Vinay Mendonca

Managing Director; Global Head, Product and Structuring, Trade and Receivables Finance (GTRF), HSBC

^{Vinay is responsible for setting the strategic direction for the Group’s trade, receivable and supply chain finance solutions, overseeing their development and ongoing management. He also runs the client solutions & implementation group that structures tailored client offerings. He is overseeing the design and delivery of the Group’s new trade technology stack and is accountable for the innovation and digitisation agenda within Trade.}

^{Vinay and his team are part of several global and local trade industry forums. They front several Trade FinTech engagements and are Directors on boards of firms where the Group has strategic interests. Vinay is on the Board of R3 – a Distributed Ledger Technology enterprise firm and represents HSBC at various client, industry and media forums. HSBC and Vinay are listed on the Forbes Blockchain 50 2021.}

^{He has 20 years of experience in wholesale and transaction banking covering product, structuring, strategy, sales and relationship management. Prior to his present role, he was running strategy for HSBC’s global trade business. He moved to London from Hong Kong in 2015, where he was the Global Head of Documentary Trade solutions.}

^{Before moving to Hong Kong, Vinay headed Product Management for HSBC’s Trade franchise in India. In his earlier roles within HSBC India, he managed the payables product suite.}

^{Prior to joining HSBC in April 2006, Vinay was a Senior Consultant with Infosys Technologies, based in Amsterdam. He previously worked with BNP Paribas and Reliance Industries Limited in India.}

^{Vinay holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering and a Master’s degree in Management Studies in Finance from the University of Mumbai.}