Ali Khakwani

A seasoned corporate banker with over 20 years of extensive financial services industry experience across Asia & Middle East. Held senior regional (MENA wide) & country roles across strategic client coverage, business development (financial technology sales) & transaction banking. In my current leadership role i have business development, brand building (Marketing) and P&L responsibility to defend & grow revenues for our Global Liquidity & Cash Management business ( incl Merchant Acquiring ) in the corporate bank. Overseeing a talented team of 27 senior bankers (sales executives & content development team) having domestic & global oversight on client journeys (in & out bound) delivering best in class GLCM solutions. Role remit cuts across: Public Sector, FI, Insurance, Banks, Multinational Corporates (incl Fortune 500), Large & Mid Market domestic names & SME Upper. Current & prior roles have lent themselves into deep understanding of propositions & strategies across sectors : - Oil & Gas - Technology - Media & Telecom - Health Care - Transportation & Logistics - Retail & Consumer Brands - Public Sector Demonstrating client intensity & focus on execution, I bring deep knowledge of the working capital world, treasury structure advisory, global best practices on payments, collections & liquidity mgt: - Deep understanding of B2B & B2C world of payments, collections, channels, merchant acquiring, commercial cards, wallets & liquidity mgt. - Engagement & co-creation with our customers & partners i.e schemes ( Visa, Master Card & Amex), Fintechs and TPP’s ( 3rd party payment processors). - Delivering on client journeys across process optimization, digitization of payments, collections & liquidity mgt through trusted advisory & thought leadership. With digitization at the core of every corporate journey, at “ Global Liquidity & Cash Mgt” we find our selves at the heart of this change, positioned as enablers to these transformational undertakings.