Experience

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  Enterprise Ireland

  • Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • Senior Vice President

    • Sep 2023 - Present
    • Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    Connecting world-class Irish Tech companies to Asia!

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  IDA Ireland

  • Mumbai Area, India

  • Vice President

    • May 2017 - May 2023
    • Mumbai Area, India

    IDA is the Foreign Direct investment agency of the Government of Ireland. My role is to generate FDI for Ireland from India with a focus on employment creation. Towards that I identify and work with Indian companies interested in expanding their global footprint to Europe, leveraging Ireland.I work across multiple sectors including Technology and Product Development companies, IT Services companies, Content and Internet based companies in India.

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  Wipro

  • Bengaluru Area, India

  • Senior Manager & Group Head

    • Aug 2010 - Apr 2017
    • Bengaluru Area, India

    As a professional practicing International Immigration for more than half a decade - I was designated as a Group Head within the Immigration department of Wipro. Therein, I lead the following aspects: • Regulatory & Consular Relationships• Business Relationship Management• Employment Based Work Permits (Eu)• Business Visas and Consular ProcessingIn the past, within this dept, I have also lead US based immigration processes viz. Green Cards & the I-9. As a part of my work-profile, I was responsible to:• Build & maintain strong relationships with the Immigration Bodies & Regulatory Organizations of countries including their Foreign Embassies / Consulates in India.• Provide strategic inputs & build our immigration processes in line with the evolving regulations of different countries. • Lead the Operations of the Business Visa process & the Employment Work Permit process (Europe), by constantly evolving them ahead of time, whilst keeping them compliant, cost efficient & time driven. • Keep Wipro’s immigration function in close proximity of the Business through Internal Business Relationship Management, to feel the pulse of their mobility requirements & support their needs proactively.

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  Siemens

  • Mumbai Area, India

  • Enterprise Risk Manager

    • Nov 2007 - Jul 2010
    • Mumbai Area, India

    At Siemens, I was instrumental in setting up and establishing the Enterprise Risk Management function including the policies, processes and systems. This meant extensive liaison and coordination with Business Heads for seamless implementation and integration of the Risk Management function.Also, set up the Corporate Risk Management Process, structured the “Delegation of Authority” matrix and established SLAs for all cluster companies.

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  Encreate Consulting

  • Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates

  • Senior Consultant

    • Aug 2006 - Oct 2007
    • Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates

    As a Senior Consultant, advised the banking clients on process relating to International Trade Finance. The job role included understanding the prevalent processes, critically evaluating the same and introducing improvements / alternative processes along with the concerned stakeholders.

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  ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

  • Mumbai Area, India

  • Manager - Liability Products

    • Oct 2003 - Jul 2006
    • Mumbai Area, India

    Managed the transaction processing unit (liabilities section) at the branch office and handled products such as trade finance, foreign exchange remittances, liability account maintenance and international fund transfers.

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  TCS e-Serve International Ltd.

  • Mumbai Area, India

  • Assistant Manager - Trade Finance

    • Apr 2000 - Sep 2003
    • Mumbai Area, India

    My responsibilities included imports-exports transactions of the SME segment customers and acting as one-point-contact between the customers of Citi Bank and transaction processing team.

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  Siemens

  • Mumbai Area, India

  • Senior Sales Administrator

    • Oct 1997 - Mar 2000
    • Mumbai Area, India

    This was the start of my career and I was handling the commercial & project management functions of the PTD-Exports department.