Ashwin Sunderkumar Head of Open Account Trade Products, Global Transaction Banking, Mashreq Bank Ashwin is responsible for Open Account Trade Products, covering Receivables and Supply Chain Financing for Mashreq Bank. Ashwin has recently joined the Bank, returning to the Middle East from Asia, where he spent 4+ years leading the Receivables Financing business at DBS Bank. In his current role, Ashwin is responsible for the development and execution of the Open Account trade strategy across Mashreq Bank presence locations including UAE, Egypt, Hong Kong, USA and India. Ashwin is a Trade and Transaction Banking professional, with over 15 years of experience in Asia and the Middle East. During this period, he has worked with HSBC, SCB, DBS and now, Mashreq Bank, covering global and regional roles in Product Management, Product Commercialization, Sales and Strategy, operating out of India, UAE & Singapore. Ashwin is passionate about keeping things simple and reducing the complexity in Open Account Trade through digitalization and process re-engineering. Ashwin holds a Master’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh and is also a Post Graduate in Management from the Great Lakes Institute of Management, India.