Eshani Patel

Background

About Eshani Patel

Highly competent Senior Relationship Manager with more than 10 years in driving financial operations and managing key client accounts at leading banks in the UAE, specializing in trade sales, transaction banking and financial institutions as well as products/structures which include: forfaiting, risk participation and vanilla/structured trade finance transactions. • Outstanding success in growing assets under management in newly formed teams across expanding markets such as the Sub-Saharan African region which has grown to USD 150M since its inception. Proven ability to lead teams to surpass management targets whilst strictly adhering to regulatory requirements. • Experienced working with cross-functional teams on complex projects and strategic initiatives with a firm-level impact such as a standardized credit risk limit calculation matrix and the Anti-Money Laundering manual initiative. • Adept at managing, coordinating and negotiating with internal and external stakeholders from diverse cultures drawing from his experiences in both the UAE and Sub-Saharan Africa regions; as well as providing tailor-made solutions to customers through careful strategizing and research.