· Worked as a portfolio manager in the Asset Management department of Securities and Investment Company (SICO), one of the leading investment banks in Bahrain. Part of a team that managed four open ended funds, two external funds and various discretionary portfolios. · Responsible for managing several discretionary portfolios and external Shariah Compliant funds. · Main tasks involved devising country, sector and stock strategies for the funds and discretionary portfolios and implementing them. · Also responsible for client reporting, preparing proposals and presentations about our products and services for existing and prospective clients. · Also covered consumer durables and supplies sector of Saudi Arabia from a buy side analyst's perspective. Prepared financial models of companies such as Savola, Saudi Pharmaceutical, Zoujaj and others.

· Covered the real state sector of the UAE and Qatar from a buy side analyst's perspective in order to make informed investment decisions for the company's funds/portfolios. · Prepared financial models of companies such as Emaar, Arabtec and others. Regularly met the management of companies under coverage and potential investible companies

one of the Top 5 brokerage houses in Pakistan, known for its research for which it was awarded the best Research House twice by the CFA Association of Pakistan. · Covered the banking sector of Pakistan and prepared financial models of selected banks which included major banks like National Bank of Pakistan (Market Cap: US$3.2bn), Muslim Commercial Bank (Market Cap: US$2.6bn), United Bank Limited (Market Cap: US$2.2bn) and a few others. · Prepared a report on the banking sector of Pakistan highlighting the growth drivers of the industry and its growth potential along with giving out recommendations on a few major banks. · Kept track of the country's economy and balance of payments. Also covered the cement industry of Pakistan and prepared financial model and recommendations on the four major players of the industry.

· Worked with Capital One Equities as a Power sector analyst covering power companies such as Hubco (Market Cap: US$620mn) and KAPCO(Market Cap$800mn). · Prepared a detailed report on the power sector of Pakistan, with focus on some value stocks.

· Worked with Ace Securities covering the cement sector of the country. · Complied an investment leaflet of 30 companies of KSE highlighting important valuation ratios.