Shiv Rao

Chairman, Sunthay

Shiv Rao has more than 20 years of experience in financial services. He began his career in finance in 2001 at Lehman Brothers, where he initially structured asset-backed and mortgage-backed transactions, with a particular focus on innovative short-term funded structures. Shiv joined Barclays when it acquired Lehman’s U.S. assets following the firm’s bankruptcy, and worked in the Prime Services division, focusing on financing transactions. Shiv is a founding member of Sunthay Holdings, LLC, which is collaborating with Bloomberg and Euroclear to develop Guaranteed Repo, an innovative solution to support the smooth functioning of repo markets.