A seasoned banker, business founder, entrepreneur, Corporate Board Member, Strategic Investor, and public speaker with over three decades of experience and deep expertise in financial services, across multiple global markets, especially the high-growth emerging China, India, Asia Pacific, and CEEMEA countries with leading global banking, financial & investment management institutions like Citibank N.A. & Fullerton Financial Holdings (wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings). Proven strong personal track record of successfully creating, founding, managing and operating large banks/financial institutions as the Global CoFounder of Fullerton Financial Holdings, headquartered in Singapore, and Founder of Dunia Finance(UAE), while leading business turnarounds & stable growth, as well as a demonstrated ability to conceptualize and execute multi-country business strategies, lead M&As and transformations, launch green-field financial services businesses to realize high valuations, and deliver profitability over a sustained period, while contributing to the community and delivering high governance standards by actively serving at a senior level on several prominent internal and external boards.