Industry Experts
Mr. Raghavendra Rao
CCO,COO,CXO Role
Mr.Raghavendra Rao is a Professional Banker with a rich experience of over 32 years in the varies fields of Banking. He has worked in new generation Private Banks like ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank, Fincare Small Finance Bank for 21 years after starting his career in Indian Bank. He had held Leadership Role for more than 16 years in these 3 private banks and built and managed large and diverse teams through highly demonstrated Leadership Skills, communication, trust. He is also a Certified Trainer a Coach. During his tenure he has established Credibility and Strong Working relationship with Reserve Banking of India, Foreign Exchange Dealers Association (FEDAI) and is well versed with the Banking Law & Practice, RBI Guidelines/Regulations, Compliance. Governance and Risk, including on RBI Regulations for obtaining Banking Licence for setting up of a Bank & commencement of Banking operations. In his last assignment, he played a Leading Role in Successful transformation of a NBFC-MFI called Disha Microfin Ltd into Fincare Small Finance Bank. He was also a Founding Member and Part of Senior Management/Leadership Team of Fincare Small Finance Bank, Bangalore. He has held responsibility at Country Level in Planning, Product & Process Development, Sales and Operations and driving Bank’s Trade Finance Strategy at ICICI Bank and IndusInd Bank, apart from Leading Technology driven projects. He is a Subject Matter Expert in Foreign Exchange Management Act, International Banking, International Trade Finance, Imports, Exports, Documentary Credits/LCs, Banking Guarantees, Non-Resident Accounts.He is on the Panel of ICC DOCDEX Rules, Paris, handling Arbitration of Dispute Resolution in International Trade Transactions. He is Member of ICC India National Executive Committee, FEDAI Technical Committee and represented ICC Banking Commission.