Shiva spent nearly a decade at Barclays Bank in London, where he served as Head of European Corporate Credit. In this role, he managed a £2 billion corporate credit portfolio and subsequently ran the European corporate flow investment-grade CDS book, with annual trading volumes of approximately £20 billion. His responsibilities included trading in European corporate credit default swaps, managing complex credit exposures, and overseeing market risk, VaR, stress testing, reporting, and portfolio strategy.

Prior to Barclays, Shiva held treasury, trading, and analytical roles at ICICI Bank UK PLC, ING Vysya Bank, and Morgan Stanley. He served as a treasury dealer at ICICI Bank UK PLC, a rates trader at ING Vysya Bank, and a research analyst at Morgan Stanley in Mumbai, gaining experience across treasury markets, rates products, capital markets, and financial analysis.

Shiva also served as a consultant at IHS Markit in London, advising financial institutions on market risk, regulatory capital, counterparty risk pricing, and valuation infrastructure. His work combined technical modelling expertise with practical experience in trading, portfolio risk, and regulatory requirements, and included support on valuation, damages quantification, scenario analysis, and claims involving complex financial instruments. He has also advised venture capital funds in India and the Middle East on valuation, capital raising, and deal flow.

In addition to his industry experience, Shiva has taught financial derivatives and finance courses at IIM Bangalore and Hero Vired, and has participated in MBA admissions panels.

He holds a Post Graduate Programme in Management from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and a Bachelor of Technology in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.