Emirates Development Bank (EDB)
Tejas Nikam is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in corporate strategy and transformation, currently serving as the Strategy and Transformation Manager at Emirates Development Bank since November 2021. Tejas has previously held roles including Business Manager at ClearTax India, where responsibilities included developing marketing strategies and implementing product transformations, and Senior Associate at Boston Consulting Group, focusing on digital loan products and customer experience enhancements. Tejas also brings prior experience as Deputy Manager at Deloitte India, advising large private equity funds, and as Senior Associate at BMR Advisors, specializing in private equity and mergers & acquisitions. Educational qualifications include an MBA from Indian School of Business and a Chartered Accountant designation from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
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Emirates Development Bank (EDB)
Emirates Development Bank (EDB) is the UAE’s development bank, a key financial engine for the economic development and industrial advancement of the nation. Our mission is to foster a healthy, sustainable, and self-reliant economy through the provision of financing solutions to SMEs and corporates domiciled in the UAE and engaged in any of our five strategic priority sectors. These include advanced technology, food security, healthcare, manufacturing and renewables. Given its developmental mandate, the Bank is not-for-profit, offering patient capital and favourable financing terms to our clients. EDB provides direct financing solutions to all clients and also indirect financing solutions to SMEs through guarantees to our commercial banking partners. We go one step further by fostering the UAE entrepreneurship ecosystem with our unique digital banking product suite tailored to start-ups and also non-financial education and mentoring programmes aimed at advancing creditworthiness and financial literacy. As the UAE’s development bank, EDB seeks to attract and retain the best talent through a supportive culture and continuous professional development opportunities. The Bank’s employees are united by the shared commitment to develop the UAE economy, a goal which is embedded in every aspect of their work and fills them with a sense of pride. Emirates Development Bank’s vision is to be a key financial engine dedicated to the economic development and industrial advancement of the UAE.