Shiv Rao
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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.