Sonal Priyanka MD and Regional Head of Trade Finance, Société Générale Sonal joined Société Générale’s Global Transaction Banking team in 2014 as head of Trade Finance for South East Asia, India and the Middle East. She promotes offerings which include both traditional trade and open account financing products and services and is responsible for expanding the trade finance business with large local and multinational corporates and financial institutions in the region. Sonal joined Societe Generale from Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) in Singapore, where she spent over four years, her last role being Director and Southeast Asia head of Trade & Supply Chain Finance. Prior to BAML, she was a Vice President in the Trade Sales team at the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in Singapore for five years. Prior to her Singapore stints, Sonal spent about seven years in India, working in various roles with Citibank and GE Commercial Finance. Sonal has a post graduate diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India.