Akbar Poonawala has more than 25 years of experience in transaction processing, banking, and related financial services at Deutsche Bank and Bankers Trust Company. He has held a variety of leadership roles including building discrete businesses globally, driving client origination, and client management organizations and developing innovative business strategies.

Prior to co-founding Pivot Investment Partners, Akbar was Managing Director and the Regional Head for the Americas of Deutsche Bank Global Transaction Banking. In this capacity, Akbar led the growth of this business to over $1 billion of revenues in Cash Management, Trade Finance, and Trust & Securities Services targeting both Corporate and Financial Institutions clients throughout the Americas. Previously, Akbar had served as the Head of Global Sales and Marketing for Corporate Trust & Agency Services where he was responsible for sales, marketing, and relationship management across sixteen locations in Asia, Europe, and the Americas.

Akbar is a Chartered Financial Analyst and graduated Beta Gamma Sigma with a Master of Business Administration in Finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business and top 1% of his class with a Master of Business Administration in Marketing. He also holds an undergraduate degree in Advanced Accounting from Poona University in India.