Abu Dhabi, UAE

Manas Mohapatra

Turning strategy into measurable value across financial services.

About

The bigger picture.

Director of Strategy Expansion & International Business Intelligence at First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), accelerating international growth and delivering value creation across markets. After establishing FAB's Value Realisation Office within Central PMO, I now lead strategic expansion for the International Banking Group. Previously at Accenture Strategy & Consulting, I led value realisation initiatives across MENA, researched Thailand's digital banking landscape, and designed a national eKYC utility for a Middle East Central Bank.

Value at Scale

Led tracking of AED 6Bn+ in cost & revenue commitments at FAB's Central PMO

MENA Expertise

5+ years in banking strategy, consulting & transformation across UAE, KSA & India

Proven Impact

Fast-tracked AED 1.1Bn in value realisation and defined 200+ KPIs for a top ME bank

Experience

Where I've led.

  • Lead strategic portfolio of international growth initiatives aligned to FAB's enterprise expansion agenda
  • Define and monitor key project success metrics and performance indicators across the International Banking Group
  • Drive business management and group-wide impact through FAB's International Business Network across 22 countries, supporting cross-border strategy, market intelligence, and growth initiatives spanning 5 continents
  • Designed and led implementation of Enhanced Value Realisation Office, establishing end-to-end governance and tracking
  • Redesigned and implemented 20+ processes and SOPs streamlining Transformation Office governance, monitoring and execution
  • Led build of in-house SharePoint portal with automated Value & Revenue tracking process, eliminating manual reporting
  • Oversaw AED 6Bn+ in strategic cost and revenue commitments across FAB's enterprise transformation portfolio, enabling Board-level investment decisions
  • Supported Board, GCEO, GCFO and GCOO governance through structured value-based reporting and decisioning
  • Designed Value Realisation Framework for a leading ME bank — fast-tracked AED 1.1Bn in value and defined 200+ KPIs, establishing the bank's strategic performance tracking capability
  • Led strategy engagements across payments, digital banking, and financial services — including a National eKYC Utility for a Middle East Central Bank and KSA National Payment System investment prioritisation
  • Managed 12+ concurrent international banking projects as Program Manager, overseeing CPMO governance, RAID mitigations, and senior stakeholder reporting
  • Project Manager for End-to-End Risk Mitigation from Credit Card Operations — managed 50+ workshops, identified 54 improvement areas, achieving ~17% reduction in risk scoring
  • Program Manager for Intelligent Automation (RPA & AI) initiatives across Retail Banking Operations, resolving bottlenecks for TAT-breaching projects
  • Led Digital Operations Migration for Axis Bank's Digital & Fintech arm — set up digital banking ops for BNPL, Digital Savings Account, Digital CKYC FD and KYC Ladder products
  • Led pan-India 5S implementation across institution — trained 8,000+ employees with self-prepared SOPs; 1,200+ red-tagged items discarded

Education

Academic foundation.

IIM Mumbai (formerly NITIE)

PGDIE (MBA equivalent) · Supply Chain Management

8.5 CGPA · Distinction · Member, Alumni Committee

20182020

NIT Jalandhar

B.Tech · Textile Technology

8.1 CGPA · Subroto Memorial Scholarship · 3 Review Papers (1 in International Journal)

20142018

Publications

Differential Functional Finishes for Textiles Using Graphene Oxide

Research Journal of Textile and Apparel (Emerald) · 2018

International Journal

Certifications

Project Management Certification · University of California, IrvineLean Six Sigma Black Belt · BMGI (Trained)Lean Six Sigma Green BeltMachine Learning · Stanford UniversityAI ExplainedAgile with Atlassian Jira · AtlassianEntrepreneurship · Wharton UniversityR ProgrammingGoogle Analytics · Google

Awards & Recognitions

GCEO Golden Award

2026

GCEO — First Abu Dhabi Bank · Prestigious enterprise-wide recognition for outstanding leadership and impact, awarded by Group CEO

Outstanding Achievement Award

2025

GCFO — First Abu Dhabi Bank · Recognised by Group CFO for exceptional strategic contribution

GCEO HighFive Award

2025

GCEO — First Abu Dhabi Bank · Nominated and recognised by Group CEO for high performance

Champion of the Quarter

Accenture Strategy & Consulting · Quarterly performance excellence award

All India Rank 2

2018

GATE — 2018 · Textile Technology · National rank 2 out of hundreds of thousands of candidates

Expertise

What I bring.

Strategy & Value

  • Corporate Strategy
  • Value Realisation
  • Business Intelligence
  • Portfolio Management
  • Investment Strategy
  • Business Case Development

Banking & FinTech

  • Payments Strategy
  • Digital Banking
  • eKYC & Compliance
  • FinTech Partnerships
  • Financial Services Consulting
  • MENA Market Analysis

Technology & Data

  • Tableau & Power BI
  • SharePoint Development
  • Machine Learning & AI
  • Python & SQL
  • RPA & Power Automate
  • Data Analytics & Visualisation

Programme Management

  • Project Management (PMC)
  • Scrum Master (PSM I)
  • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
  • Agile & Jira
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Governance & RAID

Impact

Numbers that matter.

AED 6Bn+

Value Portfolio Tracked

FAB Central PMO

AED 1.1Bn

Value Fast-tracked

ME Bank VRO setup

30+

Initiatives Delivered

Across MENA markets

22

Countries Managed

FAB International Banking Network

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Manas is multiple great qualities and attributes which makes him stand apart from crowd. He has unique combination of technical skills, process understanding, and program management capabilities. He deals with peer groups, seniors and juniors at ease. He is great at close looping and that makes him very reliable and responsive. Manas has added a lot of value while working in Axis Bank. Since I was the one to select him NITIE campus, I feel delighted to see him grow into a well rounded professional and prove my right by living upto the initial spark that I saw in him. Best wishes.

Ratan Kesh

Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer, Bandhan Bank

Former Manager · Axis Bank

Manas interned with Baker Hughes and led the ERP Project defect management in Panaya across 2 critical testing cycles along with improvement of Panaya tool report configuration. He also worked with multiple stakeholders (Business teams, Solution center teams and vendor partner teams) effectively and facilitated on requirement documentation for the project. Overall he demonstrated clear thinking and great ownership to drive outcomes as expected. Manas is a self motivated individual with a very high sense of accountability and Say/Do ratio and had been very proactive in trying to find multiple feasible solutions to solve a problem. Overall, it was a pleasure to have Manas with us.

Rohit Verma

Manager, Baker Hughes

Internship Supervisor · Baker Hughes

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