Experts & Advisors
Gayani Crawford
Senior Director
Gayani Crawford is a Senior Director at Ankura based in Fairfield. She has 10 years of experience in commercial loan services and 13 years of experience as a certified records and information specialist. Her expertise in commercial loans consists of a diverse range of portfolios including asset-based lending, multicurrency, and syndicated credit facilities.
Experience
Gayani has held positions in multiple institutions as a certified records and information manager for operations, finance, human resources, legal, compliance, and risk, where she created the records management program and led a team to implement it nationwide. Prior to records and information management, she held leadership roles at GE Capital, where she gained experience in servicing various types of commercial loans, leading a team to book deals subsequent to final legal approval of all documentation. She also led acquisitions and was the main point of contact for internal and external audits.
Gayani’s professional experience includes:
- Led both domestic and international team to reflect closed and funded commercial loans on the finance sub-ledger.
- Monitored the servicing of commercial loans for syndicated, multicurrency, and asset-based lending which entailed sending out statements to borrowers and lenders, cash reconciliations, and monitoring various metrics.
- Developed and instituted standard operating procedures and policies across various institutions.
- Liaison for internal and external audits.
- Team leader for several organizations.
- Education
- BS, Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University
- Certifications
- Certificate Holder for Records & Information Management
- Six Sigma Green Belt Certified
