Assistant General Manager - International Banking
Commercial Bank of Kuwait
Total years of experience :20 years, 9 Months
• Formulation of the Bank's strategy, budget, and business development plans for the International Banking business;
• Develop policies and procedures for international banking division related to FI relationships, international syndication, project financing and structured trade finance businesses;
• Originate and coordinate client businesses across various bank products such as Trade finance, treasury, payments, loans, and others;
• Grow and Manage relationships with correspondent banks across over 50 countries;
• Origination, structuring and execution of funded / unfunded transactions through syndications and risk participations;
• Evaluation of lending/investment opportunities - sourcing, assessment, evaluation, structuring, monitoring;
• Manage a team of 15-20 professionals - appraising their performance and providing training to the team;
• Member of number of committees such as Credit committee, Asset-Liabilities committee, Banking Strategy, etc.
Lead (IMLA) international syndication for a Far East Horizon rasing USD 515 million
- Lead (IMLA) club loan for Daewoo rasing USD 180 million
- Financed Impresa Pizzarotti for a Healthcare project in Kuwait - USD700 million
Key Achievements:
* Established CBK’s international syndication and MNC team post global financial crisis;
* Originated CBK’s first international syndication transaction in the lead role;
* Funded assets grew by 3.5x in value and new clients by over 3x during the period May2015 to 2019;
* Maintained zero non performing loan (NPL) ratio in the international portfolio;
Significant Contributions
* Demonstrated skills and abilities in assisting clients by providing valuation advice in cases, such as sale of businesses,
capital increase, mergers, debt swap, etc;
* Actively involved in the portfolio valuation for private equity funds, banks & other capital markets;
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* Spearheaded the following functions including asset management, operations and capital restructuring, debt
restructuring / rescheduling & assistance in negotiation, turnaround planning and implementation;
* Effectively documented prospectus, private placement memo, feasibility study report, presentations, and others;
* Industries covered: Education, Real Estate and Construction, Oil & Gas, Investments and others;
As internship during my MBA, I briefly worked for an investment company, Peerless Securities ltd. in India, wherein I had prepared a scheme for the senior citizen, after analyzing their Risk‐Return profile. Further, I had also worked for ICFAI Press, wherein I was responsible for content development and article writing.
