Shobana Thirunavukkarasu

Shobana Thirunavukkarasu currently serves as Vice President in Commercial Banking at RBC Capital Markets, a position held since May 2023. Prior to this role, Shobana was Senior Manager for Start-up Banking at Silicon Valley Bank from August 2020 to April 2023, and held a similar title as Senior Manager in Retail Banking at HSBC from May 2018 to August 2020. Earlier experience includes working as Associate Program Manager in Capital Markets and Wealth Management at BNY Mellon | Pershing from April 2012 to February 2018 and a brief internship at Kotak Commodity Services Ltd. in 2011. Shobana began a career in technology as an Assistant Systems Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services between April 2008 and June 2010. Educational qualifications comprise a Master of Science in Enterprise Risk Management and International Finance from Boston University (2023-2025), an ongoing Mastering in Design Thinking and Product Management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2020-Present), an MBA in Finance from Alliance University (2010-2012), and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Anna University Chennai (2003-2007).