Established Safa Capital in the DIFC as a DFSA regulated Prudential Category 3c Firm Developed Private Wealth Management capabilities on an External Asset Management model to high net worth individuals. Developed relationships with UBS, BoS, EFG amongst othersThrough deep relationships with UHNI's, regional family offices, institutions and sovereign wealth funds I was able to close a number of buy side and sell side mandates in healthcare and new technology amongst other areas Developed the company into leading DFSA Approved Sponsor and Compliance Advisor for those companies listing on Nasdaq Dubai Main Market and Growth MarketEstablished a sister company in Shanghai, China

Director and Board Member at Kinetrix Limited a Leading provider of Outsourced Governance, Risk and Compliance services to companies regulated by the DFSA in DIFC and FSRA in ADGM

Established the leading outsourced Governance, Risk and Compliance Consultancy headquartered in the Dubai International Financial CenterAuthorised by the DFSA as Compliance Officer, Money Laundering Reporting Officer, Risk Officer and Company Secretary to over 12 companies - Cat 4, 3c and 3a Private Equity, Corporate Advisory, Asset Management, Brokerage and Private Wealth Management Companies. Mandated by Tadawul and CMA in Kingdom of Saudi Arabian to develop strategic roadmap for the capital markets. Provided review to CMA on Tadawul's readiness into MSCI and ISOCO 24 Principle review of Muqasa KSA new Clearing House

Responsible for 7 operational departments - Risk Management, Compliance, Corporate Governance, HR, IT, marketing, Internal Audit and Legal) globally Managed teams in Tunis, Geneva, Riyadh, Jeddah, Dubai, Tehran and Algeria and developed and recruited a team of 150 peopleInstrumental in raising $1.5bn in private equity funds from KSA and invested in 30 different transactionsI obtained authorisation for the new company in the Saudi CMA and Dubai by the DFSA

Reported directly to the CEO of Credit Suisse EMEA implementing his mandate across 40,000 employees and 30 officesEstablished and implemented business plans and identified market entry strategies in particular for Middle EastLed Operational Risk Projects which led to the discovery of US$4bn of mispricing errors

Manager of Team of Dealers which executed transaction to the value of US$30bn across all major equity markets globally Developed and structured Tactical Asset Allocation Department, developing alpha engines with total initial funds of US$90bn

Worked on Strategy Projects for NASDAQ, Tradepoint, Clearstream and ADIAWorked on Hedge Fund Strategy Projects for RBS, ABN and DKW Operational reengineering projects for Deutsche PB and INGOperational Risk development of methodology for Basel II (Merrill and Goldman SachsDevelopment of Future Industry Model with the publication of a book "Defining the Future of Finance"

Implementation of Credit Risk System. I managed 3 Business analyst and two developers

Managed US$1bn of regulatory capital daily. Developed system to measure internal capital utilisationManaged team to to daily reporting to senior management and monthly reporting to the regulatorsUsed Credit Derivates and VaR models to reduce regulatory capital. Implemented many new rules and EU directives

Worked for Nomura Options International which traded complex financial derivates products I was responsible for developing the regulatory reporting systemDeveloped complex VaR calculations to measure risks and evaluated option portfolio risks across all trading desks

Compliance Officer for three companies. Implemented many new rules and regulations

Regulatory Reporting Officer for a number of companies, preparing daily and monthly calculations for senior management covering equities, bonds, derivatives and guilts positions. Calculating Counterparty and Position risk calculations