Dr Anita Yadav

Former Senior Advisor to New Development Bank

Dr Anita Yadav, currently serving as the CEO of Global Credit Advisory Ltd, was previously the Senior Advisor to New Development Bank, based in Shanghai for three years. She is a visionary financial leader with 30+ years of experience in treasury management, debt capital markets, and organisational transformation across 33+ countries and is adept at leading global teams, mobilising billions in capital, and designing innovative finance solutions for sustainable development.

Over the past thirty years, she has held senior leadership positions at global financial institutions, including serving as Managing Director at Lehman Bros /Nomura Securities, Head of Research at UBS, and Head of Fixed Income and Islamic Finance at Emirates NBD.

Responsible for managing all segments of global debt capital markets, her career includes stints in developed, developing, emerging and frontier economies with significant time spent covering markets in Asia, Australia, China, India and the Middle East, She has authored numerous reports on financial markets in emerging economies and is a frequent commentator on GCC issues in the international press.