Uthra Parameswaran

Chief Compliance & Risk Officer

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Uthra is a Compliance and Operational risk management professional with a strategic problem solving approach and passion to drive new initiatives, and is currently the Director of Compliance & Operations for Propine. She possesses a good understanding and exposure to operational dynamics of various businesses, with knowledge spanning institutional equities, investment banking, fund & asset management and real estate across markets like India, Singapore, Japan and Korea, honing her skillset and experience across a career spanning over 18 years. Uthra possesses end-to-end corporate secretarial, compliance and legal experience, stretching from being a strategic advisor to the Board to seamless set up of the Compliance, Secretarial and Legal frameworks. She has expertise in setting up Operational Risk frameworks and driving the Operational Risk process for real estate fund  initiatives. She also possesses experience in the conceptualisation and building of the Regulatory Risk Matrix for mutual funds business universe in Singapore. Beyond this, Uthra possesses a strong understanding of global regulatory best practices and implementation constraints in Asian markets honed through exposures in groups like HSBC, where she was Assistant Company Secretary, Daiwa Group and Prudential, with a flair for working on new business, products, and understanding of distribution and cross border issues across Asian markets. She began her career working for Larsen & Toubro, an Indian multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Mumbai, where she was an executive covering secretarial & legal, relocating to Singapore in 2010 as General Counsel for Credit Suisse. She graduated from Mumbai University with an LLB.

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