Atif Hafeez Email & Phone Number

London, London, Gb

Appointed as the CFO at Quantanite Group to lead a cross Atlantic mandate working in North American, European and Asian markets and help steer them through their next level of growth. Quantanite is a global, market-leading challenger in Customer Experience (CX). Some of the fastest-growing companies trust the Group to combine technology and humans to deliver exceptional process outsourcing and digital transformation services. Quantanite also delivers revenue growth to its clients through its B2B lead generation arm, Growthonics (www.growthonics.com).Optimise for today, reinvent for tomorrow - key elements of the mandate include:- Strategic role supporting the CEO and the Executive Chairman in the aim to accelerate growth both organically through innovation and externally via continued exploration of M&A opportunities.- Work closely with the Executive Leadership to utilise opportunities and continue their growth trajectory.- Lead global financial operations with solid analysis, forecasting and reporting at both a consolidated and a subsidiary levels across multiple regions and currencies.- Partner with all Business Unit Leaders to govern financial and commercial.- Responsible for influencing strategy, business planning, risk management mitigation and compliance.- Advise on local corporate, tax and transfer pricing structures.- Support and guide corporate and balance sheet changes, including JV’s, equity investment, debt and capital budgeting.- Responsible for internal controls and policies, adopting best practice methods, tools and frameworks.

London, Gb

Citizens Advice SORT Group is the parent company of the Citizens Advice services in Stockport, Oldham, Rochdale and Trafford. It is a member of the Citizens Advice service nationally which is made up of a network of 265 local Citizens Advice organisations across England and Wales.I play an active and important part in the organisation's success, setting and delivering a strategy to meet its purposeful aims and objectives. Maintain effective systems of governance and political impartiality, balancing tact and diplomacy with willingness to challenge and constructively criticise.As the organisation looks to develop and increase its impact post-Covid-19, I look to make a real difference to the SORT community.

Cathedral Schools Trust (CST) is a multi-academy trust (MAT) based in the South West and currently includes the following schools:Bristol Cathedral Choir SchoolCathedral Primary SchoolHeadley Park Primary SchoolVictoria Park Primary SchoolCST Trinity AcademySt Katherine's SchoolStoke Park Primary SchoolHotwells Primary SchoolSt Werburgh's Primary SchoolAs part of the Governance as Members, our role is to ensure that the high expectations and standards of our Academies are maintained. We achieve this by acting as a “critical friend” and providing appropriate challenge and support.

Burton Upon Trent, England, Gb

As an elected Vice Chairman, my role is to assist, and officiate if required, the Chairman of the Cluster 10 Board.

Burton Upon Trent, England, Gb

Founded in 2012, REAch2 Academy Trust is the largest primary-only academy trust in the country. A growing organisation currently supporting an ecosystem of 59 primary academies across England.Appointed for a 4-year office term as the Non-Executive Board Representative to Cluster 10 to provide necessary leadership for commercial and financial governance.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

BPO 2.0: The Future of CX, Now.Ibex (IBEX:NASDAQ) is an award-winning elite CX company for the world’s start-ups, scale-ups and blue-chips providing A.I.-enabled B2B solutions to mostly Fortune 500 clients through its presence in 17 counties with c. 30K+ employees and 35 service delivery locations with c. US$2.3B LTV. Ibex is a portfolio company of TRG (www.trgworld.com), a global PE firm which owns M&A portfolio (public and private) of high-tech services companies in 5 continents.Took additional charge as the Country Head, with the following responsibilities:• Increase management's effectiveness, develop business strategy working with the CHQ and deliver sustainable performance to the Board and the clients.• Accomplish portfolio/subsidiary objectives through lean operational footprint.• Coordinate strategic efforts and initiatives and build company’s image by enforcing ethical practices.• Ensure qualitative service to the clients by establishing and enforcing organisation standards• Lead other UK departments including HR, Recruitment, Operations, ICT, Facilities, Regulatory Affairs, Biz Dev, QA, Client Services.Continued delivering on UK CFO mandate with usual responsibilities.Continued as Global Corporate Treasurer responsible to transform and oversee global treasury organisation consisting of 27 portfolio/consolidating companies/subsidiaries, in 17 countries with 25+ banks (& non-banks) and 15 currencies across 7 time zones and managed multimillion-dollar cash flows per month.Supervise the whole range of corporate and regulatory affairs of IBEX Global Solutions PLC in the UK.Continued to serve on the Board of IBEX Global UK.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

In this new role, I was responsible to reorganise, consolidate and oversee global treasury organisation of IBEX Group across the portfolio of 18+ companies in 12+ countries with 10+ currencies and 12+ banks As UK CFO , I was also responsible to lead the financial and commercial strategy and execution. As well as HR, recruitment, administration and operational support. I was deeply involved in corporate/business development initiatives too. • Provide leadership in the development for the continuous evaluation of short and long-term strategic financial objectives. • Spearhead formulating the company’s future direction and supporting tactical initiatives• Monitor and direct strategic business plans• Establish and maintain strong relationships with board members and ELT so as to identify their needs and seek full range of business solutions.• Develop financial and tax strategies• Evaluates and advises on the impact of long range planning, introduction of new programs/ strategies and regulatory action• Oversee all transactions and processing systems• Implement operational best practices• Supervise acquisition due diligence and negotiate acquisitions• Provide strategic recommendations to enhance financial performance and new business opportunities• Take hands-on lead position of developing, implementing, and maintaining a comprehensive job cost system • Ensure effective internal controls are in place and compliance with GAAP and applicable regulatory legislation for financial and tax reportingI supervised whole range of corporate affairs of IBEX Global Solutions PLC in the UK.I also sat on the Board of IBEX Global UK.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Ibex Global UK became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ibex Global Solutions PLC (later Limited, “Ibex”) which was a global provider of technology-driven customer interaction solutions. Headquartered in Washington, DC, and with service delivery facilities in USA, UK, Philippines, Pakistan, UAE, Senegal, Jamaica and Nicaragua, Ibex was listed on the London Stock Exchange (AIM: IBEX) from June 2013 to December 2016. With a workforce of 12.5K+ employees, 25+ service delivery locations and US$280M+ in revenue, Ibex was serving a diverse range of global clients, from small- and medium-sized enterprises to the Fortune 500. IBEX Global UK was a trading brand of TRG Marketing Solutions Limited.

Washington, Us

Provide leadership to this newly established portfolio company of TRG which delivered B2B/B2C BPO solutions to UK clients in TMT, financial, pharmaceutical, hospitality and charity sectors.Key member of the core team which created TRG Marketing Solutions Limited as a wholly owned portfolio subsidiary of TRG Holdings LLC, in September of 2009. Responsibilities in the business gradually grew, and contributed, as follows:• Seed-systems, implementation and monitoring• Management of commercial risks and resources • Corporate and financial governance• Accounting, audit, costing, pricing and forecasting• Business planning, budgeting and reporting• Working capital management and negotiations with financial stakeholders• Maintaining relationships with bankers, vendors and supporting clients’ management• Managing HMRC, FSA, Companies House, Legal Counsels and Royal Courts • Overseeing human resource and facilities management• Corporate initiatives and support in business development• Develop and maintain corporate image through various media• Operational analysis and corrective measures• Group reporting and compliances• Managing outsourced and insourced functions• Working closely with MD and Holding Company to ensure operational continuity and economic stability of the business

Washington, Us

Assigned to this UK based portfolio company which maintained its offices in Clevedon and London and was a wholly-owned subsidiary of TRG Holdings LLC, USA. The company specialised in delivering BPO solutions within telecom, telesales, telemarketing and training spaces. The company turned over multimillion dollars with over 400 heads at its best. Took over a challenging charge of financial affairs when the company was struggling to make its ends meet. Primary responsibilities included:• Offshoring all back office support functions to Pakistan and Philippines facilities of TRG to aid financial recovery of the company• Accounting, reporting, implementation of group-controlled ERP and statutory audit• Working capital management, factoring management, external credit management and securitisation• Dealing with bankers, FSA, HMRC, Employment Tribunals, County Courts, Auditors and Lawyers• Human Resources, Payroll and Administration• Authorised Officer with Financial Services Authority In June of 2009, initiated an exceedingly complex project with the corporate team to lead corporate restructuring. The project lasted for a number of months and became once-in-a-lifetime source of specialised skills and experience.

Washington, Us

Portfolio of responsibilities broadened in this advanced position encompassing the following responsibilities:• Officiated the Company Secretary in Pakistan• Supervised replacement and restructuring of ERP system• Designed BI system to aid corporate discourses• Advised on the matters of transfer pricing, corporate law, accounting policies, impairment testing and corporate restructuring• Convened meetings of the board, shareholders and investors• Controlled finance, accounting and reporting• Initiated offshoring of UK back office support systems to Pakistan• Worked with large-scale law firms to minimise legal exposure of the company• Managed to secure investment-grade credit rating for the company• Mitigated compliance risks associated with the company’s business and venture capital activities• Ensured continued compliance with applicable laws and regulations• Participated in advising the apex regulator on the upcoming corporate laws• Established mechanisms for corporate and financial governance in accordance with the Code of Corporate Governance• Served as a point of contact for the apex regulator as well as largest bourse in the country • Deterred insider trading activities and implemented transparency policies by designing the procedures to safeguard the integrity of company’s financial reporting and auditing functions• Extensively dealt with the Big Four accountancy firmsLater assigned the oversight of the international operations of TRG in Europe.

Washington, Us

Responsibilities in this new role were multifaceted including many firsts.• Controlled accounting, reporting and corporate finances• Consolidated financial statements of the group consisting of over 25 subsidiaries under IFRSs and US GAAPs• Prepared, and published, the annual and interim reports of the group• Controlled corporate governance and statutory audits• Controlled corporate taxation and related matters• Convened board and general meetingsAlso advised other group companies on their financial reporting and budgeting processes.

Washington, Us

TRG Pakistan Limited (“TRG”; TRG: KAR) was an only Venture Capital Company in the country which specialised in Private Equity at that time within Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) space with multimillion-dollar listed/quoted capital. TRG emerged as the first reverse-multinational in the country eventually operating and growing in multiple countries. Joined TRG Pakistan Limited to project-manage a challenging fund raising of c. $30m from the primary capital market of Karachi Stock Exchange (now PSX). Completed the project successfully in time.Simultaneously responsible for: • Managing bridge finance with a league of leading banks• Dealing with the underwriters, regulators and credit raters• Supervising the corporate actions through to completion• Managing institutional and individual shareholders both within and outside PakistanAlso spearheaded corroborative inspection project initiated by the apex regulator, which helped them establish their maiden inspection arm in the country.

Karachi, Sindh, Pk

Toyota Motor Corp. (d/b/a Hinopak; Stock Ticker, HINO:KAR), a listed automobile JV of Hino Motors and Toyota Tsusho Corporation with c. US$0.5B+ revenue and 3K+ employees.Association with this listed (HINO:KAR) and consolidating subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan, gradually developed into multiple roles including Corporate Affairs, Corporate Treasury and Business Taxation. Key work areas included: • Implementation of Code of Corporate Governance and Sarbanes Oxley Act 2002• Implementation of Oracle Financials, Lotus Workflow Suite• Whole range of legal, regulatory, board and corporate affairs and management reporting• Treasury function, including financial derivative transactions and forex hedging• Assessment of business taxation and related matters• Dealing with Securities and Exchange Commission, Central Depository Company, Inland Revenue, Competition Commission, Statutory Auditors, Solicitors and Investors (Institutional and Individual)Developed corporate knowledge and skills beyond F&A functions and moved on to a more challenging role at TRG.

Gb

Completed business and financial management training with PwC within the following sectors of commerce and industry:• Primary and secondary capital markets • Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)• Pharmaceuticals• Telecommunication • Shipping and freight forwarding • Partnership enterprise• Complex trading groups• Media and advertising• International commerce and trade• Large scale manufacturing• Forensic accounting and M&A

Gb

Mastered fundamentals of audit assurance and business skills during a robust On Job Training (OJT) carried out at PwC's SME to large scale clients.

Msc Strategy, Change And Leadership

Post Covid-19 Sme Strategy Programme

In-Progress, Business And Finance

Completed Statutory Article-Ship And C.A. Intermediate, Economics, F&A, Audit, Management, Corporate And Tax Law

Economics, F&A, Audit, Management, Corporate And Tax Law

Fsc, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology And Languages