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خلاصہ
Financial Stewardship || Investment & Trading Management || Financial Forecasting & Analysis
I am an accomplished and senior Banking Executive with over 26 years of diverse GCC proprietary investment management and trading experience in securing new investment opportunities and improving bottom-line results.
I am a seasoned Head of Investment with success executing and developing investment strategies to achieve long-term targets and enabling both top and bottom-line growth in multinational environments. In-depth experience across corporate finance, wealth management, portfolio management, and investor functions. I am expert in conducting financial modelling, investment analysis, project evaluation, and new business development. I am adept at delivering consultative support to resolve complex issues and deliver cost savings as well as revenue-maximizing results. Thrive in challenging work environments, researching, analyzing, developing, and implementing high-impact strategies to mitigate risks while optimizing performance.
My key skills includes Fixed Income & Investment Strategies, Policies & Procedures Compliance, Proprietary & Equities Management, Portfolio Management, Assets Optimization, Risk Calculation & Mitigation, Qualitative/Quantitative Analysis, Funds Hedging and Cross-Functional Leadership
My professional background and great industrial exposure coupled with an excellent track record makes me an ideal candidate for executive roles. As such I would welcome a discussion regarding opportunities with your organization that fit my background.
تجربہ
VP, Head of Investments
Orchestrated bottom-line factors including development and management of diverse inter-temporal fixed income portfolios and strategies including ALM, Credit, Short Duration, CSR, Structured, Bank Tier 1s, High Dividend Equities, and high frequency trading.
· Managed all aspects from proposing policy and strategic guidance to individually synthesized and insightful proposing, and executing Bank’s multi-billion-dollar proprietary investment portfolio one risk position at a time covering a broad-spectrum including Sovereigns, Supras, SOEs, global IG Credit, and FIs.
· Utilized acute financial industry knowledge and analytical expertise to articulate detailed opinion through regular, synthesized, and actionable investment strategy and proposal memoranda guiding and influencing decision making.
· Authored and finalized the annual Limits document for the Asset and Liability Committee and the Board of Directors.
· Controlled Bank’s proprietary fixed income portfolios; major assets under management grew from US$ 500 million (in 2012) to US$ 5 billion at the time of the merger with Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank in May 2019.
· Contributed positively 20% in the Bank\'s profitability (US$ 150 million in Interest Income plus average US$ 3-5 million p.a. in capital gains) while consistently beating Bloomberg Barclays GCC USD Credit Total Return Index.
· Hedged duration, interest rate, and currency risks; optimized funding costs through Repo markets till establishing a dedicated desk in 2015, also traded global fixed income. Realized cumulative trading gains of c. US$ 12 million.
· Revamped Pension Fund (started in 2004 not working properly till 2018) the Bank employees Voluntary Savings Scheme.
VP & Manager - Global Credit Trading
Designed, developed, and successfully implemented alpha generating proprietary generalist global credit trading strategy for the Bank encompassing geographies, sectors, and ratings spectrum by implementing best practices.
· Credited for achieving average annual turnover US$ $5 billion, with realized trading profits of US$ 5 million.
· Created appropriate credit limits as per client requirements and onboarded potential counterparties.
AVP & Manager – Product Development, Structured Investment Solutions
Strategically positioned to design and develop detailed Structured Investment Solutions strategy for the Bank including both conventional as well as Shari\'a compliant solutions
· Structured and restructured a cumulative US$ 12 billion in best of breed market products across Interest Rates, Fixed Income, Equities, FX, Mutual Funds, and Alternatives.
· Played a key advisory, management, and execution role for a dedicated US$ 1.2 billion investment portfolio.
· Built collaborative rapport with the different business divisions stakeholders across the Bank to identify, develop, and assist in launching structured products for NBFI, Corporate, GRE, and UNHWI clients.
· Played a lead role in Local/Regional Primary Capital Markets (Bank\'s proprietary portfolios): Assets under management exceeded AED 170 million (US$ $46 million) with profitability of US$ 8 million.
· Set up new Repo counterparty limits and established GMRAs, in Repo Markets, financed and supported client IPO leveraging solutions activity through repo markets.
