Experience

Aravali Asset Management
• Singapore
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Chief Executive Officer

  • Dec 2019 - Present


Walking Stick Publication

• Book Author

  • Oct 2017 - Present

  3 books on inspirational, short verses, similar to "Grooks". - " The Ninth Pawn of Whte - A Book of Unwritten Verses" - "Quiescence - Musings Against A Setting Sun" - "Steradians - Reflecting the Angular Facets of Life" 2 books on Urdu/Hindi Shayari with English translations - "Mrigjal pe behti kashti - Sailing on a Mirage - "Mrigtrishna - Unquenched" Amazon Author Profile: www.amazon.com/author/vijayfafat 3 books on inspirational, short verses, similar to "Grooks". - " The Ninth Pawn of Whte - A Book of Unwritten Verses" - "Quiescence - Musings Against A Setting Sun" - "Steradians - Reflecting the Angular Facets of Life" 2 books on Urdu/Hindi Shayari with English translations - "Mrigjal pe behti kashti - Sailing on a Mirage - "Mrigtrishna - Unquenched" Amazon Author Profile: www.amazon.com/author/vijayfafat



BNP Paribas

• Investment Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Global Markets Transformation, APAC

  • Aug 2014 - Sep 2019

  • Assessment and management of business operating aspects of Global Markets, SE Asia businesses related to FX, Local Markets, Rates, Equities and Commodities. • Mobilization, shaping and execution of projects related to Operating Office, Efficiency, Transformation, Regulatory, Compliance and Conduct in GM APAC, with very close association with Compliance, Legal and ITO personnel: Business reorganization, legal-entity rationalization, controllable cost optimization, smart-sourcing /… Show more • Assessment and management of business operating aspects of Global Markets, SE Asia businesses related to FX, Local Markets, Rates, Equities and Commodities. • Mobilization, shaping and execution of projects related to Operating Office, Efficiency, Transformation, Regulatory, Compliance and Conduct in GM APAC, with very close association with Compliance, Legal and ITO personnel: Business reorganization, legal-entity rationalization, controllable cost optimization, smart-sourcing / off-shoring, workflow automation, reductions in market data costs, enhanced implementation of policies, Conduct-remediation, Risk systems and policies, etc. • Significant GM Efficiency Drive with five pillars: Organizational Efficiency, Internal Governance mechanism, Cost Efficiency, Process Efficiency & Digitalization, and Staff-Productivity Academy. • Deployment of a range of diagnostic tools for Transformation analyses and implementation to inculcate a vibrant people-management culture and leverage BNPP's international footprint. • Strategic and productivity review of the APAC Primary/Credit business with the business leaders, leading to a comprehensive strategy "white paper". • Partnership with HR and team managers to substantially improve employee career management and training areas, including changing the "feedback culture" in the business. • Part of global business teams to ensure efficient, uniform execution on transversal issues. • Regular, structured updates to Global business heads to improve transparency, highlight findings, recommend practical solutions and generate sustainable sponsorship for long-term structural adaptation. Show less • Assessment and management of business operating aspects of Global Markets, SE Asia businesses related to FX, Local Markets, Rates, Equities and Commodities. • Mobilization, shaping and execution of projects related to Operating Office, Efficiency, Transformation, Regulatory, Compliance and Conduct in GM APAC, with very close association with Compliance, Legal and ITO personnel: Business reorganization, legal-entity rationalization, controllable cost optimization, smart-sourcing /… Show more • Assessment and management of business operating aspects of Global Markets, SE Asia businesses related to FX, Local Markets, Rates, Equities and Commodities. • Mobilization, shaping and execution of projects related to Operating Office, Efficiency, Transformation, Regulatory, Compliance and Conduct in GM APAC, with very close association with Compliance, Legal and ITO personnel: Business reorganization, legal-entity rationalization, controllable cost optimization, smart-sourcing / off-shoring, workflow automation, reductions in market data costs, enhanced implementation of policies, Conduct-remediation, Risk systems and policies, etc. • Significant GM Efficiency Drive with five pillars: Organizational Efficiency, Internal Governance mechanism, Cost Efficiency, Process Efficiency & Digitalization, and Staff-Productivity Academy. • Deployment of a range of diagnostic tools for Transformation analyses and implementation to inculcate a vibrant people-management culture and leverage BNPP's international footprint. • Strategic and productivity review of the APAC Primary/Credit business with the business leaders, leading to a comprehensive strategy "white paper". • Partnership with HR and team managers to substantially improve employee career management and training areas, including changing the "feedback culture" in the business. • Part of global business teams to ensure efficient, uniform execution on transversal issues. • Regular, structured updates to Global business heads to improve transparency, highlight findings, recommend practical solutions and generate sustainable sponsorship for long-term structural adaptation. Show less

• Interest Rates Structuring & Solutions

  • Jul 2008 - Jun 2014

  • Executed structurally complex transactions and bespoke business in Fixed Income, including cross-functional transactions and the setting-up of new business activities. • Wide experience in Balance Guaranteed and other trust derivatives in ABS, CLOs, Warehouses, Conduits and Covered Bonds. • Set up secondary trading in Agency Credit Risk Sharing transactions (“STACRs”). • Executed large-scale intermediation, outright and risk-reduced derivatives transactions (US and Australian autos… Show more • Executed structurally complex transactions and bespoke business in Fixed Income, including cross-functional transactions and the setting-up of new business activities. • Wide experience in Balance Guaranteed and other trust derivatives in ABS, CLOs, Warehouses, Conduits and Covered Bonds. • Set up secondary trading in Agency Credit Risk Sharing transactions (“STACRs”). • Executed large-scale intermediation, outright and risk-reduced derivatives transactions (US and Australian autos, mortgages, private and FFELP student loans). • Set up SPVs in Mexico for structured note issuance, setting up offshore Brazil LLC to address local tax issues, cross-border tax intermediation in Mexico, Mexican repo business. • Structured a $5-bn conduit funding solution for B/S loans through CPFF program in ’08 crisis. Show less • Executed structurally complex transactions and bespoke business in Fixed Income, including cross-functional transactions and the setting-up of new business activities. • Wide experience in Balance Guaranteed and other trust derivatives in ABS, CLOs, Warehouses, Conduits and Covered Bonds. • Set up secondary trading in Agency Credit Risk Sharing transactions (“STACRs”). • Executed large-scale intermediation, outright and risk-reduced derivatives transactions (US and Australian autos… Show more • Executed structurally complex transactions and bespoke business in Fixed Income, including cross-functional transactions and the setting-up of new business activities. • Wide experience in Balance Guaranteed and other trust derivatives in ABS, CLOs, Warehouses, Conduits and Covered Bonds. • Set up secondary trading in Agency Credit Risk Sharing transactions (“STACRs”). • Executed large-scale intermediation, outright and risk-reduced derivatives transactions (US and Australian autos, mortgages, private and FFELP student loans). • Set up SPVs in Mexico for structured note issuance, setting up offshore Brazil LLC to address local tax issues, cross-border tax intermediation in Mexico, Mexican repo business. • Structured a $5-bn conduit funding solution for B/S loans through CPFF program in ’08 crisis. Show less



ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

• Netherlands
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Interest Rates Derivatives Structuring

  • Jan 2005 - Jun 2008

  • In charge of originating, structuring and executing market-value and total-return contracts and securitization derivatives in the ABCP and extendible-ABCP markets.. • Funding Solutions franchise push in Europe/Australia/South Africa; 25+ client presentations. • Originated $5 bn+ notional of new Market-Value-Protection contracts in 2007; collaborated to originate $9 bn of MVPs, leading ABN Amro to top position in extendible ABCP derivatives. • Structured first non-US extendible ABCP… Show more • In charge of originating, structuring and executing market-value and total-return contracts and securitization derivatives in the ABCP and extendible-ABCP markets.. • Funding Solutions franchise push in Europe/Australia/South Africa; 25+ client presentations. • Originated $5 bn+ notional of new Market-Value-Protection contracts in 2007; collaborated to originate $9 bn of MVPs, leading ABN Amro to top position in extendible ABCP derivatives. • Structured first non-US extendible ABCP program with market-value-protection structures. • Structured the first extendible ABCP program backed by Securities collateral in the market.

• Market Risk Management

  • Feb 1997 - Dec 2004

  • Head of Market Risk Reporting, Chicago • Oversight of all Fixed Income trading desks, Infrastructure Capital and the banking book. • Invited Speaker: Latin Risk Conference, Miami, FL, Nov, 2000 (“Scenario and Stress Testing”).