Enterprise Strategy & Transformation is RBC's internal consulting team. It provides professional consulting expertise through innovative solutions surrounding Growth Strategies, Cost & Efficiency Transformation Strategies, Transformational Capabilities, and Research & Market Intelligence.

• Counsel family holding companies on M&A activities by conducting assessments on small businesses and start-ups by performing industry analysis, company valuations, and due diligence advice – Acquisition targets consist of revenues of CAD 2-10Mm• Advise start-ups on strategy, business plans and financials & developed financial valuations utilizing industry and start-up specific metrics – deliverables are used for feasibility, investment, and budgeting decisions

• Lead Analyst for USD 50Mm investment book to identify and conduct due diligence on potential investments and provided value added equity analysis to drive strong investment returns• Identified, analyzed, and proposed investments to the Investment Committee backed by fundamental valuation, allowing the Proprietary Investment Book to make sound and informed investment decisions• Implemented a core-satellite strategy utilizing ETFs and direct focused investments to build an indexed portfolio with tactical over/under weighting of sectors to generate alpha while building a track record• Led discussions with the trading team to construct and develop the mid-term tactical strategy based on changes in economic, political, and company specific data, such as impacts of the oil production output which allowed for a dynamic and adaptive trading in order to minimize loses and maximize gains

• Marketed and built relationships with new clients such as BNY Mellon and CIMB to increase the existing USD 1 Bn portfolio/book of the unit that dealt with local financial & international investors to provide investment and trading solutions in the Gulf Cooperative Council countries• Analyst for newly established proprietary investments activity focused mainly on Institutional Investments in IPO’s for mid-term investments, FI instruments and closed ended funds - Assisted in the development of the Investment Criteria, Investments Guidelines and official procedure/policies - Responsible for investigating and proposing investments - Responsible for analysis and preparing investment research note for review and approval by dedicated investment committee - Prepare analysis and proposals for further investment ideas/strategies for example income based investment in high dividend yield equities • Co-led the development and implementation of the Bond/Islamic Bond (“Sukuk”) Agency services; serviced bonds worth of USD 4 Bn within 18 months of launch - Setup services in a limited time of two months in order to meet the deadline for Banque Saudi Fransi USD 500 Mm Senior Subordinated Sukuk for Tier 2 Capital - Liaised with legal council to ensure transaction documents covered the expected scope of work and addressed acceptable associated risks

Actively worked on an on-going Private Placement transaction to raise ~USD 100 Mm- Assisting with valuation using comparable companies & DCF model with various sensitivity analyses- Analyzed financial statements and business plan in order to challenge management assumptions- Worked on valuation reports & weekly documentation regarding work stream progress- Reviewed market study in order to validate Clients business planWorked on evaluation of IPO for ~USD 400 Mm to determine undertaking of partial underwriting of the IPO- Worked on valuation exercise, using DCF and comparable multiples- Worked on risk report for undertaking the underwriting- Worked specifically on the valuation section of the report in order to justify underwriting- Company successfully undertook the underwriting, the offering was oversubscribed 6.1xPrepared other preliminary valuation for prospective transactions, and conducted valuation based on local & international comparable companies