Prakash Sunkara

Chief Financial Officer @ Wio Bank

About

Specialities: Fintech, NeoBank, Digital Banking, Finance, CFO, Treasury, FP&A, Budgeting, Commercial Finance, Strategy, Financial Services, Payments, Merchant Acquiring, FinTech, Credit Cards, Consumer / B2B Finance, eCommerce, Loyalty / Rewards, Accounting, Controls, Tax, VAT, Funding, Private Equity, FCA, PRA & Regulation. CBUAE approved. M&A, Acquisitions, Divestment, Finance Transformation, Change Management MBA, CIMA / ACMA / CGMA

Country

United Arab Emirates

City

Abu Dhabi Emirate

Industry

Financial Services

Skill

Payments, Financial Services, FinTech, Finance, P&L Management, Credit Cards, Business Strategy, Financial Analysis, Strategy, Strategic Planning, Business Intelligence, Business Analysis, Management Consulting, Forecasting, Program Management, Financial Modeling, Analysis, Business Planning, B2B, Budgeting

Experience

Chief Financial Officer

Wio Bank

2020-11 - Present · 5 yrs 11 mos

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Built & launched a full service Digital Bank. Wio currently serves Retail & SME customers; Also enables stock trading and investments in US and UAE.

CFO

LQID

2018-5 - 2020-8 · 2 yrs 4 mos

London, Milton Keynes

CFO & CRO for LQID - a fintech startup combining commerce & financial services. - Set up Financial Processes (Accounting, VAT, Treasury, Cashflow, Client Money) - Set up Risk processes (AML, KYC, ERM) - FCA authorisation to become a regulated financial services firm - PSD2, AIS, PIS, Open Banking - Pitch Decks & Fund raising

Regional Finance Director / CFO - Europe

Elavon

2012-7 - 2018-4 · 5 yrs 10 mos

London, United Kingdom

- Regional Finance Director with Significant P&L Ownership - Business Leader and part of the European Executive team - Business Management & Country Manager roles - Main Board Director, M&A, JV Management - Santander Elavon Merchant Services - Operations Risk Management - Managed teams in UK, Germany, Ireland, Poland, US

Head of Finance, Global Marketing & Product Management

American Express

2010-9 - 2012-6 · 1 yr 10 mos

London, England, United Kingdom

- Finance Decision Support to Senior Management/Division Heads - Partnering on Product structuring, FP&A, Pricing & Deals - P&L and Investment management - Support for Business Planning, Month-end, Financial Analysis & Control.

Director - Business Analysis

American Express

2008-2 - 2010-8 · 2 yrs 7 mos

London, England, United Kingdom

- FP&A, Decision Support to the International Leadership Team. - Thought leadership & full responsibility in managing the Long Term Strategic Plans - Financial performance & Target setting - Assess P&L Investment Capacity & Optimization (several hundred million $s) - Part of the governance team overseeing Technology investments - Cost & Process Optimisation