Ravi Pothapragada

Experience

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  Nestle India Ltd.

  Apr 2002 - Apr 2004

  Senior Treasury Officer

  • Risk management of FOREX with average volumes $40mn/annum• Daily liquidity and cash management with average volumes of INR 140mn/day• Initiated intra Nestle group settlement in India to reduce net FOREX exposure to $26mn

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  GENPACT

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

  Asst. Manager

  • First to provide acquisition and divestiture support to GE Corporate Finance team from India• Worked on 1 divestiture and 2 commercial loan acquisitions• Conceptualized and developed the “Screenshot” model for targeting potential acquisition of commercial assets from banks

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  UBS India

  Apr 2006 - Jun 2010

  Associate Director

  • Part of 2 member pilot team to setup and stat the IBD analytics team for UBS. • Key responsibilities included headcount growth, resource management, delivery and people management.• Grew team from 15 associates & 2 sectors to 170 associates & 12 sectors over 4 years• Initiatives to standardize models, profiles and pitch books across regions• Devise innovative team structures and manage workflow to reduce turnaround time• Execute special projects by leveraging team size • Value demonstration to client through various channels such as quarterly business review, onsite visit presentations and weekly hits• Part of 3 member compensation committee at Verity Knowledge Solutions• Designed recruitment and brand awareness events in B Schools Show less

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  CRISIL Limited

  Jun 2010 - Nov 2016

  Associate Director

  • Managed $9m - $13m accounts for CRISIL GR&A. Overall responsibility of client delivery team in Chennai/Mumbai/China/Argentina comprising 120 - 185 associates in Research, Accounting Valuation and Asset & Wealth Management. Key responsibilities included account growth, P&L, people engagement, compliance, oversee client deliverables and process improvement• Build and maintain deep, supportive and collaborative relationship with clients• Regularly monitor and ensure adherence to client SLAs/KPIs• Proactively engage with all stakeholders to understand requirements and strategic objectives• Launched productivity improvements initiatives (Six Sigma Lean) resulting in $150,000/annum savings to account• Worked and led RFIs/RFPs to provide timely response. Coordinated with different divisions, support services and provided value add through new ideas and delivery models• Leveraged global model to replicate successful products and ideas across sectors• Hone workforce through customized trainings on core skills. • Ran various employee engagement initiatives to manage attrition.• Building talent pipeline and succession planning for critical roles• Ensure adherence with all the applicable compliance policies (Data security, physical security, internal control requirements, regulatory guidelines) • Business continuity planning Show less

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  EY GDS

  Nov 2016 - now

  Associate Director