Leading AGFUND's Microfinance Bank in Bahrain, Ebdaa.Ebdaa is a Microfinance bank regulated by the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) and was founded back in 2009. Ebdaa serves the low income Bahrainis and Social welfare beneficiaries to start their own businesses and increase their overall income. Ebdaa focuses on women and Youth and has served nearly 23,000+ Bahrainis since inception.

Representing AGFUND on the board of Ibdaa Microfinance Bank of Mauritania. Part of my duties, beside supporting the management and review their Performance, is chairing and/or the membership of different board committees and Advisory Boards.

Elected as a board member and a member of the audit committee for a renewable term of 2 years.

Board Member, Head of Risk Committee, Member of the Audit Committee and the HR Committee

Representing AGFUND on the board of Ibdaa Microfinance Bank of Syria. Part of my duties, beside supporting the management and review their Performance, is chairing and/or the membership of four board committees: the Technical Committee, the Audit Committee, the Remuneration Committee, and the risk committee.

The Chief Executive Officer of Grameen-Jameel Microfinance Limited, the first social business in the Middle East and North Africa. Grameen-Jameel was established as a company in 2003 and incorporated in 2007 as a joint venture between Grameen Foundation and Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives, a subsidiary of Abdul Latif Jameel Group. The company’s mission is to help alleviate poverty by providing financial and technical assistance to Microfinance institutions in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey Region (MENA&T).

Help the talented local team to establish AGFUND's newest affiliate; Ebdaa Microfinance Bank

Since its establishment in 2005, the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance (AKAM) has taken over 25 years of microfinance activities, programmes and banks that were administered by sister agencies within the Aga Khan Development Network. The underlying objectives of the Agency are to reduce poverty, diminish the vulnerability of poor populations and alleviate economic and social exclusion.AKAM is a not-for-profit, non-denominational, international development agency created under Swiss law. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. It is governed by an independent Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board is His Highness the Aga Khan.

Provide effective & inspiring leadership to QFI's operations team, actively managing the day-to-day internal operations of all programs and services. Effectively scale, evolve & innovate existing operations, creating and implementing best practices, while being vigilant to eliminating bureaucracy, over-thinking & needless reporting. Utilize strong financial leadership skills both internally and with Partners to encourage aggressive growth with appropriate risk. Develop and implement the delivery of technical solutions through in-house expertise or strategic alliances, which support the growth of customer-focused microfinance institutions. Uphold and foster QFI values and culture, embedding a spirit of agility, entrepreneurialism, flexibility and appropriate risk in the internal operations of the company.

Developed the following:Pricing strategies, operational policies & procedures, Inventory policies & regulations, Marketing strategies, Sales regulations, Designing the credit vs. cash selling policies, Credit Rating criteria, development of Training manuals, human resources manual, Development and execution of a management training program, supervising the processing-related training, Discussing & designing industrial processes and work flows, leading the market research team, working with management to develop business plan, assisting the management to identify, depute, and delegate responsibilities to a team of core competence managers, putting together the practices necessary to ensure strict adherence to respective budgetary guidelines.

Lead a team of top end analysts, regional heads & on field operators to extensively network among the populace, ensuring proper channelization of microfinance while monitoring success reports of funded ventures. Selectively recommend & apply a wide range of macro & micro economic / finance tools to chart regional economic development curves & restructure resource allocation in view of changing demands. Affect the tie-ups with regional banking / financial institutions to leverage infrastructure & manpower resources to facilitate smooth flow of funds. Tap all global corporate & international funding entities to ensure continuity of existent projects with surplus resources for additional projects. Conduct extensive researches to factor in regional bylaws (taxes, interest rates etc), cultural norms & geo-political compulsions to reduce "leaky bucket" phenomena & enhance efficacy of micro-finance projects.

Generic Responsibilities: • Researched microfinance opportunities to conceptualize financial & business models, requisite logistical support & resultant financial viability in terms of overheads and principal lock in period. • Created profit projections in consonance with preceding factors. Identified, deputed, & delegated responsibilities to managers heading marketing, operations & technical divisions. • Spearheaded the evolution of a streamlined organizational infrastructure & systems. Provisioned budgetary allocations. • Ensured strict adherence to budgets, monitored logistics controlled cash flow, negotiated payment & credit terms with corporate clients. • Detailed road maps to facilitate the transition, with incorporated scaleable parameters in view of projected business growth. • Designed workflow, manuals & procedures for the Company. • Evaluated & led training initiatives as Micro Finance Certified Specialist (MFCS) & CGAP Trainer.

Responsibilities & Highlights:•Headed the centralized credit department, catering to over 9 operating branches aided by a staff of 55 and reported to the country director.•Analyzed credit and loan disbursement policy in view of revenue generated and profits. Initiated recovery processes through agencies and banks. Extended or terminated credit limits in view of credit history.•Proactively assessed market dynamics and prevailing economic variances to create sustainable financial credit models catering to a large retail and corporate segment.•Conceptualized a market-friendly soft loan product that enhanced revenue inflow of CHF - Jordan.

•Undertook special research assignments, to evaluate profitability of all existent RJ terminals. Results of the same were concurred with by the senior management resulting in closure of some terminals and discontinuation of flights.•Managed parts of the annual & regional conferences of RJ.

Working in all aspects of banking including FOREX, Teller, Transfers Officer, Bills of collection Officer, L / C’s, L / G’s, Dealing Room, Credit & Marketing.