Asif Ganatra

A Foreign Qualified Banking Professional with around 29 years of progressive work experience in banking & finance industry. Handling a wealthy portfolio of Trade Finance (Imports) business of all Pakistan market branches. Portfolio is smartly, well distributed among Textile, Steel, Pharmaceuticals, Oil, Paper &

• Wood and Food sectors of the economy. Further to my expertise, I am well versed to do with Financial &

• Credit Import L/Cs keeping in view the SBP Prudential Regulations, UCP-600 &

• Foreign Exchange Manual. I also Possess sound product knowledge for Corporate &

• Commercial based clients and their products e.g.

Facility

Structuring, Types of Securities & Types of Charges.

Swift Trade Finance Imports - Centralized Operations - JS Bank Limited

(2007-05)

Leading & Supervising team of import Letter of Credits; issuance & retirements / payments.

• Authorizations of import transactions & swift transmissions. MIS reporting on daily basis.
• Strengthening working Relationships & corresponding with internal customers (trade finance staff at designated branches) / FIG regarding LCs, payments, reimbursement claims etc by utilizing excellent communication techniques.
• Correspondence with customers / financial institutions regarding remittances, import payments, reimbursement claims and other such queries.
• Maintaining the acute performance & minimizing the factors that may hinder & slow smooth process flow whilst transaction executions. And at the same time delivering quality services to stakeholders of Centralized Trade Finance Unit.
• Also looking after supervision of Bahrain branch transactions including T-24 & SWIFT.

Officer Grade-I; Swift Trade Finance Imports - Centralized Operations - Mybank Limited

(1995-07 - 2007-04)

• SWIFT Messaging; MT 700, MT 707, MT 740, MT 747, MT 202, MT 103, MT 999, MT 760, MT 754, MT 742 etc.
• MIS Reporting on Pan Pakistan basis.
• Correspondence with customers / financial institutions regarding remittances, import payments, reimbursement claims and other such queries.
• Maintaining the acute performance & minimizing the factors that may hinder & slow smooth process flow whilst transaction executions. And at the same time delivering quality services to stakeholders of Centralized Trade Finance Unit.
• Strengthening working Relationships & corresponding with internal customers (trade finance staff at designated branches) / FIG regarding LCs, payments, reimbursement claims etc by utilizing excellent communication techniques.

Bachelor of Commerce - Karachi University (1987 - 1988)