Rav Saidha

Based in London, Rav Saidha is OANDA’s Chief Operating Officer, leading global operations across CX, Complaints, Onboarding, Regulatory Operations, and Digital Innovation. In this role, he drives OANDA’s operational transformation and AI implementation, embedding agentic automation into daily workflows to build resilient, scalable processes that deliver for clients.

With nearly two decades of derivatives experience spanning OTC and exchange-traded products, Rav began his career at IG, where he rose through the ranks from client services and back-office operations into senior leadership. Over his tenure, he built and scaled an international reporting function, delivered major regulatory transformation programmes, and led a multi-million-pound data redesign, giving him a rare 360-degree perspective across trading, compliance, technology, and operations.

Rav holds a First Class Honours degree in Banking and International Finance from Bayes Business School and the University of Illinois, and is a CIMA-qualified accountant. He also serves as Chair of the Retail Derivatives Forum, a member of the ANNA-DSB Product Committee, and sits on the FCA and Bank of England’s Transaction and Post-trade Reporting Harmonisation Taskforce.