Rahul Pakrashi

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DISC Type : sid

Chief Risk Officer at Lendo | ليندو

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Overview

Rahul is a Chief Risk Officer in the fintech sector, specializing in risk, data science, and machine learning for SME lending. An alumnus of The University of Chicago Booth School of Business with a PRM certification, he is described by colleagues as strong, steady, and fully engaged.

He currently heads risk at Lendo, the first company in Saudi Arabia to receive a crowd-lending license, which has financed over SAR 2 billion in SME loans.

Personality Overview

Dynamic But Sincere

Driven But Considerate

Friendly But Fast

If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product  They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders) They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed

Topics They Care About

SME Financing
His career has focused on supporting small and medium-sized enterprises, from his early work at American Express to his current role at Lendo.
Fintech Risk Management
As a fractional and full-time CRO for various fintechs, he has extensive experience building risk management frameworks and scaling risk departments from the ground up.
Applied Machine Learning
He has a track record of building and embedding machine learning practices into alternative finance products to improve lending strategies and customer outcomes.

Media Appearances

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Work History

10-2023
Chief Risk Officer at Lendo | ليندو
5-2020
Advisory and fractional Chief Risk Officer positions at Various Seed through Series A stage Fintechs and Specialty Lenders
5-2022 - 5-2023
Chief Risk & Analytics Officer at Cape
11-2020 - 5-2022
Chief Risk Officer at Cape
4-2019 - 5-2020
Chief Risk Officer at MarketFinance

Education

2008 - 2010
MBA Evening and Weekend program from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
2000 - 2002
PGDM from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

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Insights For Selling To Rahul

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Build a trustworthy relationship while keeping the product center-stage
  • Use phrases like ‘your decision will’, ‘you will impact’ etc.
  • Showcase existing customers and use case-studies to grab their attention

DONT's

  • Avoid focusing only on the product or its ROI, keep building trust subtly
  • Don’t be too verbose or overly friendly; a little bit, however, is fine
  • Don’t hesitate from asking questions or pushing them, but take a formal approach

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Rahul is

  • Nothing less than a strong combination of proof of results, relationship and high levels of professionalism is effective with them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Rahul

  • They can say no while staying friendly, but can also be pursuaded to reconsider

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Rahul move?

  • They are generally fast movers and can take quick decisions
  • Can Rahul take some risk or not?

  • They have high risk-appetite but can get ahead of themselves once in a while. Observe carefully

You And Rahul

Personality Compatibility


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