“The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.” – Confucius. A room full of smart people, eyes glinting with the thrill of the future. Words like predictive models, AI-driven insights, and automated decisioning fly across the table like a Wimbledon final. Budgets, approved. Deadlines, drawn. Headlines, dreamed about. But no one […]
Amit Sonavane
Amit brings more than two decades of experience as a techno-functional consultant in the world of Banking and Financial services. Over the years, he’s worked with 15+ banks across Europe, Asia Pacific and the U.S., decoding their most complex problems (and surviving a fair share of acronyms in the process). His professional passion lies in navigating the wild waters of Buy- and Sell-Side Front-to-Back Trade Management, Financial Risk Management—especially Credit Risk and Climate Risk—Transformation Management, Regulatory Compliance, and Enterprise-Wide Data Strategy. When he’s off the clock, Amit swaps his consultant hat for a travel enthusiast’s cap, dives into books that flirt with philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysics, and embraces his undying love for Bollywood (he can probably recite songs and dialogues as well as his project plans).
Blogs from this Author
The 1960s Self-Help Book that Astonished me in 2025!!
My dad generally does not have a very strong opinion about anything. His best reaction was when we went to see the Taj Mahal in Agra, India and he said … “it’s good”. Not someone who will applaud anything vociferously. When he heard about the whole manifestation spiel from my sister, he recommended us to […]
7 Steps to Define a Data Governance Structure for a Mid-Sized Bank (Without Losing Your Mind)
A mid-sized bank I was consulting with for their data warehouse modernization project finally realized that data isn’t just some necessary but boring stuff the IT department hoards in their digital cave. It’s the new gold, the ticking time bomb of risk, and the bane of every regulatory report that’s ever come back with more […]
Expertise as Currency: How Thought-Leadership Helps You Close More Deals!
It’s difficult, in the consulting services industry, to explain the requirement for existence of a core thought leadership group to augment the sales and marketing teams that are tasked with collection of logos. In today’s hypercompetitive and fast evolving marketplace, the lines between thought leadership and sales are increasingly intertwined… Thought leadership, when done right, […]
Data Governance in Banking and Financial Services – Importance, Tools and the Future
Let’s talk about data governance in banking and financial services, one area I have loved working in and in various areas of it … where data isn’t just data, numbers aren’t just numbers … They’re sacred artifacts that need to be protected, documented, and, of course, regulated within an inch of their lives. It’s not […]
Risk Management Data Strategy – Insights from an Inquisitive Overseer
We are witnessing a sea-change in the way data is managed by banks and financial institutions all over the world. Data being commoditized and, in some cases, even monetized by banks is the order of the day. Though this seems to be at a stage where some more push is required in terms of adoption […]
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Climate Risk Investing – You must be kidding me?!
“As if there weren’t enough jargons and complex terms to remember for an investor, you are telling me I need to now know about ESG and Climate Risk – You must be kidding me!!” – These are the exact words (with a couple of expletives, that I cannot quote here) – a senior fund administrator […]