Ashok Singh Purohit

Project Manager, COO Central Management (Since June 2017)

The Chief Operating Office (COO) of Deutsche Bank works closely with the business divisions and infrastructure functions to execute the Bank's strategy. Current function assists in the development of central management strategy and governance framework for DBOI India, a 10K+ employees entity, providing services to over 52 DB Group companies globally.


• Drive strategic franchise-level projects aimed at resources rationalization, transformation and cost-savings including those related to regulatory risks and compliance
• Provide inputs to the COO central management for Deutsche India and ensure robust governance framework enabling decision- making around governance, risk, compliance and cost disciplines
• Reduction of entity risks by collaborating with business/infra heads and teams by introduction of adequate remediation and mitigation measures
• Prepare and publish the entity’s Balanced Scorecard / other MIS to track KPIs and developments; prepare ad-hoc decks for senior management meetings

Strategic Development Officer, Asset and Wealth Management Strategy (July 2014 - May 2017)

The Asset and Wealth Management Strategic and Competitor Research function (part of erstwhile AWM CFO) conducted competitor and market analysis to support business development and the strategic planning process. Also, it undertook specific research projects and requests and produced a series of reports and publications.
• Competitor benchmarking and performance discussion for asset and wealth management business vs DeAM / WM for ExCo / senior stakeholders
• Industry insights for senior management covering strategic, regional and regulatory developments in the markets
• Preparation of strategy presentations, industry report synthesis and projects for internal decisions, SWOT, benchmarking
and ad-hoc analysis
• Industry flows and trend analysis across in MF and ETFs markets

Head, ICG eCommerce Client Strategy & Analytics

Established and managed the Institutional Client Group eCommerce Client Strategy and Analytics function, Mumbai for performance analytics on Deutsche Bank’s OTC e-trading. Also, set-up the Markets Access analytics function in Mumbai, strategized to tap the wallet-share from tail accounts.
• Assisted the ICG eSales global and regional heads in identification of potential revenue opportunities in e-trading over inhouse and third-party e-trading platforms.
• Introduced and ran strategic initiatives to empower eSales with analytics for business expansion: opportunity/gaps deep dives, resurrection of dormant accounts, price-tiering sensitivity analysis, RC schedule changes’ impact and clients’ penetration (voice to electronic)
• Proposed growth ideas and methodologies in the development of client analytics tools (eMIS, Scorpio, Insight) to sales, tradersand developers
• Provided bespoke and periodical reporting and MIS with analysis on external research and surveys (Greenwich, Coalition, Orion, broker reports) to gauge the wallet-share of clients vis-à-vis market

Responsible for service delivery and knowledge management of an ESG-based research process, based on data mining through SEC filings and company publications; managed a team of research associates end-to-end in the process.

Fully managed a team of 20 analyst.