A qualified chartered accountant with nearly a quarter of a century’s worth of experience in the ports and international banking sectors, Narayan has served as chief financial officer of DP World since 2005 and as a director of the company since August 2006. Among his many achievements at DP World, the world’s fourth largest port operator, he delivered both the Middle Easts first long dated, rated conventional 30-year $1.75bn bond issue and DP Worlds $21bn initial public offering (IPO), the largest in the Middle East. In addition to his duties at DP World, he also serves as non-executive director of Istithmar World. Narayan began his career in merchant banking with ANZ Banking Group in 1984, working in a number of senior roles before becoming head of capital markets in India in 1996. He holds an honours degree in Economics from Stephens College, Delhi University.