
Viranchi Raje
Chief Risk Officer
The move
MoveTamara → Astra Tech
TitleVice President of Risk → Chief Risk Officer (CRO)
LocationDubai → Dubai
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Native languageHindi, English
Years in UAE14.2
Total experience21.3 years
Astra Tech headcount201-500 employees
Astra Tech industryTechnology, Information and Internet
Astra Tech HQAbu Dhabi
Astra Tech founded2022
Astra Tech typePrivately Held
Career arc
- Chief Risk Officer (CRO)Jan 2023 — Dec 2025
Astra Tech· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Vice President of RiskJan 2022 — Dec 2022
Tamara· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Acting Chief Risk OfficerNov 2020 — Jan 2022
Deem Finance· Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Head of Credit AnalyticsSep 2018 — Jan 2022
Deem Finance· Dubai
- Head of Retail RiskJul 2018 — Sep 2018
Finance House· Abu Dhabi
- Head of Risk Systems & MISOct 2016 — Sep 2018
Finance House· Abu Dhabi
- Vice President, Head of Risk Methodology & Portfolio ManagementSep 2011 — Sep 2016
Gulf International Bank· Bahrain / Saudi Arabia
- Vice President, Retail Risk, Emerging Markets and Barclays AfricaFeb 2011 — Sep 2011
Barclays· Dubai
- Assistant Vice President, Retail Risk, Emerging Markets and Barclays AfricaFeb 2009 — Feb 2011
Barclays· Dubai
- Manager, Retail Risk, Emerging MarketsDec 2007 — Feb 2009
Barclays· Dubai
- Senior Retail Risk AnalystJun 2005 — Nov 2007
HSBC· Chicago, Bangalore, Kolkata
- Assistant ManagerJun 2004 — Jun 2005
Citibank India· Chennai Area, India
Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of ManagementCertificate in Artificial Intelligence · Business Strategy2018 — 2018
- DOEACCBusiness Professional Programmer · O Level Certificate2000 — 2001
- St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), KolkataBachelor of Science (B.S.) · Economics(Hons), Statistics, Mathematics1999 — 2002
- DOEACCC Language2001 — 2001
- Indian Statistical Institute, KolkataMaster of Science (MS) · Quantitative Economics2002 — 2004
Languages
- Hindi · Native or bilingual
- English · Native or bilingual