Jayash Patel was born in Nairobi, Kenya. He holds a Bachelors in Civil Engineering from Southern Illinois University and a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from University of Illinois – Urban Champaign. Jayash also has an MBA from Dartmouth College, Tuck School of Business.

Jayash is currently the Head of Liv. banking proposition for millennials at Emirates NBD. He previously headed up Retail Banking strategy at for 3 years at Emirates NBD. He has had strong regional experience working for DIFC Investment and Ooredo in Qatar. Prior to that, Jayash was management consultant in the US and spent 4 years advising on innovation and consumer retail across industries with IBM, and Deloitte.