As Chief Operating Officer, Bhaskar leads UKEFs operations and business management, technology, operational risk, directing digital transformation and change programmes. He is also responsible for developing and delivering UKEFs future business plans and operational strategies. Bhaskar joined UKEF from HSBC, where he held a number of positions, most recently the Global Head of the Transaction Management Group within the Risk Distribution Unit of HSBCs Global Trade and Receivables Finance Division (the worlds largest Trade Finance Bank). Prior to this, he led a number of teams in HSBCs transaction banking and investment banking function acting as a COO, delivering significant sales revenue and productivity uplifts, and other transformation objectives. Bhaskars career has spanned nearly 20 years in investment and transaction banking, consultancy and technology with companies including ABN Amro, Citigroup, SunGard and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. He holds PhDs in operational risk, financial economics and artificial intelligence as well as an MBA and a BSc in Mathematics. In his spare time, Bhaskar is involved with numerous charitable causes in the UK and India. He speaks Hindi and Bengali fluently, and is studying for a PhD in Food History.