Our Stories
London Chapter Leads, Harpreet Bains & Ina Budh-Raja
Part 2 of 5 mini podcast series
Every career story is different, but they often have common themes – networking, taking chances, moving up or moving on, learning, growing teams – the leadership team of Women in Securities Finance each share their unique origin stories of how they found their way into securities finance and offer advice for other women developing their careers.
March 15, 2022
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Harpreet Bains
Harpreet has been in the securities lending business for 14 years, and in her current position based in London, she is responsible for the ongoing management and execution of the product, including strategy and financial performance. Her role involves working closely with sales and relationship management to deliver securities lending solutions to clients. She began her career in J.P Morgan in 1999, and since joining she has held various roles. Prior to securities lending, she spent 5 years as an internal auditor for Investor Services, and before audit, she worked as a legal entity financial controller with responsibility for controls and accounting advisory. Harpreet is currently a member of the ISLA Board of Directors and the Bank of England Securities Lending Committee. Harpreet holds a first class Honours degree in Business and Financial Services.
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Ina Budh-Raja - BNY Mellon
Ina Budh-Raja is EMEA Head of Securities Finance Product & Strategy at Bank of New York Mellon, responsible for regulatory strategy, including ESG product development for Securities Finance. In her capacity as member of the BNYM ESG Corporate strategy team, she co-leads the BNYM ESG Partnership Strategy and is co-chair of BNYM’s global Markets ESG working group. Ina joined BNYM in 2018 from the State Street Bank & Trust Securities Finance business, where she was Head of Regulatory Affairs, EMEA. Prior to that Ina was Managing Counsel for State Street’s Securities Finance business in EMEA and previously, derivatives & securities finance legal counsel supporting the equity finance and money markets desks at Deutsche Bank AG, London. Ina is co-lead of Women in Securities Finance London and is a Director on the ISLA Board, she is a member of the Bank of England Money Markets Committee and the Bank of England Securities Lending Committee, where is co-chair of the Bank of England Money Markets Code sub-committee on revision of the MM Code securities lending chapter.