1. RAJESH KRISHNAN IYER
Mobile: +91-98112 08668 ~ E-Mail: rajeshkiyer26@gmail.com
In quest of leading a global team of Treasury professionals for providing world-class
service delivery with strong customer focus, monitor and manage risks, motivating and
supporting team to excel, adapt and lead change
Executive Summary
Ê A competent core Treasury professional with 20 years of total work experience including 14 years in Treasury
operations for Bank and large Global MNC like General Electric Company and ALSTOM.
v Currently working as Regional Treasurer – ALSTOM INDIA LTD, heading the treasury unit for Alstom in
India with overall responsibility of
§ Foreign Exchange Hedging operations,
§ Trade Finance Bank Guarantee / Letter of Credit,
§ Cash Management,
§ Bank Relationships
§ Project Bid
v General Electric Corporate Global Treasury Operations centre, Gurgaon as FX, Derivatives and
Investment – Vice President operations for
§ This unit was the only pole setup outside Dublin and covers the international Investment and Hedging
operations for Capital and Industrial business requirements
§ 2 shift setup i.e APAC and EMEA supporting Trade operations for over 750 GE Industrial and Capital
Entities as part of global centralised treasury centre
§ Managing large investment portfolio in Europe, Australia, Japan and Singapore
§ Efficient management of Banking lines and remain compliant with all regulatory reportings
§ Reduce defects and ensure efficient price discovery
§ Work with internal and external stakeholders to simplify the processes
v Worked as Head trader IDBI Bank treasury for almost 10 years managing critical areas of Treasury, with key
responsibility to generate trading profits in each of them.
Ø The role involved leading a team of 18 dedicated traders,
§ Managing strong internal controls,
§ Setting up best practices, design effective policies for managing Credit, Market and Operational risk.
§ Maintaining a continuous dialogue with internal IT services to drive cross functional projects with
Middle office, back office, efforts reduce manual processes, reduce trading errors
Career Contour
Growth Path:
IDBI Bank Manager (International Credit Coordination Section) Apr’01 – Sep’01
IDBI bank Manager (Forex Interbank Desk handling spot, swaps, merchant) Sep’01- Aug’06
IDBI Ban Assistant General Manager (Forex and Interest rate Derivative Sal Aug’06 – Nov’09
IDBI Bank Deputy General Manager (Treasury, Head Trader Nov’09 - Jun’11
General Electric Corporate Treasury, VP – Forex & Derivatives Jul’11 – March’15
Regional Treasurer – Alstom India March’15 – Till date

2. Key Deliverables:
Ê Demonstrated business acumen in leading & managing Treasury Operations, management to generate fee based
income and capital gains for the Bank. This was done by building relationships with large corporates, networking
with treasury community of Inter-bank players, Mutual Funds, Brokers, Regulators and Self regulatory bodies
thereby achieving a higher organic growth, meeting business targets & effectively discharging the functions.
Ê A strategic planner with proficiency in designing & implementing systems / procedures to achieve organizational
objectives and profitability norms along with enforcing trading discipline and motivating dealers to excel.
Ê Proficient in managing treasury operations with a view to utilise available funds in a better way to achieve
maximum returns and increase profitability.
Ê Deft in handling IT issues related to Treasury applications like Finacle Treasury, Reuters Kondor +, WSS, FXpress,
Super-Derivatives, Information systems like Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg.
Ê Adept at managing trading strategies in all asset classes viz. Equities, Forex – Spot and Forwards, Fixed income
securities (Govt Bonds and Corporate Bonds) and Forex and Interest Rate Derivatives.
Ê A keen analyst with passion for improving Trading skills, understanding interdisciplinary links between Forex
markets, Money markets and Equities.
Highlights across Career Path:
As Vice President – Forex and Derivatives with GE, Corporate Treasury ( A Fortune 500 MNC )
Ê Handling execution of Forex and Derivative transactions for over 750 GE Industrial Entities across Europe, Middle
East, Africa and India. Additionally given charge of Tokyo APAC Trade execution team since April 2012.
Ê Managing Investment surplus for Industrial and Capital entities
Ê Providing market advisory and suggest optimum hedges for underlying exposures. Keep businesses updated on key
regulation and market developments impacting their exposure and investments
Ê Handling trade execution for exotic and highly regulated countries
Ê Implementing global Treasury projects and work with cross cultural group
Ê Part of Global Risk management group to closely monitor counterparty risk ratings and mitigation techniques
As Deputy General Manager, IDBI Bank (Treasury, Head Trader):
Ê Heading a team of 18 dealers as Asst. General Managers, Managers and Asst. Managers operating in above asset
classes to achieve the profitability targets of return on investments.
Ê Efficiently hedged bank-book liabilities through hedge deals, manage hedge effectiveness.
Ê Coordinated compliance & reporting for trading and derivative desk all within the framework of Central Bank -RBI /
SEBI as well as the Bank’s Internal guidelines on investment, derivatives & market risk with the objective for
generating capital gains and holding period returns accounting for internal Fund Transfer Pricing.
Ê Reconciliation of profits in all segments with Mid office and Back office accounting.
Ê Managed Forex fund management and NOSTRO funding.
Ê Managing Rupee liquidity and ensure regulatory coverage of Cash Reserve Ratio / Statutory Liquidity Ratio
Ê Forecasting cash flow movements across large loan drawdowns, Debt repayments, timing issuance of Commercial
Deposits, Long term bonds
Ê Successfully ensured compliance with RBI, Statutory, Concurrent and Internal audit. Preparing Board
memorandums and desk wise MIS to ensure focussed achievement of targets by each team.
Ê As committee member of committee taking policy decisions regarding Investment Policy, Market risk policy,
derivative policy and selection of application and vendors for implementation of Value at Risk model and capital
charge calculators for market risk. I have been involved in the migration and feasibility study of treasury
applications and upgrading systems.
Ê Represented the Bank on various RBI committees, FEDAI ( Foreign Exchange Dealers Association of India ) forums
Ê Visiting faculty at WTC Forex and Treasury management courses.
As Asst. General Manager (Treasury, Corporate Sales):
Ê Structured Forex derivative transactions related to Hedging of exchange rate & interest rate risk on the Forex loans
lent to clients.
Ê Efficiently structured derivatives and marketed Forex and Derivatives product to clients of IDBI.
Ê Advised the clients on currency market movements and suggest appropriate levels to hedge the import and export
transactions. The key clients include JSW Steel, Rajesh Exports, ABG Shipyard, Torrent Pharma, Sintex Industries,
etc. I have handled diverse profile of customers and managed their expectation and requirements to get repeat
high value transactions from these customers. It also involved meeting the CFOs, Chairman and Finance Directors
of customers and making effective presentations explaining the solutions and giving market inputs to aid them in
taking timely decisions.

3. As Manager Forex Interbank Desk:
Ê Performed Forex Inter-bank dealings related to client cover transactions, initiating proprietary positions in cross
currencies, market making in USD-INR.
Ê Managed Forex Treasury surplus funds of an average amount of USD 500 million. Maintaining adequate cash
balances in Nostro accounts.
Ê Handled trading and hedging of Treasury interest rate exposure through Interest rate Derivatives for the bank book.
Ê Locked the arbitrages between Forex and money market through active Buy-sell and Sell-buy swaps.
Ê Extended technical analysis advice of markets including money market benchmarks, currencies, crude oil and had
special interest in charting and Elliot wave charting.
Ê Assisted in money market operations related to handling of G-Sec and Corporate bonds, Debt Mutual funds to
capture the arbitrage opportunities in money market and Forex
Projects Undertaken
Ê Developed various MS Excel & VBA based program to price various exotic derivative structures in house & increase
bank profits while covering customer transactions with foreign banks having sophisticated pricing systems.
Ê Conducted tour programmes covering branches in metros wherein all the officers of corporate banking, trade
finance were trained on the treasury forex business.
Ê Provided bespoke solutions to various corporates based on the currency exposure profile and help decide the risk
trade off, worked closely with credit risk teams to decide the Non fund based line ( Loan Equivalent Risk limits)
utilisation for Treasury businesses
Ê Conducted two training sessions on Treasury Forex at staff training college JNIDB for officers of corporate banking.
Ê Rollout of Wall Street treasury system, Investment module upgrade including Misys rollout currently underway.
Ê Spear heading a global simplification effort to increase Trade management process efficiency and reduce rework
Ê Ensuring strong regulatory compliance for internal businesses for Dodd Frank, EMIR, SEF implementation
Previous Assignments
Linde Process Tech Ltd., Vadodara Senior Engineer Jan’99- Mar’01
Kvaerner Power Gas Ltd., Jamnagar Electrical Engineer Oct’97- Jan' 99
L&T – Chiyoda Ltd., Vadodara Graduate Trainee Engineer June’94-Oct’97
Academia
B.E. (Electrical) from L.D College of Engineering, Gujarat University as Gold Medallist in 1994
Certifications
Ê JAIIB/CAIIB Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Banking.
Ê ICFAI Certified Treasury Manager, PGDTFM (Post Graduate Diploma in Treasury and Forex management)
Ê FRM (Financial Risk Manager) examination conducted by ‘Global Association of Risk
Professionals’ (GARP).
IT proficiency
§ Excellent knowledge in MS Office Excel, Word, Powerpoint
§ Completed Certificate course in C++ & JAVA programming
§ Visual Basic Programming to develop Financial Calculators
§ Super derivatives Pricing and usage of Reuters Kondor +, WSS, Summit CIM
Ê Quantitative finance using VBA ( Visual Basic Programming)
Personal Dossier
Date of Birth: 26th November 1972
Linguistic Abilities: English, Hindi, Tamil and Gujarati