Neeraj Makin

(Additional) Non-Executive Non-Independent Director
(Nominee of Emirates NBD Bank (P.J.S.C))

Neeraj Makin is on the Board of the Bank since June 18, 2026.

Neeraj Makin is the Group Head of Strategy, Analytics and Venture Capital of Emirates NBD Bank (P.J.S.C.) (‘Emirates NBD’). He has been with Emirates NBD since 2008.

He has more than 26 years of experience in strategy development and execution, mergers and acquisitions, investments, business development, international banking, venture capital, digital banking, analytics and transformation. He previously led International Business for the Group, with overall business management responsibility for Emirates NBD’s international subsidiaries and branches. He played a pivotal role in leading Emirates NBD’s international expansion, including the successful acquisition of BNP Paribas Egypt, DenizBank in Türkiye and the RBL Bank in India, as well as obtaining branch licences and expansion in India and Saudi Arabia.

He is a member of the Group Executive Committee and leads the Advanced Analytics Centre of Excellence for Emirates NBD, which drives Group-wide efforts to leverage data and analytics. He also heads the Corporate Venture Capital Fund for Emirates NBD to invest in fintechs and tech companies to drive innovation for Emirates NBD. Prior to Emirates NBD, he spent a combined 8 years with McKinsey & Co in strategy consulting, and with Ernst Young in UAE in Transaction Advisory and M&A Services.

Currently, he is on the Board of Emirates NBD S.A.E. Egypt, Teamsec Finansal Yazılım Altyapı ve Danışmanlık A.Ş. and between 2016 and 2019 he also served as an Advisory Board member for Network International.

He has an MBA in Finance from the International Management Institute in India and holds a bachelor’s degree in physics and mathematics from Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, India. He also completed his Venture Capital and Private Equity Program from Columbia Business School, New York.