Part of the Olayan portfolio management team managing a multi billion US $ listed equities portfolio. Tasks: 1) Manage, monitor, and evaluate an existing portfolio of public investments in assigned regional markets to ensure alignment to business objectives and risk constraints and to determine the proper action to take with respect to each investment, while balancing risk against performance. 2) Track the markets, read analysts reports, talk to company management, and monitor industry and economic trends looking for the right investment and time to invest the portfolio's capital. 3)Source, analyze, and conduct due diligence on potential new investment opportunities to identify investments with projected worthwhile returns to add to the portfolio. 4) Liaise with our in house analysts and sell side analysts in providing the needed information in order to set strategies and draft investment/divestment recommendations. 5) Maintain relationships with senior executives of portfolio companies and investable universe companies. 6)Build strong relationships with external fund managers, brokers and analysts to gain insight into their latest views and strategies.

My work consisted of developing detailed sector & industry analysis, covering the Saudi cement and building & construction sectors. Also, overlooking the banking and petrochemical sectors. Tasks performed: 1)Producing earnings highlights, event notes and contact briefs: short commentaries on earnings and news flows of covered companies, sectors or overall markets. 2) Interacting and collaborating with portfolio management team on strategies to enhance portfolio performance. 3) Designing and implementing financial models to generate earnings estimates. 4)Identifying investment targets.5) Preparing and presenting the investment case to portfolio managers. 5) Training junior analysts in conducting equity research.

I was undergoing a management training program which prepares a small number of the select bank's employees to lead an executive banking career after exposing them to all the bank's operations.