Description

I've spent 8 years inside Global Transaction Banking at Citi and Barclays — not advising from the outside, but sitting at the table where cash management deals get structured, priced, and delivered. I've built payment and treasury infrastructure for fintechs, tech firms, and multinationals across 50+ countries, covering everything from liquidity pooling and FX management to cross-border settlement and banking partner selection.

Now I work independently, helping corporates and fintechs get better outcomes from their treasury operations. Whether you need a cash management review, a bank RFP run properly, payment infrastructure designed for a new market, or someone who can speak to your banks in their own language — that's what I do.

Based in Dubai, available remotely across European and Middle Eastern time zones. Project-based, interim, or retainer — flexible on structure.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Native or bilingual
Polish
Native or bilingual
Italian
Conversational
Arabic
Basic

Workplace preferences

Remote only

Primarily works remotely

Barclays
Assistant Vice President — Cash Management
December 2025 - April 2026 (4 months)
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
• • Managed multi-currency cash management and deposit operations for corporate clients across the UAE, including cash positioning, liquidity structuring, and fixed-term deposit pricing.
• • Priced and structured deposit solutions aligned with client liquidity profiles, investment policies, and working capital cycles, optimising yield across currency holdings.
• • Advised clients on payment and receivables infrastructure, supporting operational cash flow optimisation across multiple currencies and settlement channels.
Cash Management Liquidity Management Financial Services Advisory
Jurgen Astor
Director — Treasury & Liquidity Advisory
February 2025 - December 2025 (10 months)
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
• • Designed and delivered a global payments and receivables restructuring for a cross-border corporate client, covering multi-currency payment flows, collection channels, settlement routing, and banking partner alignment across multiple corridors.
• • Developed advisory frameworks for treasury diagnostics, cash management benchmarking, and banking infrastructure assessment to support client engagements.
• • Originated advisory pipeline through professional introducer networks including corporate law firms, accountancy practices, and financial advisors.
Citi
Assistant Vice President — Cash Management
February 2022 - June 2024 (2 years and 4 months)
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
• • Led treasury solution design and cross-border payment infrastructure buildout for 50+ high-growth fintech, digital-native, and multinational clients across the UAE, managing a $17M+ annual cash management portfolio.
• • Designed and implemented multi-currency cash management architectures spanning payments, collections, liquidity pooling, virtual accounts, and FX management for complex multi-entity and multi corridor structures.
• • Embedded real-time payment rails, API-based connectivity, and automated treasury reporting into client operating models, enabling faster settlement cycles and end-to-end transaction visibility.
• • Managed full engagement lifecycle from treasury diagnostic and solution architecture through implementation, banking partner onboarding, and post-go-live performance optimisation.
• • Led cross-functional delivery across product, compliance, legal, and operations teams to unblock complex multi-jurisdictional payment mandates and accelerate time-to-live.
• • Provided structured product feedback to platform teams, shaping roadmap enhancements for high volume fintech and digital payments clients.

Key Engagements
– Designed and delivered global payments and collections infrastructure for a $2B+ TMT firm, building end-to-end settlement flows across multiple corridors — $2.2M annual revenue.
– Built multi-market cash positioning and liquidity architecture for a payments institution scale-up, consolidating banking infrastructure and enabling full-service adoption — $1M new revenue.
– Structured regional treasury operations for a leading OTA across GCC markets, consolidating multi-currency settlement and collections — $2.5M revenue.