CURRICULUM VITAE

SURENDRA PATEL

Investment Specialist, Portfolio Manager, Business & Products, Private

Banking, PGDM, B-CHEM
Email: sureniimb@yahoo.com
Mobile
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9761 2770
SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
Investment Advisory, Portfolio Management & Relationship Management
Excellent knowledge of financial products and securities markets
Good communication & presentation skills
Highly proficient in technology and mastery over Excel spreadsheet
Excellent relationship building and sales skills
Six years of experience in Banking; Analytical /Sales & Six years of
experience in Asset Management Company (Mutual fund & PMS); Setting
up new business line, Business Development & Marketing/Sales
Post-graduation from IIM-Bangalore (IIMB), the premier management
institute and graduation from UDCT, the premier chemical Engineering
Institution
ORGANIZATIONS
National
Bank
of
Oman
S.A.O.G
ICICI Bank Ltd.

UTI
Asset
Management
Company

Shurooq Asset Management Co.

LLC
The Financial Corporation S.A.O.G.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
National Bank of Oman S.A.O.G
Role
: Investment Specialist
Location
: Muscat- Sultanate of Oman

Nov 2013 Till date

The role encompasses all the activities of wealth management. The core
responsibility being
Tracking global markets & commodities
Identifying investment opportunities and communicating the same to the RMs
Identify clients portfolio re-balancing opportunities
Product Development
Joint clients call with RMs
Achievements
Increased revenue by 200%
Increased the number of clients by more than 100%
Added new products
About National Bank of Oman (NBO) S.A.O.G
National Bank of Oman the first local bank was founded in 1973 and is today one
of the largest banks in Oman with a paid up capital of RO (Omani Rials) 110.8
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million (US$ 288 million) and has regulatory capital of RO 377.8 million (US$ 981
million), as at 31st December, 2013.

Shurooq Asset Management Co. LLC

Dec 2011 October
2013
Role
: Fund Manager & Head- Wealth Management Division
Location
: Muscat- Sultanate of Oman
The role encompasses managing the Discretionary and Non-Discretionary
portfolios of the clients with mandates spread across Oman, GCC and
International.
Achievements
Delivered superior returns and have out beaten all the Portfolios/Mutual
funds of Oman
Increased the brokerage contribution of the division from 2% to 26%.
Added 12 new HNIs
The Financial Corporation S.A.O.G. (FINCORP)
2011
Role
Designation
Location

Feb

2010

June

: Head Business & Product Management

: Vice President (Asset Management Division)
: Muscat- Sultanate of Oman

My role encompassed, selling asset management products, cross-selling other

Fincorp products, increasing the bouquet of product offering and developing inhouse products.
Achievements
Opened Account for two pension funds
Increased the business inflow by 300%, Increased the mutual funds inflow
by 100% and decreased the outflow by 50%
Initiated 90% of the Bond Trading in Ahli Bank Bonds and BMCB (2010)
Opened GCC & International Portfolio mandates & Introduced NonDiscretionary Accounts
ICICI BANK Ltd

July 2005 Jan 2010

Division/Group
: ICICI Commercial Banking - Vashi
Role
: Account Manager
Period
: July 2009 to Dec 2009
For the newly setup commercial banking unit in Vashi, the primary job
responsibility was to acquire new clients and provide corporate banking
solutions.
Division/Group
Role
Period
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: ICICI Dubai- DIFC

: Analytics & Product Coordinator
: Jan 2007 to July 2009
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This role was a part of support function, providing analytical outputs to various
groups across GCC & Africa. As a single point contact, this role provides product
support to Relationship Manager & Customer Service Managers.
Achievements
Re-designed MIS structure and reports
Developed program for generating automated monthly review PPTs
Division/Group: ICICI Bank Muscat- Sultanate of Oman
Role
: PBRM (Private Banking Relationship Manager)
Period
: July 2005 to Dec 2006
Worked with the client to identify investment objectives
Actively sourced business from prospects and leads
UTI Asset Management Company, Mumbai - India
2001 - June 2005

April

1. Member: Special Task Force (1 year)

Role
: Marketing Manager
Reporting
: Head PMS
The role revolved around setting up of Marketing and Sales Division of PMS
vertical. The activity stretched all the aspect of marketing & sales, right from
selection of brand name to client acquisition.
2. Product/Marketing Manager (3 year)
Liaised with Sales Team, Fund Manager, Legal and Operations team
Concept selling, performed test marketing and
prepared marketing
materials
Provided Product/AMFI Training and Presentations to Agents
Achievements
Setup Portfolio Management Services
Launched ETF- Sunder, an exchanged traded fund.
EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
Degree
Degree
: Post Graduation (1999-2001)
Institute
: Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB)
Course
: PGDM (Post Graduate Diploma in Management), Bangalore
India
Stream
: General MBA
Major Projects: Product Management- New Product Design (Awarded best project)
Degree
Institute
University
Course

: Graduation (1994-1999)
: University Department of Chemical Technology (UDCT)
: Mumbai University
: B.E Chemicals

Certification
Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments (CISI)- International
Introduction to securities & Investment
Debt-Market Module from NSE-NCFM
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Certified Financial Advisor by NSE-AMFI (National Stock Exchange)

IT Skills
Highly proficient in MS Office (notably MS Excel) & use of Macros
PERSONAL DETAILS
Gender
: Male
Driving License
: UAE /Oman
Status
: Married
& Gujarati

Date of Birth
: August 1975
Nationality : Indian
Languages : English, Hindi

INTEREST
Reading

Surendra Patel

: Non-Fiction books & Investment related articles

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