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Stephen has managed and led the international global and regional private banking segments of four systemically important banks namely Coutts, Standard Chartered, HSBC and Lloyds, private equity and family office boutiques and their investee companies such as latterly a global digital payments company. This has included conceiving go-to-market strategies, launching and leading execution and the assembling, deployment and ongoing management of all capital resources (financial and human) for complex financial services businesses, segments or product lines, across multiple operating contexts and borders, principally based out of or covering Asia, Africa, Europe & the Middle East.

Reza comes from a legal, compliance, finance and technology background. He started his career at Lehman Brothers in London in 1998. He moved to Dubai in 2006 as the Director of Caspian for the HSBC Private Bank. Before moving to Dubai, he was the Group Counsel and Chief Compliance officer at Gottex Fund Management, one of the largest Swiss based fund of hedge funds. Since 2010, Reza has been part of the senior management involved with the building of Nexus Group, the largest IFA group in the region that was created out of the MBO of the Zurich International Life’s distribution arm. Throughout most of his career, Reza has been involved with either start-ups or new projects where he has played an instrumental role in helping their growth and success such as Mondus, a leading pan European technology start-up that left a lasting impact on Reza’s career in terms of the application and utilisation of technology.  

Reza received his Bachelors in Law (LLB 1997) & Masters in Law of Banking and Finance (LLM 1999) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) and an active participant on the middle eastern contemporary art scene.

Indranil, being a chartered accountant by profession with more than 25 years of professional experience, has worked through the ranks of the Financial Departments in MNC Banks across Private, Retail and Corporate client segments, notable Centers of Excellence of large FMCG and Banks. He has managed and performed financial responsibilities ranging from Financial Reporting, Analysis, Budgeting, Forecasting, partnering with businesses in decision making, laying down as well as monitoring policies and procedures for effective financial controls and in financial management, maintaining Financial RCSAs of large MNC Banks. He has been instrumental in ensuring and participating in effective discussions and actions under the mandate of the highest financial management levels (CFO and Board offices). He is still actively engaged in managing the finances of VVIP Family Private Offices and acting as Financial Director in several mid to large sized companies across the globe. And is based out of the UAE.