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Navin Ramdoyal, CFA

Shivala Road, Petite Retraite , Laventure, 41001, Mauritius,FL

Summary

Dynamic finance professional with 14 years at AfrAsia Bank Limited, excelling in cross-border financing and C-suite relationship management. Proven track record in structuring complex deals and driving asset growth, leveraging strategic planning and negotiation skills to deliver exceptional results in challenging environments. Recognized for building strong stakeholder relationships across Africa and the Middle East.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Head of International Corporates and Financial Institutions

AfrAsia Bank Limited
Ebene, Mauritius
08.2023 - Current
  • Responsible for the International Corporates and Financial Institutions team of the Bank with product ownership of FI Funding, International Corporate debt, trade finance products, structure trade finance, commodity finance and sovereign funding.
  • Maintain and develop all the correspondent banking relationships.
  • Pitching for funding opportunities, structure competitive solutions that meet financing risk standards, negotiations with stakeholders including lenders, regulators, investors, borrowers and legal counsel.
  • Strategy planning and development of Roadmap for a meaningful asset portfolio growth for the International Corporate and Financial Institutions Segment.
  • Engagement with C-Suite Executives of international corporate clients, Commercial Banks, Corporate Advisory firms, Local/International Legal Counsels, and other stakeholders of the ecosystems to capture, develop and execute asset opportunities.
  • Engaging in discussions with Board Credit Committee members to drive asset growth and income of the business segment.
  • Finance professional with proven track record of 14 years in Corporate International Banking and Financial Institutions. Specialized in deal making with established knowledge in Structured Finance, Commodities Financing, project financing in Africa and strong on the ground network across the African market both at Financial Institutions and Corporate C-Suite level along with top tier international commodity traders. Characterized as being strategic thinker, resilient, results-driven to deliver exceptional results in challenging situations irrespective of role and boundaries.
  • Engage in Business trips across target markets, attending targeted forums and seminar to develop business opportunities along with cross opportunities to other business segments of the bank.
  • Represent the bank in various forums and conferences to showcase the capabilities of the bank international banking and FI capabilities for business opportunities.

Part-Time Lecturer

11.2007 - Current
  • Lecturing modules -Financial Risk Management, Financial Hedging, Asset & Liability Management; Risk Management and Advanced Financial Modelling at Postgraduate level.
  • Delivering lecturers, working sessions, running workshops in finance related areas.

Head of International Corporates - Africa

10.2019 - 07.2023
  • Responsible for the Africa Asset Balance sheet of the bank in terms of International Corporate loans, trade finance products, structure trade finance, commodity finance and sovereign asset.
  • Strategy planning and development of Roadmap for meaningful asset portfolio across Africa for the bank.
  • Pitching for funding opportunities, deal structuring, negotiations with stakeholders including lenders, regulators, investors, borrowers and legal counsel.
  • Business Trips across target markets, attending targeted forums and seminar to develop business opportunities.
  • Develop and maintain bilateral relationships with international corporate clients and stakeholders at C- Suite level to capture/generate asset opportunities.
  • Represent the bank in various forums and conferences to showcase the capabilities of the bank international banking capabilities and create business opportunities.
  • Maintain and develop relationships with FI for corporate opportunities and club deals in Africa and GCC region.
  • Driving discussions with Management Credit Committee and Board Credit Committee members.

Senior Relationship Manager - International Corporates

AfrAsia Bank Limited
07.2015 - 10.2019
  • Leading asset creation for the bank on the African Continent and Middle East.
  • Pitching for funding opportunities, deal structuring, credit analysis and review, negotiations with stakeholders including lenders, regulators, investors, borrowers and legal counsel.
  • Successfully build up and managing an International Asset Portfolio in excess of MUR6bn.
  • Managing a portfolio of international customers (of moderate to high complexity) from the very origination of the relationship through all of the various processes of the life cycle of their banking relationship with the bank.
  • Structure financing solutions for international projects ranging from tailor made working capital, term loan financing, syndicated facilities to more integrated solutions to accompany complex deals involving MBO and acquisition financing.
  • Key deal credentials include arranging a multi-million Euro club deal in Senegal with a lead bank role; multi-million-dollar structured debt financings in the property development; Commodity finance; green field project, brown-field investments; power and energy, aviation industry, telecommunication, pharmaceuticals sector and mobile telecommunications sector in over 15 countries across Africa and Asian markets.
  • Driving the end-to-end process to ensure successful approval of the credit proposal and engage with different internal and external stakeholders to achieve appropriate documentation and disbursement of the facilities.
  • Liaising and developing excellent rapport with international corporate customers and banks in the African continent and Europe.
  • Engaging in the restructuring process of files under portfolio to ensure the appropriate strategy is implemented to maximize value for the bank.

Credit Manager - International & Financial Institutions

AfrAsia Bank Limited
12.2010 - 06.2015
  • Structure financing solutions for international clients in terms of projects financing; working capital finance, term loan financing, syndicated facilities and financing solutions to accompany complex deals involving MBO and acquisition financing.
  • Build up credit proposals for International Corporate clients ranging in commodity trading, power and electricity generation, hotel development, fund management, property development, telecommunication, cement production, logistics and aviation.
  • Motivate Corporate and Financial Institution Bond Participation requests.
  • Motivate the setting up of new bank limits for Financial Institution team.
  • Effective monitoring, renewal and review of African Continent Loan Book and FI Portfolio.

Analyst

Barclays Bank Plc
11.2007 - 11.2010
  • Ownership of the MI for Commercial Team (Corporate Domestic, Offshore Business and Leasing Business)
  • Undertake economic Research for Strategy session for Commercial Banking
  • Participation in the budget planning for Commercial Department.

Market Analyst for Euronext - Part Time

01.2007 - 09.2007
  • Maintaining Exchange traded financial instruments in Reuters Databases for Euronext Stock Exchange on a real time basis.
  • Ensure relevant financial information is delivered in an accurate and timely manner.

Customer Advisor

09.2004 - 06.2005
  • Cross Selling of different banking products to retail clients.
  • Involved in the Daily Operations of the branch.

Education

CFA Charterholder - Finance And Investment

CFA Institute
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
09.2009

MSc - Financial Analysis and Fund Management

University of Exeter
UK
10.2007

BSc (Hons) - Finance

University of Mauritius
01.2004

Skills

  • Cross-border financing
  • Structured trade finance
  • Credit analysis and management
  • C-suite relationship management
  • Negotiation and stakeholder engagement
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Market analysis and prospection
  • Strategic planning
  • Business development
  • Risk assessment
  • Leadership

Accomplishments

  • State of Mauritius Postgraduate Scholarship, 10/01/05
  • University of Mauritius Postgraduate Scholarship, 09/01/04
  • Independence Gold Medal, 09/01/04
  • KPMG Prize of Excellence, 09/01/04

References

Available upon request

Extracurricular Activities

Active Volunteer for CFA Institute, 06/01/14 - 2019 Cycling, Reading, Spirituality, Swimming, Cooking, Music and Socializing, Not Specified

Timeline

Head of International Corporates and Financial Institutions

AfrAsia Bank Limited
08.2023 - Current

Head of International Corporates - Africa

10.2019 - 07.2023

Senior Relationship Manager - International Corporates

AfrAsia Bank Limited
07.2015 - 10.2019

Credit Manager - International & Financial Institutions

AfrAsia Bank Limited
12.2010 - 06.2015

Part-Time Lecturer

11.2007 - Current

Analyst

Barclays Bank Plc
11.2007 - 11.2010

Market Analyst for Euronext - Part Time

01.2007 - 09.2007

Customer Advisor

09.2004 - 06.2005

CFA Charterholder - Finance And Investment

CFA Institute

MSc - Financial Analysis and Fund Management

University of Exeter

BSc (Hons) - Finance

University of Mauritius

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