Palladium India &  X-Leap

Advisory on International Development projects in Agriculture, Economic Development, Skill Development and Inclusive Finance

Consultant 

Palladium: Make It Possible

Engagements :
1. Operations Lead - South Asia Regional Infrastructure Connectivity Program - Implemented across six countries
2. National Financial Inclusion Specialist for an ADB supported program
3. Financial expert on the inclusive financing pilot for a leading startup - DeHaat

Associate Director

Engagements :
1. International Sustainable Sourcing strategy for Cocoa for a top MNC in Confectionary
2. Advising a leading Indian agri-tech start-up on digital agri-financing product for its farmer-patrons
3. National Financial Inclusion Specialist for an ADB supported program
4. Technical advisory on a MSME E Commerce readiness project

Consultant

TechnoServe

	Led five projects programs on Agricultural Value Chain Development, Climate Smart Agriculture, Entrepreneurship, Skill Development and Access to Finance 
	Led transformative impact through programs that catalyzed change for over 5,000 youth, ~ 12,000 small-holder farmers and seven farmer producer companies and ~ 100 women entrepreneurs, creating high value social return on grant investment. 
	Led donor engagement for projects (VISA, Citi Foundation, INTUIT, Kellogg, HDFC etc.) and new business acquisition 
	Anchored new program design, proposal / grant writing and organization level recruitment. 
	Managed program management life - cycle including project design, human resource planning, recruitment & management, budget & results management, monitoring & evaluation design support, stakeholder management etc.

Practice Leader

Associate Practice Leader

Senior Project Manager

GIZ, India  & Welingkar Institute of Management

	Provided technical services to GIZ – RISP on Agriculture Value Chain Finance & Risk Management strategy, developing policy notes and product manuals, blue-print for rolling out a risk management fund and relationship management.
	Prepared a comprehensive policy note on creation of an Agriculture Risk Fund for providing credit enhancement and contingency risk support to farmer producer organizations (FPO) which was adopted by GIZ program leadership for convincing the Department of Horticulture, Government of Karnataka - instituting an FPO - Incubation and Stabilization Fund (fund size - USD 8 million).
	Produced a white paper on creation of a multi-stakeholder institution model which resulted in creation of a first of its kind Special Purpose vehicle by GIZ program leadership integrating the FPO, the industry and government efforts under one umbrella. 
	Managed key senior level relationships with implementation agencies, technical agencies and Industry partners for program implementation across Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
	Faculty for courses on Financial Management and Financial Markets, Commodity Markets and Value Chain Finance and Microfinance

Senior Advisor Agriculture Value Chain Integration & Faculty PGDM ( Rural Management)

Deutsche CIB Centre

Assistant Vice President, GTB -CMC

YES BANK LTD

	Managed a team for solution-led product positioning and solution selling in PCM, Capital Markets (IPO, Escrows & Dividends), Mobile Banking & Direct Banking space to the Corporate Baking clients of YES Bank across Industry verticals (Pharma/Media/IT-ITES/Logistics etc.)
	Demonstrated subject matter expertise, making client visits & presentations, handling complex deal pricing and pipeline development & analysis
	Won 14 collection and 6 payments mandates and three large escrow mandates across Media, IT-ITES, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals and development banking sectors. Won six Dividend mandates and one IPO mandate

AVP Transaction Banking Sales ( PCM, Capital Markets, Escrows & Direct Banking)

ING Vysya Bank

	Managed large MNC & Large Indian Corporates, Government organisations, Mid-Market clients and Financial Institutions in Mumbai, Pune & Gujarat.
	Engaged with top management (CFO, Head treasury, Finance Director) of client organizations for Wallet Sizing, pitching for new business and retention of existing Revenue

Product Sales - Payments & Cash Management

HSBC

	Managed large MNC & Indian Large Corporate accounts like AP Moller Group, Hindustan Unilever, Shipping Corporation of India, Etihad, Sasol, Chennai Container Terminal, Mundra Container Terminal etc.

AVP - Global Payments & Cash Management

ICICI Bank Ltd, BKC, Mumbai

	Managed microfinance portfolio across five different regions in India
	Executed Securitization transactions - Micro Finance Portfolio Buyouts (Direct Assignment) with Mature Partners and NBFCs. Role involved deal structuring with regards to Credit enhancement & Pricing, discounted future cash flow valuation and liaising with Legal, Risk and Compliance on structuring and execution of Transaction documentation
	Worked closely with Micro Finance Institution’s leadership to scale-up the business through financial products (Term Loans, Overdrafts, Line of Credit, Partnership etc.) suiting the MFI scale and vintage

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