Transaction banking trailblazer: Umar Farooq, JPMorgan

THE TRAILBLAZERS

Hari Janakiraman, ANZ Catherine Porter, CBRE John Laurens, DBS Diane Reyes, HSBC Umar Farooq, JPMorgan Damian Glendinning, Lenovo’s former treasurer Andrea Melville, Lloyds Lisa Robins, StanChart Ebru Pakcan, Citi Paula da Silva, SEB

Umar Farooq, head of channels, analytics and innovation for treasury services and head of blockchain initiatives for corporate and investment banking at JPMorgan, doesn’t have the most traditional educational background for a banker. 

But with qualifications in law, electrical engineering, computer science and economics, he is today’s ideal transaction banker.

“I have worked in a number of different roles at JPMorgan, and my skills in computer science and engineering have always been relevant here,” he says.