• Head of Global Trade Services at BankMuscat International (Formerly ABN AMRO Bank NV), Bahrain
• Head of Trade Finance at ABN AMRO Bank, Bahrain
• Head of Trade Finance at Bank of Baroda, Dubai

Education

• IFS School of Finance, UK
• Indian Institute of Bankers
• G.M.N. College, Ambala Cantt
• Dayal Singh College, Karnal
• S.D. College, Panipat

Summary

A hard core Trade Finance Banker with 29 years of extensive banking experience in India, UAE and Bahrain out of which over 27 years of experience in Trade Finance at different levels of hierarchy mostly (for 23 years) as Head of Division at Branch, Regional or Country levels. Have managed trade sales, trade operations, trade risks and trade related correspondent banking.

Founder member and Chairman of ICC Bahrain Trade Finance Forum. Member of ICC Bahrain Board of Directors, Member of the ICC Banking Commission, Paris representing ICC Bahrain National Committee. Member of ICC Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees (URDG) Drafting Group (comprising of 8 industry specialist identified by ICC Banking Commission) constituted to revise ICC publication number 458. Member of the ICC Guarantees Task Force (comprising of 35 members from 28 countries). The URDG Revision is an ongoing exercise that commenced in April 2007 and is expected to culminate in Nov, 2009.

Member of UCP 600 Consulting Group (comprising of 41 industry experts drawn from 26 countries. Charter Member of the Middle East Advisory Council of Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, USA.

Visiting faculty to Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance. Have spoken on UCP 600, Guarantees and URDG at several platforms including Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry seminar on UCP 600, FCIB International Conference at Dubai , ICC Czech Republic Seminars on LCs and Guarantees, ICC Austria global conferences on Letters of Credit and Guarantees at Vienna, ICC Singapore seminar on Guarantees and FEDAI workshop in India. Have served as expert panelist in the annual LC conference of the Institute of International Banking Law and Practice at Dubai from 2004 to 2008.

SpecialtiesAdvisory Services & liaison with major Trade Finance clients, Financial Institutions as also with the Government and Central Banking officials. Well versed in Trade Finance Products like LCs, Guarantees, Shipping Guarantees, TRs, Clean and Documentary Collections, Pre and Post Shipment Export finance etc. Well versed with Structured Trade Finance Products like Avalised/Promissory Note Discounting and Forfaiting.

Have authored for ICC publication Documentary Credit Insight.