Rajesh Deshpande
Chief Strategic Business Initiative Officer & Head of Capital Portfolio Management
The move
MoveFirst Abu Dhabi Bank → First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)
TitleEVP & Head Institutional Banking, FI & NBFI, GM and Specialized Credit → Chief Strategic Business Intiative Officer & Head of Capital Portfolio Management
LocationAbu Dhabi → United Arab Emirates
Career arcRecent arrival
Cross-border moveNo — same country
UAE federal / sovereign destinationYes ★
Years in UAE12.1
Total experience26.2 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
- Chief Strategic Business Intiative Officer & Head of Capital Portfolio ManagementMay 2024 — Present
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)· United Arab Emirates· Full-time - Acting Group Chief Credit OfficerApr 2021 — May 2024First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- EVP & Head Institutional Banking, FI & NBFI, GM and Specialized CreditApr 2017 — Apr 2021
First Abu Dhabi Bank· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Head of Wholesale Credit Group, FGBMay 2016 — Apr 2017
First Gulf Bank (FGB)· Abu Dhabi
- SVP - Head of Specialised Credit Division, FGBApr 2014 — May 2016
- Vice PresidentSep 2008 — Apr 2014
National Commercial Bank
- Vice PresidentJun 2006 — Aug 2008
Gulf International Bank - Vice PresidentJan 2003 — Jun 2006
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank - Co founderJan 2000 — Dec 2002
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Education
- Alliance Manchester Business SchoolMBA1992 — 1994
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of IndiaACA1987 — 1990