Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
I am a finance professional with over 17 years of experience in liquidity management, fund raising, and proprietary trading across Asian markets. My career spans managing both short-term and long-term funding requirements, optimizing liquidity positions, and driving efficient balance sheet management. I have successfully raised over ₹75,000 crore through private placements of NCDs and Commercial Papers, and managed a USD 150 million proprietary trading portfolio in USD bonds across various Asian geographies. Over the years, I’ve built strong working relationships with leading mutual funds, insurance companies, and Indian as well as foreign banks, which have been instrumental in executing large-scale transactions and achieving cost-efficient funding. I’m passionate about financial markets, data-driven decision making, and building strategic funding and investment frameworks that align with organizational growth and stability.
Managing Capital Market funding , liquidity buffers, ALM ,LCR monitoring , ALCO governance and short term investments for an NBFC of Julius baer group in India ,with regular engagement with global parent treasury, rating agencies, and institutional lenders.
Manage daily liquidity position and deploy surplus cash into mutual fund schemes to optimize returns and maintain balance sheet efficiency. Set up the Debt Capital Market borrowing desk and successfully raised over ₹7,000 crore through Commercial Paper within a year. Directly raised funds through 10 leading mutual funds to enhance market access and diversify short-term funding sources. Played a crucial role in External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) transactions and structured hedging strategies to effectively manage currency and interest rate risks.
Manage a G-Sec book of ₹1,500 crore for structured products and proprietary trading. Oversee a spread trading book (OIS vs G-Sec) with a notional of ₹2,000 crore, optimizing positions through interest rate differentials. Manage a corporate bond portfolio of ₹1,000 crore, balancing risk and return across credit curves and tenors. Evaluate investment opportunities and provide customized insights to clients based on their suitability and risk profile. Source and structure debt instruments such as NCDs, Bonds, and Perpetuals for HNI clients. Successfully raised ₹ 15000 crore through Commercial Paper, ensuring efficient liquidity management and compliance with internal ALM target
• Hands-on experience in directly Fundraising CP & NCD from banks, Mutual funds through Private Placement. • Understanding of NCD’s and CP’s listing on exchanges. • Preparation of information memorandum and Co-ordinate with Secretarial department at the time of borrowings to ensure timely documentation of all requirements before filling up with the exchange. • Being a USD bond trader having an understanding of pricing USD bonds and also know the process of issuance of USD and masala bonds. • Nurtured and extensive relationship with Mutual Funds Managers, Insurance companies. • Manage day-to-day treasury activities such as cash flow management, long-term and short-term investment, fund projection, liaison with relevant teams for fund requirement • Deploying surplus Cash into Liquid schemes of Mutual Funds & other Money Market Instruments • Manage relationships and provide required data to the credit rating agencies like India ICRA, CARE, CRISIL, etc. • Assist in fundraising planning and ALM • Preparing Forecasts for funding requirements of group companies and devising suitable funding strategies • Forecasting cash flow positions, related borrowing needs, and funds available for investment •Understand Macro-Economic drivers of markets and interpret Trends and Market impact
• Responsible for the strategic management of all aspects of Fixed Income Portfolio Management, including Duration and Curve positioning in Emerging Markets & GCC • Structuring and executing various structured deals to generate liquidity for the company. • Adopting suitable hedging strategies to mitigate currency fluctuation risks • Regular presentations to Investment committee on various Strategies and approval for new strategies based on a detailed assessment of market conditions, Suggesting changes in investment policy to the Board • Actively tracked and participated in all Corporate Dollar Bond Issuances in the primary markets across Asia and GCC • Understand Macro-Economic drivers of markets and interpret Trends and Market impact • Contribute to Alpha, Yield and idea generation through Spread duration management, Sector rotation and Security selection • Actively involved in attending various Corporates Road Shows and meeting Top management