A long and successful career in finance and business management. 28+ years of experience, a major portion of it is with American Express in all-round financial management.

American Express
Over 25 years with the company, managed different finance and operational functions in Bahrain, UK and Saudi Arabia.

Chief Financial Officer & Head of Operations, Saudi Arabia.
In addition to the finance and back office operations, from time to time handled responsibility of Projects, Human Resources, Systems, Administration, etc.
Played a key role in formulating joint venture and legal entity in Saudi Arabia, along with setting up of systems, finance function, marketing, compliance and corporate governance.

Head of Accounting & Financial Services, Middle East
In this regional role based in Bahrain, managed accounting, cash management, administration, business planning, internal audit, etc. for 15 Middle Eastern countries and currencies.

Core member of the project teams, which launched new products, set up joint ventures, formed related legal entities, etc.

Group leader in various financial functions in Bahrain and the UK

B Com (Commerce Graduate, Mumbai, India) 1977
ACA (Chartered Accountant, India), 1980
ACMA (Chartered Management Accountant, UK), 1987
MBA (Sheffield Hallam University, UK), 1998

Indian national, born in 1957. Married, with two children. Lived in the Middle East for over 25 years through the Gulf wars and civil disturbances.