Abdul Rahim Butt Email & Phone Number

Karachi, Pk

Pakistan

Pakistan’s 2nd largest Islamic bank – subsidiary of Ithmaar Bank Bahrain. Supported the Head of Strategy, in planning & monitoring of Faysal Bank's strategy. Holistic exposure of Retail Banking, Corporate & Investment Banking, SME / Commercial Banking, and Digital Banking. Aligned objectives, with KPI's and scorecards. Revenues & costs review, to advise performance enhancement steps. Currently 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 management. Set up a 10-location pan-Pakistan Exchange Company in 8 months.

Pakistan

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

Pakistan

PCL is flagship company of multi-industry conglomerate, Arif Habib Group. Executed PKR 25 billion project financing – member of senior management team. Responsible for origination & negotiation of debt financing & equity investment, from local & international sources (Germany, Austria, Denmark & Saudi Arabia). Promotion of the corporate group at global forums, as well as negotiation with multinational suppliers and contractors. Steered a coordinated view across Finance, Production Operations, Sales & Marketing, Sponsors’ interests and Lenders’ interests.

Qatar ; Uae

Standard Chartered Bank 2004 – 2015Director, Business Planning Manager for Wholesale Banking 2010 – 2015Standard Chartered Bank, QatarDeputy to Wholesale Bank Head and member of Country Management Group; represented MD in various governance forums (Early Alert, Credit Risk). 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 teams covering GC, LC and FI, managing business book of more than US$ 5 billion. Director, Head of Financial Institutions 2009 – 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, sovereign wealth funds & exchange houses. Provided client solutions covering Financial markets, Transaction banking, Lending, Capital markets and Structuring strategies. Director, Project & Export Finance, MENA & Pakistan 2004 – 2009Standard Chartered Bank, UAESenior Director, responsible for originating, structuring and executing Project Finance advisory & debt 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. Deal experience covers private sector, public infrastructure & PPPs. 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. Pitched for projects in Egypt, Kuwait, Turkey & Yemen. Financed and advised projects totaling US$ 10.5 billion.

Pakistan

UBL is one of Pakistan’s top private sector banks. Team Leader, responsible for building up the Corporate Advisory and Equity Capital Markets business. Member of the team that won the award for Largest CF House in Pakistan in 2003 and 2004 by PCIP (AIMR, USA). 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.

Pakistan ; Hong Kong

Relationship Manager, Financial Institutions 2002 – 2003Citi, 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 Afghanistan Desk for World Bank donor flows for Afghanistan.Transactor, Investment Banking Group 2001 – 2002Citi, 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 2000 – 2001Citi, 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. Pitched in Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan & Vietnam. Financed and advised projects totaling US$ 7.5 billion.Transactor, Project & Structured Trade Finance, S.Asia & Africa 1996 – 1999Citi, PakistanJunior Transactor (joined as Analyst), covered Project Finance advisory and 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. Pitched in Bangladesh, Nigeria & Sri Lanka. Financed and advised projects totaling US$ 2 billion.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

https://lums.edu.pk/

Bachelor Of Science - Bs

https://gcu.edu.pk/

A-Levels : Hsc

https://www.aitchison.edu.pk/