ESG & Sustainability Consultant - Kyoto Network
(2025-01)
A finance and sustainability professional with extensive experience in delivering impactful sustainability strategies and advisory services for projects across the UAE, Sudan, Kenya, Brazil & Columbia. Offers deep understanding of global and regional ESG frameworks, carbon standards (Verra, Gold Standard), and Article 6 mechanisms. Proven ability to lead end-to-end client engagements, from financial assessment and fundraising to carbon credit development and compliance.
Combines strong expertise in banking treasury, risk, and compliance with a passion for sustainable finance to drive measurable environmental and financial returns.
- Spearhead fundraising initiatives for renewable and waste-to-value projects
- Conduct financial modelling, viability studies, ESG consulting for projects like Solar bins, Reforestation in Sudan, and Waste-to-Value initiatives in the UAE, Biogas for clean cookstove in Kenya and Land use projects in Brazil & Columbia
- Identify revenue streams, cost structures, and ROI to support investment decisions
- Prepare Investor Deck for fundraising
- Prepare feasibility reports, project design documents (PDDs), Product document, budget statement and grant applications for funding proposals
- Develop financial projections and risk assessments for sustainability-focused ventures
- Spearhead end-to-end carbon credit project development, from initial concept through to issuance, for diverse projects including Gum Arabic Agroforestry, Biogas from manure for clean cookstove and community grid service, and UK biocarbon liquefaction for utilization in food and beverages
- Prepare robust Project Description Documents (PDDs) in strict compliance with relevant carbon credit methodologies (e.g., Verra VCS, Gold Standard) and Article 6.2 frameworks
- Manage carbon project registration, validation, verification and credit issuance workflows in coordination with registries, accredited auditors and internal technical teams to ensure complete, audit-ready submissions
- Plan and oversee the collection of monitoring data, preparing detailed monitoring reports to ensure ongoing compliance and support verification cycles
- Work with compliance and voluntary markets (Verra, CORSIA) to develop carbon offset strategies and feasibility frameworks
- Coordinate with methodology experts, MRV teams and field partners to align baselines, monitoring plans and data collection with on-ground implementation across agroforestry
- Maintain structured documentation repositories, version control and evidence frameworks across all project components to support transparent carbon accounting and smooth audits
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to assess project eligibility, carbon sequestration potential, and financial viability, providing technical inputs for feasibility studies and carbon potential assessments
- Coordinate with MRV teams to establish baselines, monitoring plans, and data collection for agroforestry and land-use projects
- Currently developing carbon offsets for a reforestation project in Sudan, including the preparation of PDDs under the VM0047 ARR methodology, and structuring ITMO transactions under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement for CORSIA eligibility
- Spearheaded sustainability projects from concept to issuance across multiple countries (UAE, Sudan, Kenya, Brazil, Colombia)
- Engaged with investors, auditors, regulatory bodies, and internal teams for funding, compliance, and project execution
- Conducted financial modeling, viability studies, ROI analysis, and investor deck preparation for sustainability projects
Treasury Department - CITIBANK N.A. - Mumbai, India
(2003-08 - 2024-06)
Banking professional with extensive experience in banking treasury management and treasury compliance demonstrating proficiency in interpersonal relations and collaboration, adept at multitasking and meeting stringent deadlines.
- Leading and managing a team of back-office professionals, providing guidance, training, and performance management
- Managing the processing of treasury transactions, including forwards and derivatives
- Maintaining relationships with clients, front-office sales desk, relationship and service managers, trade and fund transfer units and other partner units
- Ensuring compliance of Central Bank's guidelines of obtaining client documents for undertaking forward contract hedging transaction
- Verifying trade confirmations, ensuring accurate settlement, and coordinating with counterparties and internal teams
- Client follow-up on underlying, confirmations, affirmations, account funding and MTM statements
- Monitoring transaction flows, resolving discrepancies, and coordinating with relevant parties for smooth settlement
- Implementing robust reconciliation processes to ensure accurate and timely reconciliation for treasury transactions
- Ensuring compliance with regulatory guidelines and internal policies related to treasury operations
- Staying updated with regulatory changes, implementing necessary controls and procedures, and conducting periodic audits to assess compliance
- Collaborating with the risk management team to identify and manage treasury-related risks, such as market risk, liquidity risk, and counterparty risk
- Monitor and maintain product and risk disclosure statements for forwards and derivatives, in accordance with Central Bank guidelines
- Margin reporting for clients entering forward deals and issuing margin call letters in cases where client collateral has eroded
- Working with IT teams to enhance treasury systems and streamline processes for improved efficiency and accuracy
- Verification of onboarding documents for treasury compliance
- Screening covering Anti Money Laundering and Financial Crime, Sanctions list, and PEPs
- Identify any potential sanctions violations based on parameters such as country, jurisdiction, person, location, and vessel
- Assessing the client's risk profile based on factors such as industry, geographic location, transaction volume, and business relationships
- Documenting all client-related information for treasury underlying and confirmations for regulatory compliance and record-keeping purposes
- Reporting suspicious transactions or activities to regulatory authorities as required by law and ensuring ongoing compliance with regulatory obligations (SAR /STR)
- Daily turnover of forward contracts, including total volumes and values, across various categories such as cash, tom, spot, forwards, and their cancellations
- Preparation and review of SOP
