Banking, business relationships and financial judgement.
My career has been Michigan banking: business banking, commercial lending and leading bank branches and their teams. At Aura Platform I bring that judgement, and the relationships behind it, to the work alongside the founder.
Four things I bring to the company.
Does the decision hold?
Financial judgement.
Credit, risk and the money side of each decision: how we price, where capital goes, and whether the numbers hold.
Small-business introductions.
Through the networks banking builds, attorneys, accountants and community leaders, I open doors to the small businesses Orchestrate serves.
Institutions and banks.
I approach banks, credit unions and community institutions, to answer on Aura in their own name and to partner with us.
Building and leading teams.
Years of hiring and coaching branch teams, carried into the team Aura Platform builds as it grows.
The work behind a financial relationship.
I have looked after small-business customers, made commercial and SBA loans, managed credit portfolios and written credit recommendations, and led branch teams to the standards regulated banking demands. Most of it began with a referral: an attorney, an accountant, someone in the community who trusted the relationship.
- Business banking
- Commercial and SBA lending
- Credit and portfolio judgement
- Leading branch teams
Economics, in two countries.
I studied business economics in Pakistan and again at Eastern Michigan University. I work in English, Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi, which matters in the communities and businesses I serve.
Talk it through with me.
I read every note myself and reply personally.