Pakistan’s 2nd largest Islamic bank – subsidiary of Ithmaar Bank Bahrain. Supporting the Head of Strategy, in planning & monitoring of Faysal Bank's strategy. Holistic exposure of Retail Banking, Corporate & Investment Banking and SME / Commercial Banking. Aligned objectives, with KPI’s and scorecards. Revenues & costs review, to advise performance enhancement steps. Later supporting Group Head of Operations, for solving challenges & streamlining growth areas covering 40% of country-wide staff. Operations Admin, covering General Services, budgeting & planning, governance, costs monitoring, and vendor mgmt.

Independent financial advisory & consulting venture, covering infrastructure projects, corporates and FI’s. Services include project finance, corporate finance, capital raising – public & private equity, conventional & Islamic finance.

Executed PKR 25 billion project financing & investment –senior management team member. Responsible for origination & structuring of debt financing, public & private equity, from local & international sources (Germany, Austria, Denmark & Saudi Arabia). Promotion of corporate group at global fora, and negotiation with multinational suppliers & contractors. Steered a coordinated view across Finance, Production Operations, Sales & Marketing, Sponsors’ & Lenders’ interests.

Director, Business Planning Manager for Wholesale Banking Mar 2010 – Apr 2015Standard Chartered Bank, QatarDeputy to Wholesale Bank Head and member of Country Mgmt Group. Head of Strategy, led through development & execution of country strategy – in line with MENA regional goals (EVP-equivalent level). Balanced governance, P&L performance, business planning & execution, control & risk oversight, client relationship planning, budget setting and talent management. Member of ManCom, OpRisk and ALCO. Supported Head in overseeing Global Corporates, Local Corporates and Financial Institutions, managing business book of more than US$ 5 billion. Director, Head of Financial Institutions Mar 2009 – Mar 2010Standard Chartered Bank, QatarFinancial Institutions department head, responsible for developing and executing business strategy; and up-tiering relationships with commercial banks, Islamic banks, investment banks, insurance companies, SWF’s & exchange houses. Provided client solutions covering Financial markets, Transaction banking, Lending and Capital markets. Director, Project & Export Finance, MENA & Pakistan Sep 2004 – Feb 2009Standard Chartered Bank, UAESenior Director, responsible for originating, structuring and executing Project Finance advisory & arrangement transactions in the Middle East, North Africa & Pakistan. Built up the team ranked in the Top 6 most active MLA in the Middle East & Africa during 2005, 2006 and 2007 by Dealogic. Worked on projects in power, water, waste, petrochemicals, fertiliser, LNG, telecom, metals, port & district cooling sectors in Bahrain, Bangladesh, Jordan, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE. Financed and advised projects totaling US$ 10.5 billion.

UBL is one of Pakistan’s top private sector banks. Team Leader, responsible for building up the Corporate Advisory and Equity Capital Markets business. Range of transactions includes Leveraged & Management Buyouts, Privatisation Advisory, Equity IPO’s & Pre-IPO’s, Private Equity, Corporate Restructuring and M&A. Member of Investment Committee for equity investments. Worked on investments in the telecom, FMCG, I.T., fertiliser & textile sectors.

Relationship Manager, Financial Institutions Oct 2002 – Aug 2003Citigroup, PakistanSenior Relationship Manager, responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with banks, insurance companies, leasing companies and micro-finance institutions. Provided a suite of products, including Trade facilities, Risk distribution, Cash management & e-Banking, Structured Treasury and Loans. Set up and managed Citibank's Desk for World Bank donor flows for Afghanistan.Transactor, Investment Banking Group Dec 2001 – Sep 2002Citigroup, PakistanSenior Transactor, responsible for originating, structuring and executing Corporate Finance / M&A transactions in Pakistan and the Gulf/Levant region. Worked with the industry and product teams of Salomon Smith Barney. Focus on energy, chemicals, telecom & banking sectors. Deal experience covers Privatisation Advisory, Mergers & Acquisitions, Debt Syndication, Securitisation and Capital Restructuring.Transactor, Project & Structured Trade Finance, Asia-Pacific Jan 2000 – Nov 2001Citibank, Hong Kong & PakistanResponsible for originating, structuring and executing Project Finance advisory & arrangement transactions in the Asia-Pacific. Member of the team that won the highest number of awards for Best PF House in Asia during 2000 and 2001. Utilised Debt Capital Markets and Syndication. Worked on projects in power and refining sectors in the Philippines and Thailand. Financed and advised projects totaling US$ 7.5 billion.Transactor, Project & Structured Trade Finance, S.Asia & Africa Aug 1996 – Dec 1999Citibank, PakistanJunior Transactor (joined as Analyst), covered Project Finance advisory & arrangement transactions in South Asia and Africa. Utilised Debt Capital Markets and Syndication. Worked on projects in power, petroleum & water sectors in Egypt, Ghana, India, Pakistan and Uganda. Financed and advised projects totaling US$ 2 billion.