Richad Soundardjee
CEO/SEO & Managing Director | Senior Advisor, Strategy & Business Development | Senior Consultant, Financial Services | Board Director | Corporate Banking | Investment Banking | Microfinance | International Development
The move
MoveChina International Capital Corp → Managing Director
TitleHead of Gulf & Africa Region → Managing Director | SEO | Board Director - Corporate & Investment Banking
LocationUnited Arab Emirates → United Arab Emirates
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Native languageEnglish, French
Years in UAE11.5
Total experience16.0 years
Career arc
- Managing Director | SEO | Board Director - Corporate & Investment BankingNov 2025 — Present
Managing Director· United Arab Emirates
- Head of Gulf & Africa RegionNov 2022 — Oct 2025CChina International Capital Corp· United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Member of the Board of DirectorsSep 2022 — PresentGGreat Green Wall of Africa (GGWOA)· African Continent
- Member of the Board of DirectorsApr 2022 — PresentPPremiere Agence de Microfinance Madagascar· Madagascar
- Group Chief Executive Officer, Middle-EastOct 2013 — Oct 2021
Société Générale· United Arab Emirates
- Managing Director, Head of Global Capital Markets for CEEMEA RegionNov 2009 — Oct 2013SSociete Generale Corporate and Investment Banking - SGCIB
Education
- Université Paris Dauphine - PSLBachelor of Arts - BA · Management1988 — 1990
- HEC ParisMSc · International Finance1991 — 1992
- Télécom SudParisInformation Systems Management · Telecoms1988 — 1991
Languages
- Arabic · Elementary
- English · Native or bilingual
- French · Native or bilingual