Bristol Who’s Who Recognizes Gopalan Parthasarathy


Gopolan Parthasarathy Headshot

Background

  • Management Consultant with more than 30 years professional and leadership experience in business development with strong background in banking and financial services. Over a decade of exposure in international markets in employment / account management of Fortune 500 MNCs & Investment Banking Majors, notably Deutsche Bank, State Bank of India, HCLT, BankMuscat & Emirates NBD.
  • Leading business development, Governance, Risk & Compliance, turning around underperforming Business / Credit / Risk Management teams, review and establishment of integrated risk management and internal control frameworks, establishment of Risk Based Internal Audit, employee engagement and change management strategy, business transformation projects and compliance solutions.

Selection of relevant experiences / assignments

  • Designate Financial Advisor to a Corporate Group in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • Chief Risk Officer, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia responsible for establishing an Enterprise Risk Management framework for the business and operations in KSA of asset size of USD 3 Bn.
  • Facilitated orderly establishment of Private Banking and Business Banking Units & turnaround of Retail Banking portfolio. ERM framework established has prepared the regional business to scale up and grow – the Balance Sheet has more than doubled in the 2 years of implementation of ERM.
  • Vice President & Head Risk, Bank Muscat, Saudi Arabia – Established ERM & turned around ailing KSA balance sheet of over a USD 1 billion asset size. Established ERM framework for the new business unit in Capital Markets preparing it to go to market with products.
  • Head Credit Risk, Kuwait International Bank, Kuwait – Presented inputs on 39 credit and investment proposals, a record for Credit & Investment Committee.
  • Deputy General Manager & Head Risk & Compliance, HCL Capital Markets Services, India
  • Designed and implemented, Risk Based Internal Audit & facilitated design of Performance Metrics covering 130 processes in the Capital Market Services
  • Dy GM & Delivery Organization Head, Trade Management Services, HCL CMS, India –
  • Grew revenue in a new vertical viz. trade management services from USD 0.4 Mio to USD 1 Mio in less than a year. Achieved turn around in attrition from 45% to 15% in 9 months.
  • Asst General Manager, Organizational Planning, State Bank Group, India
  • Formulated brand strategy for SBI Group and facilitated branding bicentennial celebrations across the global network encompassing 15000 domestic branches of the Group and over 100 foreign offices.
  • Chief Manager & Credit Analyst, Corporate Accounts Group (Central), SBI – Portfolio of USD 3 bn
  • Vice President, Back Office (Treasury Operations) State Bank of India, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Enhanced controls and supported Annual Volumes over Euro 2.3 Trn; Income Euro 1 Mio
  • Vice President, Trade, State Bank of India, Frankfurt, Germany – Designed and implemented business development strategy, making Frankfurt Trade Services global, providing single window end to end service to the clients.

 

Unique value

  • Ability to convert board mandates and regulatory requirements into implementable programs with employee engagement, knowledge transition, review and redesigning business processes for embedding in them Governance, Risk and Compliance elements collaborating with all stakeholders enhancing stakeholder value in business organizations, particularly in banking and financial services industry. Ability to turn around underperforming business units with sustainable profitability.

 

Bristol Who’s Who Member Gopalan Parthasarathy, MBA can be found on the Who’s Who Directory where he is looking forward to networking with you.

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