Our Team

The Team Behind AUM Metals

Biju R Nair

General Manager – UAE

Biju Rajendran Nair, the General Manager of AUM Metals, oversees the company’s operations in the United Arab Emirates. With over 30 years of experience in the Middle East and Africa, Biju has played a crucial role in scaling up the company’s operations.

His expertise in strategic planning, new business development, and market plan execution makes him a valuable asset to AUM Metals. Biju brings to the table a holistic perspective taking into account factors such as sustainability, risk management, and ethical issues, which are core to the company’s values. Biju’s educational background is in Commerce.

With over a decade’s experience in financial advisory and trade finance consulting in Dubai, Suprabha plays a pivotal role in the company for arranging structured trade finance, credit facilities and insurance-backed financing. She is actively involved in facilitating AUM Metals global trade while defining long-term synergies with banks, trade finance funds, large commodity trading houses, lenders, underwriters, export credit agencies and insurance companies. Through her specialist experience, she has been instrumental in introducing alternative finance in the company and has successfully built a new stream of funding.

She is a nominated delegate of the prestigious Global Trade and Industry Conference and is a specialist in conducting businesses with large-scale corporates and banking stalwarts globally. Her prior experience entails establishing the Financial Services division for the Malakut Group in UAE which is an active member of the largest network of credit insurance brokers, ICBA (International Credit Brokers Alliance).

Suprabha holds an MBA in Global Business Operations from SRCC, University of Delhi and an honors degree in Bachelors of Economics from Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, University of Delhi.

Financial Strategist and Trader

Suprabha Kashyap

Prakash Panapakkam Subramani Natesan, with over three decades of experience in leading automobile manufacturing and steel production companies, heads the yard operations in the UAE for AUM Metals. He is responsible for local procurement and sales in the GCC region. Prakash has worked with major players such as Standard Motor Products of India Ltd., Hindustan Motors Ltd., and Lakshmi Commercial Equipment.

Prakash is a graduate in Mathematics and also holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering. During his eminent and renowned career, he has been honored with several awards, including the Best Performing Employee award at Ajmal Steels and the Best Supplier Award from Ashok Leyland.

Prakash Natesan

Head of Yard Operations, UAE

Suprabha Kashyap

Finance Strategist and Trader

Suprabha Kashyap is a dynamic professional with over 10 years of experience in financial advisory and trade finance consulting based out of Dubai. She plays a pivotal role in the company by arranging structured trade finance, credit facilities, and insurance-backed financing.

Suprabha is actively involved in facilitating AUM’s global trade while defining strong and long-term synergies with banks, trade finance funds, large commodity trading houses, lenders, underwriters, export credit agencies, and insurance companies. She has been instrumental in introducing alternative finance in the company and has successfully built a new stream of funding.

Ms Suprabha Kashyap has been nominated as a delegate of the esteemed Global Trade and Industry Conferences and is an expert in handling business deals with major corporations and banking leaders worldwide. She has successfully managed transactions worth up to USD 150 million annually, with an average ticket size ranging from USD 1 million to USD 50 million. In her previous role, she established the Financial Services division for the Malakut Group in the UAE, which is an active member of the International Credit Brokers Alliance (ICBA), the largest network of credit insurance brokers.

She holds an MBA in Global Business Operations from SRCC, University of Delhi, and an honours degree in Bachelors of Economics from Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, University of Delhi.

Together, these professionals bring their vast experience and expertise to drive AUM Metals forward as a leading player in the metals and scrap metal industry.