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Dubai, Ae

Dubai, Ae

Product Management, Product Growth, Design, Product Marketing and CX (client experience/customer support) for Stake, a global real estate investing platform and Fintech business based in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia

Dubai, Ae

Developing and growing the Stake mobile app and online web experience while building the Product, Design, Product Growth, CX and Product marketing teams, alongside all the key systems, processes and tools needed for those areas in a modern and effective Product and technology business

Dubai, Ae

A dynamic trading company specialising in the founding, management, and strategic advisory of e-commerce businesses across Asia and the Middle East.• Founded and grew multiple e-commerce businesses, with the most successful one stabilising at 25,000 USD monthly revenue• Developed websites, sourced suppliers & routinely expanded product lines, procured warehousing space, negotiated logistics agreements, developed & executed digital marketing strategies (Google, FB, IG, & more), expanded internationally, did all SEO and analytics in-house, managed all customer service & order fulfilment, and also operations - finance (accounting & periodically growing all margins), legal, risk, etc.• Managed some good exits 🙂

London, Gb

Serai was a venture building arm of HSBC, spun out of the Growth & Innovation team to focus on building digital financial products and platforms for International Trade (without the legacy technology infrastructure and its associated limitations) • Led a team that launched a B2B supply chain transparency platform for Western brands and large Asian manufacturers, with responsibilities ranging from product ideation, user research and competitive/market analysis, to design, development, and securing our pilot customer base • Managed partners and stakeholders, product roadmap and requirements, optimisation and new release implementation, user growth and marketing channels

London, Gb

Serai was a venture building arm of HSBC, spun out of the Growth & Innovation team to focus on building digital financial products and platforms for International Trade (without the legacy technology infrastructure and its associated limitations)• One of the founding members of our Growth & Marketing team, owning go-to-market strategy, sales, product marketing, user acquisition channels, partnerships, and brand awareness, all within a well-managed budget • Designed and executed go-to-market strategies in 6 countries. Wrote several content pieces, opened up multiple partnership channels internationally, organised proprietary events in our target markets across Asia, Europe and the U.S., and negotiated our presence at industry trade fairs and conferences• Developed and ran digital marketing campaigns on Google and LinkedIn for acquisition and awareness• Managed teams in Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and leveraged HSBC’s regional marketing teams and in country commercial banking teams for global events, media and communications

London, Gb

Serai was a venture building arm of HSBC, spun out of the Growth & Innovation team to focus on building digital financial products and platforms for International Trade (without the legacy technology infrastructure and its associated limitations)

London, England, Gb

• Responsible for overall delivery across multiple Global and Regional (North Asia based) digital projects• Ran a large remediation project for SCB Securities Services (SS), covering existing Client’s account remediation and process changes for new accounts, based on SS Procedures adopted by the Bank

London, England, Gb

• Responsible for overall delivery across multiple Global (Singapore based) projects, including business requirements, impact & risk, process design and documentation, senior stakeholder management, user testing and training, and data migration• Implemented automated transaction restrictions across SCB’s global Client Management system, Client Data system and Financial Markets and Core Banking Transaction Processing architecture• Led training delivery and change management for (1) a new Group Offboarding Policy & Procedures, and (2) a new Group ‘Client Due Diligence’ system, rolled out across SCB globally• Designed a suite of specialized MI for Senior CLDM Management in Tableau analytics

London, Gb

• Led several workstreams for HSBC Securities Services product & change projects, with end-to-end experience in the project lifecycle, and daily exposure to internal and external stakeholders• Lead migration of HSBC Asia’s entire Cash Equities reporting and reconciliation process to a new settlements product, implemented a new financial accounting product (SPARC) for HSBC Asia, and owned requirements gathering, data compatibility, and user testing for the resulting new architecture• Worked on a new Fixed Income settlements and accounting product for HSBC Japan, and designed HSBC Singapore’s reconciliation process for equity clearing and settlement with the SGX systems

Dublin, County / Dublin Postal District, Ie

Worked for Store development and Facilities management in a team of expert purchasing professionals. We initiated, negotiated and managed purchasing activities for the organization while maintaining required inventory levels of products and goods for new and existing stores.This internship allowed me to gain an understanding of both the supply chain and store development/management processes of a large multi-national company. I experienced top-level negotiation training from expert professionals and was entrusted with managing several group level projects.• Consistently over performed on short-term savings targets as part of a team that achieved multi-million savings objectives annually.• Primary IT contract reduced by 15%, Reduced the cost of international couriers by 40%.• Prepared and managed several multinational store openings across Europe including in Enschede, Netherlands and Porto, Portugal.

Dublin 2, Ireland, Ie

MIAGEN is a Global Forecasting, Planning and Analysis consultancy located in Dublin with offices in London and Abu Dhabi. MIAGEN are the EMEA Partner of US based Adaptive Planning - worldwide leader in on-demand cloud-based Corporate Performance Management (CPM) and Business Intelligence (BI) solutions. They specialise in delivering industry specific and driver based models to solve complex financial needs.This position involved helping some of the largest companies in the world restructure their Forecasting and Planning environments to enable fast, agile and clear decision making while adhering to very strict deadlines. This required a deep understanding of commercial data, a significant leap in self-initiative and an expertise in client management.• Used financial data to help solve complex operational issues and create clear strategic paths for our EMEA clients.• High profile projects included Etihad, SAB Miller and DHL.• Created a financial model for Etihad Airways to measure new route profitability.• Managed the accounts of Multi-million euro clients while still at University.

Master'S Degree, International Business

Ai In Finance, Fintech

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Business & Management