Team Authentic has been advising clients on their personal and business financial journeys since 2015. Our trade finance practice draws on founders and specialists who spent their careers inside the banks we now negotiate with on your behalf.
Team Authentic operates as a licensed advisory under the Dubai Department of Economic Development, based in Al Garhoud, Dubai.
We work as an extension of your finance function — assessing your trading profile and counterparties, then coordinating directly with banking and financial institutions to structure accounts and instruments that hold up to scrutiny.
More than 90% of our engagements come from repeat clients or referrals — in trade finance, where a single mishandled LC or account application can cost a deal, that track record is the reason clients keep coming back before they try anywhere else.
Direct coordination with banking and financial institutions on your behalf
Documentation prepared to the standard your counterparties expect
Compliance-aware structuring from the first conversation, not an afterthought
Our founding team's combined banking careers cover retail, corporate, investment and trade finance across the UAE's major institutions — experience we now put to work structuring your side of the transaction.
Over 15 years in UAE and Indian financial services. Previously Senior Wealth Manager at Citibank UAE, with earlier senior roles at Mashreq Bank, HDFC and ICICI Bank.
More than 20 years in banking, specializing in investments and wealth management. Started at Mashreq Bank in 2002, later holding senior roles including AVP of Investments & Liabilities at Barclays Bank, Senior Investment Manager at RAKBANK, and Senior Investment Manager at Standard Chartered Bank.
More than 22 years in business development and sales across banking and insurance in the UAE, including six years at Abu Dhabi Finance as VP of Commercial Lending Products, plus senior roles at Noor Takaful, Methaq Takaful, Emirates NBD and ADCB.
Over 20 years of international leadership in equipment finance, leasing and asset management across European and EMEA banking, including Abu Dhabi Finance, Al Hail Orix, Lombard and Bank of Ireland. Member of the UAE Ministry of Finance's strategic committee on Finance & Leasing regulatory structures.
30 years of senior banking experience across institutions including ADCB, Abu Dhabi Finance, First Abu Dhabi Bank and Amlak, focused on client-centric structuring and business development.
We start most engagements with a straightforward conversation about your trade or structure.
