Public Private Partnership Transaction Advisory - Middle East, Central Asia, Turkey, Afghanistan & Pakistan Region

Transaction lead for multiple projects, responsible for supervising the full procurement process including project initiation, hiring of transaction advisors, monitoring the feasibility studies, preparing transaction structure, overseeing the procurement of private-partner, negotiation of project documents, project financing, and security arrangements, execution and monitoring the PPP projects. The task also involves dealing with all the stakeholders including Private Partners, Multi development banks, IFIs, Investors, Government Departments, and Financial Institutions for each assigned project.

Working on public private partnership initiatives in sectors including infrastructure, tourism, water and education. Key responsibilities include: 1) Developing financial models and working on transaction structures2) Developing bidding documents (including Request for Proposal (RFP) and Concession Agreement)3) Evaluating bids4) Negotiating project documents (including concession & financing agreements amongst others)

Headed financial sector and macroeconomic research for equity investments made by the company in frontier markets including Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Sub-Saharan African Region, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Sindh Fund Management House is the investment management arm of the Government responsible for managing AUMs in excess of USD 2 billion. Key responsibilities included:1) Solely responsible for leading the research function and providing active coverage of portfolio scrips as well as potential investment targets2) Formulating investment strategies relating to fixed income and equity portfolios.

Responsible for providing active coverage of Pakistan macros, banking and insurance sector.

As an Investment Analyst my responsibilities included:1. Preparing presentations and valuation reports on a regular basis to update the Investment Committee on possible investment opportunities2. Keeping track of our portfolio with respect to key market updates and scrip performance to ensure that the investment team remains updated with respect to latest market developments3. Analyzing macros and money market behavior to devise investment strategy.