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Narayanan Sambasivan

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Name

Narayanan Sambasivan

Your Country

United Arab Emirates

Company

Thiyyasam Global Solutions

Position

Managing Director

Gender

Male

Core Industries

Banking, Corporates, E-mobility & ESG, Family Office, Financial Services, Fintech

Experience

Narayanan Sambasivan (Sam) is an experienced Legal, Risk and compliance professional with over 20+ years of experience. His mandates included risk and compliance coverage for funds, transactional services, company& Trust management services and Banking across 40 countries including 17 regulated markets. He was the Global Head of risk and compliance at Amicorp Group for 9 years which has multiple offices around the world. Prior to that he was Vice President and Head of legal & Compliance at Credit Suisse. He was instrumental in setting up the Centre of Excellence for Credit Suisse across India, Poland, Singapore and US for Legal & Compliance services. These units supported Investment banking, Private Banking and Asset Management business. Prior to that he had stints at HSBC and Government of India on Risk and Enforcement matters. Sam is a solution focused Legal and compliance professional with expertise in Fraud investigations, regulatory compliance, cross border transactions, Enterprise risk management and Internal frameworks. He has dealt with global regulators like SEC, OFR( Florida) FSC(MUR), FCA(UK), MAS(Singapore), FINMA, CIMA(Cayman) and Cysec (Cyprus) to name a few.Over the past 6 years in UAE, he has established the regulatory practice for Amicorp in the region working closely with DIFC and ADGM authorities. He has also advised and collaborated with Dubai Chambers to provide more exposure to the Latin American markets like Brazil, Peru, Panama, and Chile. He is currently a Senior Advisor to various boards in the region on Governance, Risk and Compliance matters. He has held Board positions in UAE and was the chairman of the Risk & Compliance Committee.

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NEDs and Economic Substance (“ESR”)

Pursuant to ESR, certain companies deploying a “relevant activity” have to demonstrate that they have effective substance in their jurisdiction by satisfying a so-called “economic substance test”. ESR is in force in the UAE since 30th April 2019.

A company meets the test if it is directed and managed in the UAE and has adequate people, premises and expenditure in the country.

In this context, the composition and competence of the board of directors – composed of both executive director(s) and NED/s –, and the proper recording of minutes of all board meetings are key factors when assessing whether a company is compliant or not.

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