Team Profile
JP Agrawal
Managing Director and founder
JP Agrawal is a Managing Director and Founder of DVAL. JP has over 20 years of experience in financial markets and corporate finance, of which he spent over 15 years in derivatives structuring and marketing with several large international banks.
Prior to founding DVAL, JP headed Financial Markets Sales and Solutions Group for Lloyds Bank in London covering corporations, banks and investing institutions in the Middle East region. Previously, he headed the Structured Solutions group of Standard Chartered Bank for Europe, Americas and Africa covering all asset classes. JP also worked with ABN AMRO in London and ING in Amsterdam within Derivatives Sales & Solutions groups covering U.K., Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and other emerging markets. He also briefly worked for HSBC, focusing on cross asset class structured products for private banking clients. Prior to beginning his career in financial markets sales and solutions, JP worked in Mumbai in Project Finance and M&A.
JP has a Master in International Finance (MIF) from University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands and a Master in Technology (M. Tech) in Industrial Management from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai, India.
Saket Modi
Hedge Accounting Adviser
Saket Modi specialises in matters relating to accounting for financial instruments, including derivatives and hedging. He has over 15 years of experience and has previously worked with Lloyds Banking Group (Structured Transaction Group Finance/Group Corporate Treasury), TSB Bank (Hedge Accounting/Treasury), Ernst & Young (Business Risk Services) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (External Audit).
Saket is the founder and director of Square Mile Global Consulting Limited (www.smglobal.co.uk), a specialist financial training and consulting company. He has designed and facilitated courses for delegates from over 30 countries in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia. These courses relate to Financial Reporting and Analysis (IFRS/IPSAS), Financial Instruments, Corporate Finance and CFA® exam preparatory courses. Saket has written material on IFRS for financial instruments for a global accountancy body based out of UK. He was invited by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board® (IAASB®) to present on IFRS 9 at their board meeting in New York.
Saket is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, holds IFRS certificate from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and IPSAS certificate from the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA). He is a CFA® charterholder.
Professor Trevor Williams
Adviser
Trevor Williams is the former Chief Economist at Lloyds Bank Plc. Trevor runs a research consultancy – TW research. He is visiting Professor at the University of Derby, rotating Chairman of the Institute of Economic Affairs Shadow Monetary Policy Committee (SMPC) and author of Trading Economics: A Guide to Economic Statistics for Practitioners (with Victoria Turton).
Trevor also lectures at CASS business school and Cardiff University. He is on the editorial board of Economia and Sheffield University Management Schools Advisory Board. He regularly writes articles for publications and speaks at conferences.
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