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Nuran Kawani

Nuran Kawani

Senior Manager Banking & Tech
London

Summary

Experienced Senior Manager across International trade finance and technology for 10 years. Leading teams projects with agile methodologies and executing successful partnerships of various value propositions.

Passionate in establishing long-term sustainable strategies to implement operational transformation through innovative techniques and excellent relationship management..Thrives on cross-functional collaboration, leading with empathy and emotional intelligence.

Key skills: Stakeholder management, Bank partnerships and structuring, SaaS sales, native in English and Turkish.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications

Work History

Bank and F.I Partnerships Manager

PrimeRevenue
07.2022 - Current
  • PrimeRevenue is a leading supply chain finance and receivables finance fintech in the working capital finance field.
  • In my role, I managed 50+ new and existing accounts in the Europe and UK region.Supporting the origination teams early on and acting as an advisor to the cooperates in structuring their payable or receivable transactions.
  • I collaborated closely with the Tech team to successfully execute internal projects that reflect product developments to generate more revenue through enhancements in our products.


Co-Founder

Petopy
09.2020 - 07.2022

Petopy is a mobile veterinary services provider app for pet owners. Pet owners get vaccinations, check-ups and hygiene services in comfort of their homes. I co-led this company to two rounds of investment including one from Nestle,Purina and over 5000 users and designed the product with a customer centric approach.

Head, Business Strategy and Projects

Yıldız Technopark
09.2019 - 05.2022
  • Company Overview: Yildiz Technopark accommodates a community of 450 technology companies, out of which 150 are comprised of thriving startups.
  • Managed various digital transformation projects with implementing SaaS for smooth operational management and cloud transformation of multiple business operations to AWS.
  • Facilitated the corporate partnerships with external stakeholders, to name a few; HSBC, Ziraat Bank, Metro Bank, Central Bank of Turkey, Ford, Huawei, Turkcell, Consulates of Great Britain, Hungary, Italy.
  • Managed bureaucratic processes to obtain two government grants for the business.
  • Yildiz Technopark accommodates a community of 450 technology companies, out of which 150 are comprised of thriving startups.

Senior Project Manager

Insha Gmbh (establishment of Albaraka Turk)
01.2018 - 09.2019
  • Company Overview: A digital only Retail Bank with sustainability and ethnical banking as its core principles. Spin-off of a Multinational Bank in MENA.
  • Data driven strategy creation for acquisition of new clients, month on month average growth rate of new clients reached 5%. Introduction of 3 types of cards for different segment of clients.
  • Market searching and testing of potential new product offerings.
  • Developing an expansion strategy into potential markets.
  • Established new Credit Risk Management Criteria with flexibilities on Parent Banking Group Guidelines on card product.
  • Strategized cross-selling other financial products to existing clients on parent bank such as secured and unsecured loans to portfolio achieving a yearly book size increase of %70 on unsecured loan lending with 92% payments on time.
  • A digital only Retail Bank with sustainability and ethnical banking as its core principles. Spin-off of a Multinational Bank in MENA.

Correspondent Banking Regional Manager (F.I)

Albaraka Banking Group
09.2013 - 06.2019
  • Led a portfolio of 250+ EMEA financial institutions upselling and cross-selling trade finance deals, treasury products, SaaS developed by the tech, compliance products and Syndication. Drove up sales by 100% on average for 3 consecutive years.
  • Initiated and lead a team of 7 to create the crowd funding platform, Ahali, which happened to be 1 of 5 projects directly presented and approved by the C-Suite.
  • Trained over 500+ staff on negotiation, sales and bank products.
  • Prepared variety of different written communications, reports and documents to ensure smooth operations for C-suite.
  • Resolved conflicts and negotiated mutually beneficial agreements between parties.

Education

MBA - Technology

Koch University
09.2019 - 05.2021

Bachelor of Science - Economics

City University of London
09.2010 - 06.2013

Skills

  • Client account management
  • Project Management
  • Agile framework
  • Team collaboration
  • Financial Products

Certification

Certified Project Manager, Prince 2, 12/15

Timeline

Bank and F.I Partnerships Manager

PrimeRevenue
07.2022 - Current

Co-Founder

Petopy
09.2020 - 07.2022

Head, Business Strategy and Projects

Yıldız Technopark
09.2019 - 05.2022

MBA - Technology

Koch University
09.2019 - 05.2021

Senior Project Manager

Insha Gmbh (establishment of Albaraka Turk)
01.2018 - 09.2019

Correspondent Banking Regional Manager (F.I)

Albaraka Banking Group
09.2013 - 06.2019

Bachelor of Science - Economics

City University of London
09.2010 - 06.2013
Nuran KawaniSenior Manager Banking & Tech