Mar 2026 – May 2026 · 2 mos · On-site

• Lead the group-wide capital markets structuring function for NBB across Bahrain, KSA, and UAE, and oversee sharia-compliant structured solutions for BisB, covering the full cycle of derivatives, hedging, and investment structuring for corporate, FI, institutional and wealth clients.

Jan 2024 – Feb 2026 · 2 yrs 1 mo · On-site

Apr 2022 – Jan 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Developed and managed a structured product business, providing tailored hedging solutions to corporate clients and innovative investment solutions to corporate and private banking clients.
• Adapted to evolving market conditions by continuously enhancing the structured investment product suite, ensuring alignment with client needs.
• Achieved over 20% annual revenue growth in the investment solutions business.
• Led digital transformation initiatives for the financial markets sales team, improving operational efficiency and client experience.

Jan 2019 – Apr 2022 · 3 yrs 3 mos

• Providing liability hedging solutions for FX and Rates risk management to corporates and FIs in GCC region.
• Experienced in executing large ticket swap transaction from end to end -- involving full documentation review (ISDA negotiation), capital and liquidity charge calculations and post-trade servicing.
• Prepare high quality thematic research reports on global markets with primary focus on FX and Rates on a periodic basis.

Dec 2016 – Sep 2018 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Cover the FX/Rates/Credit risk management solutions for clients in Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA).
• Clientele includes Corporates, Sovereigns (MoF), Local Govt. Bodies, Multilateral Development Banks, Pension Funds, Insurers, Hedge Funds, and Local Banks.
• Provided FX and Rates risk management solutions with innovative collateral margining mechanisms and credit mitigation techniques like partial credit guarantee, and credit contingency swaps.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders (CVA, CPM, Trading, Group Finance, Legal & Compliance) within Deutsche to successfully close trades and design solutions better suited to client position, market view and appetite.

Jun 2010 – Nov 2016 · 6 yrs 5 mos

• Responsibilities: Cover the FX risk management solutions for corporates in North Asia (China, HK and Taiwan) and institutional FX structured products business for FIs and private banks across Asia
• Financial Institutions Coverage: Develop and market investment products for FIs in conjunction with distribution teams for on-selling to end clients including retail and corporates
• Corporate Coverage: Liaising with Sales to provide local and multinational clients on hedging strategies for market and balance sheet risks, as well as de-risking existing portfolios
• Idea Generation: Pricing and generating topical derivatives based trade ideas around views expressed through Deutsche’s research publications for clients and internal sales teams
• Training: Prepare training programs for internal and external audiences to educate them on FX risk management processes and Deutsche Bank’s FX product suite
• Strategic: Have prepared pitches and priced solutions for cross border M&A deals across Asia
• Highlights:
• Spearheaded the back to back business for institutional clients in HK and Taiwan.
• Developing excel based tools for hedge performance analysis of portfolio of structured products on balance sheet of clients
• Products: Proficient in pricing vanilla options, digitals, barrier options, and complex structures like TARN, Range Accruals, Knock-Out CCS, Autocallables, Accumulator Options, and Multi-Currency correlation products etc.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders within Deutsche to successfully close trades and design solutions better suited to client position, market view and appetite

May 2009 – Jul 2009 · 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Worked with the risk management team to identify the factors responsible for distortions in INDIA VIX (Volatility Index), namely its high volatility and its poor inverse correlation with Nifty 50 Index
• Devised enhanced methods for volatility index measurement, based on quantification of affects caused by these factors using econometric analysis, which improved inverse correlation significantly from 24.64 % to 70.86 %

Jun 2008 – Jul 2008 · 1 mo

• Conceptualized the development of a pooled fund for Ecotourism development in India, through various financing models based on public private partnership (PPP) with the SIG wing (Strategic Initiatives & Advisory Govt.)
• Formed a comprehensive learning module on "Multi-Market Models : A quantitative approach on economic policy analysis" for the development banking division

May 2007 – Jul 2007 · 2 mos

• Identified the underlying causes of rise in Indian Consumption and its effects on the Indian Formal Retail Market
• Performed extensive analysis of Supermarkets and Category Specialist (Consumer Electronics) formats, which included company research of leading retail firms and comparative SWOT analysis

Jun 2006 – Jul 2006 · 1 mo