Giridhar Sivasankar

• Origination and execution of M&A and Financial advisory transactions for Clean Tech clients
• Staffer responsible for managing recruitment, training, staffing and performance monitoring for junior bankers

Key deals:

• Sell-side advisory related to an equity capital raise for an electric bus operator in India (ongoing)
• Debt advisory for a high-yield bond issuance for one of India’s largest renewable power producers (completed).

Chief of Staff to the Global Head of Industries Group. Key responsibilities include:

Strategy

• Supported the development and implementation of business strategy
• Tracked progress against key strategic initiatives including driving Transition Finance business and Originate and Distribute strategy

Business Planning and Management

• Provided insightful analysis of financial results including forecasts of performance, highlighting key trends, risks and opportunities
• Established performance management processes including setting of scorecard targets and coordinated year-end performance reviews
• Completed productivity analysis and continuously monitored costs to identify potential areas of cost saves

Portfolio management and monitoring

• Developed Credit Underwriting Principles (CUP) and tracked compliance of the portfolio with the CUP for key business sectors

Led / supported strategic projects across Corporate and Institutional Banking businesses collaborating with Business partners, Risk, Finance and Compliance to provide actionable insights to senior management forums. Select projects include:

• Review of Correspondent Banking business with a focus to mitigate Financial Crime Risks related to cross-border payments
• Evaluated strategic options for the Financial Markets Commodities business; worked with the business teams to identify and mitigate operational and fraud risks
• Overhauled the client coverage model targeting cost efficiencies of USD30m+ from elimination of overlaps in coverage and refining RM loading based on client tiering.

• Graduate program with stints across different businesses within Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking.