Nikhil Kumar Email & Phone Number

Dubai, Ae

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Supporting the ENBD Financial Restructuring and Remedial team with devising optimal restructuring/recovery strategies in relation to its Non-Performing Loan (NPL) portfolio on complex accounts across the UAE, Turkey (Denizbank subsidiary), KSA and Egypt. Role includes preparation of proposals/memos to secure approvals from Credit Committee and the Board, customer credit analysis and recommendations on provisioning.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Significant experience advising distressed businesses across industries and sectors including contracting, manufacturing, education, real estate, hospitality and financial servicesPerformed due diligence on multiple transactions across the aforementioned sectorsDeveloped and implemented complex restructuring and refinancing strategy documents for high profile clientsPrepared and analysed long-term business plans, strategy documents and performed independent business reviews and financial due diligence for numerous Government, Quasi-Government and Corporate entities as well as Family businessesActively involved in preparing information memorandums, teaser documents and marketing materials in support of raising funding via capital markets.Part of various teams involved in negotiations with banks and other funders in the context of securing corporate loans, mezzanine funding or project financingNotable project experience includes the development of a funding plan to raise c. AED 30 billion for a mega event in MENA, the ongoing restructuring of the Oil & Gas sector of a MENA country as part of a government mandate to re-establish the country as a regional energy hub, and the creation and implementation of a strategic plan to dispose AED 20bn of government assets via private placementsTrack record of managing and delivering multiple engagements with focus on maximizing value delivered to the client, while simultaneously tracking internal firm KPI's (such as project margin, rate per hour etc.).Broader experience includes valuation of real-estate assets, review of financial models Developed proposals/business pitches for new engagements/clients worth in excess of $0.5m

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

 Created procedural presentations, marketing materials and thought leaderships to support banks in enabling e-commerce purchases on their debit card portfolio Researched market studies to assess Middle-East market trends and size e-commerce market in over 20 countries Helped put together content for workshops held with Banks, in order to outline key security features offered by MasterCard to limit fraud on online transactions

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

 Responsible for invoicing for Daewoo products, coordinated transport and logistics for shipments and oversaw product certification - end to end operations role. Worked within sales team, driving changes to pricing and promotional strategies to improve overall competitiveness in the market.  Supported external consultants with implementation of a new training regime for salesmen placed at retail outlets and dealerships. Negotiated with power retail outlets such as LULU, Carrefour, Geant, and Sharaf DG etc. on product placement and credit terms.  Supported Finance manager with credit control, ran credit checks on new customers using third party, tracked receivables and followed up on payments