and US) for educational games for age group 4-10 years.

Technology credit union

Sr. Relationship Banker

Sep 2017 – May 2018 · 8 mos · Milpitas, California

Helped members with a full range of financial products and services in the retail setting while ensuring smooth branch operations.
Key Responsibilities:
Performed a wide variety of retail banking transactions involving negotiable instruments and borrowings
Customer (member) service and cross-sell to achieve revenue targets across products
Organized business development events inside/outside branch
Monitored staff relationship management and workflow queues
Engage with appropriate division manager to resolve underwriting/loan issues

Yes bank ltd.

4 roles

Vice President

Jul 2015 – Dec 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos

I was responsible for business development (both asset and liabilities) and relationship management of companies having turnover of INR 1000 crores (~$200 Mn) and above. My key metrics of success included new business acquisition, cross selling, deal structuring and revenue generation from existing account.
Apart from business development, my other responsibilities also included offering funding solutions to companies for financing their working capital and project finance requirements by carrying out credit appraisals and risk analysis.
I worked closely with various product groups within the bank viz. Treasury, Investment Banking, Structured lending Group, Transaction Banking Group and Retail Banking for maximizing wallet size and product penetration across clients.
My day to day activities included:
Business development, client management while identifying revenue gaps through data analysis; contributed to highest net income at regional level QoQ (peaked at USD 6 Mn)
Credit sanction (incl. Balance sheet /P&L/industry/competitive/credit risk analysis, cash flow forecasting, security cover/credit limit assessment) for Corporate Banking clients
Monitoring credit health of my portfolio and making recommendations for credit decisions; monitoring loan servicing and helping overdue recovery – maintained Zero delinquencies QoQ
Ensuring pre / post disbursement covenants are met for all credit cases
Cross sell across Trade/Cash Management/Retail/Treasury product offerings – maintained highest penetration index of 8+ for my portfolio
Working closely with various internal product groups (cross-functional teams) thereby honing my program management skills and management reporting