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Group Head of Strategy, Analytics & Venture Capital, Emirates NBD
Neeraj Makin is the Senior Executive Vice President, Group Head - Strategy, Analytics and Venture Capital and a member of the Group Executive Committee at Emirates NBD. He also is a Non-executive Board member at EmiratesNBD Egypt SAE. He has been with Emirates NBD since September 2008.
As Head of Group Strategy, Neeraj supports the Group CEO/Board on strategy development across the Group and to help develop and execute the strategic vision and aspirations for Emirates NBD and its entities/businesses along with managing its strategic acquisitions and international growth plans. He leads the Advanced Analytics Centre of Excellence (AACoE) for Emirates NBD which drives Group-wide efforts to leverage data and analytics. He also heads the Corporate Venture Capital Fund for Emirates NBD to invest in FinTechs and Tech companies to drive innovation for the Bank.
Previously, Neeraj also led the International Business for the Group with overall business management responsibility for International Subsidiaries and Branches of EmiratesNBD from 2019 till 2022. Over the years Neeraj has played a pivotal role in leading Emirates NBD’s international expansion which includes the successful acquisition of BNP Paribas Egypt and DenizBank in Turkey, as well as the branch licenses in India and KSA. Between 2016 and 2019 he also served as an Advisory Board member for Network International.
Prior to Emirates NBD, Neeraj was a Senior Manager with Ernst & Young’s Transaction Advisory services looking at Buy Side advisory, Valuations, PPAs, private placement of equity and debt, feasibility studies etc. covering a diverse range of industries. Before joining Ernst & Young, Neeraj worked at global strategy firm McKinsey and Co. from 2000 till Dec 2004 working on various client projects in the Telecom industry vertical.
He has a MBA in Finance from the International Management Institute in India and holds a bachelor’s degree in physics and mathematics. He also completed his Venture Capital and Private Equity Program from Columbia Business School, New York.
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