Ratnabali Kakkar

Ms. Kakkar has a Bachelor’s degree (Hons) in English Literature from University of Calcutta and holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (Finance & Marketing) from the Indian Institute of Management IIM, Calcutta. Ms Kakkar joined various corporate boards following a distinguished international banking career in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and the USA. She has over 35 years international experience in Banking, Financial Services and Wealth Management. Her areas of expertise are revenue growth, strategic planning and execution, team leadership, corporate governance and risk. Ms. Kakkar initially joined HSBC India, where she spent 13 years in various commercial and corporate banking roles in Mumbai. She has worked for Barclays Private Bank, Merrill Lynch, and Standard Chartered Bank based in London, and was Head of International Premium Banking for Guaranty Trust Bank U.K. She is a trustee on the board of U.K based charity Africa Research Excellence Fund where she chairs the Institutional Due Diligence committee, and is an Independent Non-Executive Director on the boards of Lux Industries and Vikram Solar. She has founded and developed Magellan Wealth Management, a boutique multiple family office based in London providing a platform for wealth planning, inter-generational wealth transfer and philanthropy for South Asian and African families. Ms Kakkar is a member of the Institute of Directors London, Women on Boards UK.