Manas Mohapatra

Director, Strategy & Business Intelligence

AED 6Bn+Value Portfolio Tracked
AED 1.1BnValue Fast-tracked
30+Initiatives Delivered
22Countries Managed

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.

Professional Experience

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)Oct 2025 – Present

Director — Strategy & Business Intelligence, International Banking Group

  • 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
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)Mar 2024 – Oct 2025

AVP — Value Realisation & Strategy, Group Strategy & Corporate Development

  • 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
Accenture Strategy & ConsultingJun 2022 – Mar 2024

Management Consulting Analyst

  • 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
Axis BankJul 2020 – Jun 2022

Manager — Strategy & Program Management, Process Transformation & Digital Initiatives

  • 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

Education

IIM Mumbai (formerly NITIE)

PGDIE (MBA equivalent) · Supply Chain Management

20182020

8.5 CGPA · Distinction · Member, Alumni Committee

NIT Jalandhar

B.Tech · Textile Technology

20142018

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

Skills

Strategy & Value

Corporate Strategy · Value Realisation · Business Intelligence · Portfolio Management · Business Case Development

Banking & FinTech

Payments Strategy · Digital Banking · eKYC & Compliance · Financial Services Consulting · MENA Market Analysis

Technology & Data

Tableau & Power BI · Machine Learning & AI · Python & SQL · RPA & Power Automate · Data Analytics & Visualisation

Programme Management

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt · Project Management (PMC) · Stakeholder Management · Governance & RAID · Agile & Jira

Certifications

  • Project Management CertificationUniversity of California, Irvine
  • Lean Six Sigma Black BeltBMGI (Trained)
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
  • Machine LearningStanford University
  • AI Explained
  • Agile with Atlassian JiraAtlassian

Awards & Recognition

GCEO Golden Award · 2026

GCEO — First Abu Dhabi Bank

Outstanding Achievement Award · 2025

GCFO — First Abu Dhabi Bank

GCEO HighFive Award · 2025

GCEO — First Abu Dhabi Bank

Champion of the Quarter

Accenture Strategy & Consulting

All India Rank 2 · 2018

GATE — 2018