
Mahendra Kasula
Managing Director | Head of Fintech Partnerships & Data Analytics, Global Transaction Banking | Expert in AI-Driven Strategies, Digital Innovation & Ecosystem-Led Transformations | Thought Leader in Banking & Fintech
The move
MoveAccenture → First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)
TitlePrincipal Director (Corporate Banking & Innovation Practice Lead) → Managing Director & Head - GTB Fintech Partnerships & Data Analytics
LocationSingapore → Abu Dhabi
Career arcRecent arrival
Cross-border moveYes · Singapore → United Arab Emirates
UAE federal / sovereign destinationYes ★
Years in UAE3.1
Total experience20.0 years
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) headcount1,001-5,000 employees
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) industryBanking
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) HQAbu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) typePublic Company
Career arc
- Managing Director & Head - GTB Fintech Partnerships & Data AnalyticsApr 2023 — Present
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)· Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates· Full-time - MentorJun 2020 — PresentRR3· Singapore· Seasonal
- MentorJan 2020 — Present
F10 Incubator & Accelerator· Singapore· Seasonal
- MentorAug 2019 — Present
T-Hub Hyderabad· Seasonal
- Principal Director (Corporate Banking & Innovation Practice Lead)Apr 2019 — Mar 2023
Accenture· Singapore - Associate DirectorMar 2018 — Mar 2019
KPMG· Singapore - Vice PresidentDec 2013 — Mar 2018
Bank of America· Singapore
- Managing Consultant - Banking & Financial Markets Centre of Competency (CoC)Feb 2010 — Dec 2013
IBM· Hong Kong / Kuala Lumpur / Singapore - Lead Consultant & Delivery Manager (Change Management) |May 2008 — Jan 2010
Capgemini China Ltd, Beijing· Beijing City, China
- Consultant (Business Process Transformation)Mar 2006 — May 2008OOracle Financial Services Software Ltd· Bengaluru Area, India
- —Present·
Education
- Indian School of BusinessExecutive Program in Leadership in AI · Data Science, AI, AnalyticsOct 2024 — Mar 2025
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPost-Graduate Diploma in Digital Business · Digital Transformation, Digital MarketingJan 2018 — Jun 2018
- South Point High SchoolHigh School · Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry1995 — 1997
- Indian Institute of Management, CalcuttaExecutive Program in Data Science & Business Analytics · Data Science, AI, AnalyticsJan 2024 — Dec 2024
- University of CalcuttaB.Com (H) · Accountancy1997 — 2000
Languages
- Hindi
- English
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Bengali