Danyaal joined Valenta as Managing Director for the UK in 2021. He’s part of Valenta’s Global Senior Leadership Team and is responsible for building the Valenta network across the British Isles. Danyaal holds extensive knowledge and experience in the BPO sector and is poised to provide senior leadership to support and build out the Valenta consulting, digital transformation, staff augmentation, digital marketing and learning propositions across the UK.

Danyaal has over 15 years of experience holding senior executive positions at bulge bracket investment banks and blue-chip FinTech/Technology companies. Prior to joining Valenta, Danyaal was the Group Head of M&A, Strategy, & Corporate Development at FNZ Group – one of the largest technology and BPO providers to financial services firms across the globe. Prior to FNZ, Danyaal spent over a decade in senior roles in mergers & acquisitions (M&A) and corporate finance advisory divisions at Barclays Investment Bank and HSBC. Danyaal also holds non-executive director positions on the boards of several UK companies. Additionally, he’s a frequent panellist at seminars and events at Oxford, Cambridge, and Imperial College London.

Danyaal earned his MBA and M.Eng. from Imperial College London and is a CFA charter holder. He currently lives in Sevenoaks on the outskirts of London.