• Finance advisor and business partner to executive management to drive commercial decision- making process. • Develop finance strategy and challenge senior stakeholders’ assumptions to create value, review spending, allocate resources and product investments to exploit growth opportunities across the region. • Bring clarity to financial reporting roles and responsibilities, lead development and implementation of robust internal control reviews and processes.• Lead and manage the company’s strategic acquisitions of distribution entities, integration and related financing.• Oversee cash flow and banking relationships.• Oversee the annual budget process.• Mitigate key elements of the company’s risk profile.• People management and building capacity. • Assigned as a CEO to manage Al Fakher Pars operations in Tehran, Iran

• Delivered high quality weekly/monthly P&L reporting and balance sheet variance analysis and ensuring consistent balance sheet accuracy.• Participate in developing, monitoring and evaluating company strategy with emphasis on maximizing shareholders’ interests. • Support management and division heads with useful financial information, analysis and advice for better decision making. • Oversee and supervise working capital management.• Oversee cash flow management and banking relationships.• Ensure implementation of sound internal controls.• Drive annual budget process.• Ensure timely and reliable reporting.• Ensure development and implementation of risk management policy.• Develop a lean, effective, and high-performing organization with strong management talents at all level; guide the leadership development process, ensuring succession for key positions within finance.• Lead and manage the business planning, reporting and forecasting process.• Identify opportunities to enhance the efficiency of existing processes and propose improvements to streamline the use of key business metrics.

• Lead all commercial and business operations for MSD Levant (Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq).• Tender Management.• Recommend pricing strategies and opportunities for new and existing products to senior management.• Provide pricing input and financial analysis into business cases.• Create externally focused operating culture throughout the organization which emphasizes diversity and inclusion, collaboration and teamwork, personal accountability and continuous improvement.• Distributor Relationship Management.• Commercial Trade Channels.• Sales Force Effectiveness.

• Lead Country Operations. • Country and Regional (Levant) strategic planning.• Operational planning and management.• Human resources planning and management.• Financial planning and management; inclusive of P&L activities. • Active member in Levant region management team.

• Lead the finance operations and its team of 12 direct reports, while managing and supporting a total turnover of US$ 41 million.• Coordinate strategic planning within the finance team to ensure all company initiatives are achieved from a finance perspective, including streamlining the process for maximum effectiveness. This includes annual budget building and long range Operating Plan.• Provide leadership to Budget Plan, long range financial planning, and special projects including BD to profitably grow the business and deliver short and long term goals.• Actively partner with business leaders to develop business strategy, identify business opportunities, and prioritize investment and resources to deliver profitable growth and continued improvement of business/ financial performance.• Provide financial perspectives for the decision making of Indonesia Managing Director, Indonesia leadership Team, and business partners.• Ensure the company's financial and tax matters are managed effectively and efficiently and are in compliance with accounting principles, tax rules, and government regulations.• Provide financial data to local and Corporate management as required by Worldwide Guideline.• Ensure compliance and strong internal control environment.• Establish a high level of credibility and manage strong working relationships with internal and external partners, tax authorities, and finance bureaus.• Coordinate and communicate with all functional areas to conduct business efficiently.• Focus on the finance agenda including the finance transformation, partnership with shared service team, working capital management, effective tax planning, and finance talent management to continuously improve performance of Finance.

• Focused fully on the set up and creation of the Jordan Finance department, including organizational structure, hiring of high calibre talent, establishing local procedures and internal controls.• Led the outstanding creation of new office facilities and registering a legal entity.

• Responsible for MSD Gulf countries- UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman & Qatar.• Provided vision, leadership and accountability to finance and administration teams across MSD Gulf in terms of harmonizing best practices, optimizing the control environment and improving processes.• Annual and Long-Term planning.• Oversee accurate and timely corporate reporting. • Provide financial advice, analysis and support to line and regional management. Inclusive analysis of potential business development projects.• Led full-fledged finance operations and teams to ensure subsidiary operations using sound internal controls, in line with Merck Corporate Policies and Procedures, international and local business compliance standards.• Led the administration and procurement activities, including the development and implementation of policies.• Managed banking relationships, cash flows and treasury.