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United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

Islamabad, Islāmābād, Pakistan

Dubai Uae

Information & Communication TechnologyDeveloping an online platform for sales of Professional Educational Qualifications.

Karachi Pakistan

• Carbon Trade: Development of Projects for Origination of Carbon Credits and Offsets, their standardization and verifications and sales from Pakistan and other countries in the region. • Agri- Commodities: Oilseeds, Wheat, Corn, DDGS, Raw and White Sugar and Fertilizers• Energy Commodities: Biodiesel, Ethanol, Gasoline and Gasoil• Training for Professional Education: Sales & Marketing of Professional Qualifications for Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment, London UK in Pakistan

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Successful advocacy with the Ministries including National Food Security, Climate Change and the Environment Protection Agency for resumption of import of Soybeans from the United States.• Coordinated support and advocacy with USDA IMF, FAO, World Bank, Croplife and other agencies to help Pakistan in food security by resumption of import of GMO Soybeans. • Engagement and cooperation with the USSEC membership active in Pakistan to increase their involvement with the stakeholders and identify areas of collaboration to have an expanded influence in the Soybean importer, processor and consumer industry in the country.• Organized a platform for the Soybean importer, crusher, and poultry, aqua-culture and dairy industries, to work together to attain the common objective of allowing import of GMO Soybeans. • Conducted workshops for orientation and capacity building in Pakistan’s government agencies in agriculture and its regulatory bodies including MNFSR, MoCC, EPA, PARC, NARC, CABI, IBC’s, TAC, NBC, DPP and others in the country, on GMO Soybeans. • Pursued focused consumer awareness on advantages of Soybean meal produced from US Soybeans in poultry, aqua-culture and dairy industries. This ultimately led to the signing of a MOU between PPA and USSEC in December 2023.• Created awareness within the Soybean import and crusher community on the fundamental advantages of having US as a preferred origin. USSEC received an award of recognition and partnership for the 1st time in its history as a ‘Partner in Progress’ from the crusher and edible oil processor association in January 2024.• Successfully introduced USSEC’s sustainability policy and an overall commitment to working with global stakeholders in this space. • Suggested and implemented improvements in the activities being done by USSEC for consumer awareness to ensure that the market focus was on US Soy.

Uae

Trade and Finance of Energy Agri-commodities and minerals including gasoline, diesel, fuel ethanol, corn, wheat, sugar, soybeans chrome and iron ore.

Uae,Oman,Pakistan

Market development and advocacy for Fuel ethanol and Dried Distilled Grains & Solubles for the membership of the Council with focus on United Arab Emirates, Oman and Pakistan.Responsibilities included:• Surveyed and wrote an updated market review of feed grains consumption prospects and inclusion of fuel ethanol as an octane booster in gasoline by refineries and blenders in United Arab Emirates, Oman and Pakistan.• Wrote a market report on prospects and potential of inclusion of fuel ethanol in gasoline in Pakistan for the US Grains Council membership.• Successful advocacy with the UAE government not to ban import of Dried Distillers Grain & Solubles produced from GMO corn • Conducted workshops in United Arab Emirates, Oman and Pakistan on consumption of Dried Distillers Grain & Solubles in the poultry, dairy, beef fattening, aqua culture and feed milling sector.• Successful advocacy with various departments, including Ministries of Commerce and Finance, Agriculture, Petroleum and Climate change the Government of Pakistan to implement ethanol blended fuel policy.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Both companies are affiliated to Saeed Al Ghurair Group based in Dubai, UAE.Activities of Al Ghurair Commodities LLC included Global Commercial Brokerage & Market Development Energy Commodities: Crude Oil and GasolineSales of Financial Professional Qualifications: Regional Representation of London Stock Exchange Academy Activities of Aliyat LLC included Distributor and Solution Provider for the Oil & Gas Service, Aviation, Automotive and Surgicals Industry for several global metal cutting machine tools and auxiliaries producers including the following: Haas Automation of USA Kennametal Tools of Germany  Renishaw PLC UK Blaser Swisslube Switzerland Cimcool Coolants Holland Sunnen Honing Tools UK

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

All Companies were a part of Majid Seif Al Ghurair GroupActivities at Tradeline included Development of destination sales stores • China : Joint venture stockyard with importers for coal, sulphur and iron ore• Iran : Developed and operated the joint venture company Milad Gostar Sepher in Tehran, Iran to import store and trade soybean oil, soymeal and corn. Milad Gostar Sepher owned 22,500 MT Edible oil tanks to store soybean oil and 100,000 MT flat sheds to store soymeal and corn at the Port of Bander Imam Khomeini in Iran.Activities of Ardent Trading LLC/Phiniqia International Shipping LLC included Global trade of the following:• Paper for the Converter Industry : Virgin Kraft and Testliners • Agri –Commodities : Milling Wheat, Raw Sugar, Refined Sugar• Fertilizers : Bulk Sulphur, Urea, Di Ammonium Phosphate FertilizerFranchise Development:• Contracted and developed launched and started The Chowking Restaurants of Philippines in UAE.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Market development of the following: • Market survey of grain consumers in the starch, feed milling, livestock, poultry and dairy sectors. • Conducted trials using corn as grain in feed rations for beef fattening and on dairy farms to create better market awareness. • Assisted using the PL 480 grant to inject financial support to initiate sales of feed grains. • Organized regular seminars and conferences to debate technical and commercial aspects of feed grains. • Wrote and printed a guide book to create more awareness on advantages of using feed grains. • Developed commercial transactional papers between sellers from United States and buyers in Pakistan of feed grains.

Karachi Pakistan

Pioneered several commercial activities in Pakistan, including:• 1984 - First ever sales of coated aluminum/PVC/PE/PVDC for pharmaceutical packaging, increasing the shelf-life of medicines.• 1995 - First ever sale of soybeans to the country from the United States, while doing so supporting the underutilized oil extraction capacity of the country and fulfilling the needs of the country for edible oil and meals. • 1996 - Executed the first sale of Sun-seeds from Ukraine and Canola from Australia in the country.• 1997 - Granted a Treaty Trader status to develop trade from USA to Pakistan. • 2000 - Assisted the Trading Corporation of Pakistan to develop and organize the first ever export of milling wheat from Pakistan to Kenya. Sourced and exported the largest quantity of milling wheat from Pakistan during that campaign. Trade and Commercial Brokerage for Import into Pakistan of the following:• Industrial Chemicals : Methanol, Methylene Chloride, Polypropylene Glycol, Sulphur.• Pharmaceutical Raw materials : Antibiotics, Glycerin, Sorbitol.• Packaging Materials : PVC/PVDC and Aluminum films, Glass Bottles, Vials, Aluminum and Rubber Caps. • Agricultural Commodities : Milling Wheat, Feed Corn, Soybeans, Sun-seeds, Canola, Rapeseeds, Lintels, Soymeal, Soyoil, Palm Oil, Raw and White Sugar. • Fertilizers : Bulk Urea, Di Ammonium Phosphate, Ammonium Nitrate.• Oil & Gas Equipment : Floating Covers for Oil Storage Tanks.Trade and Commercial Brokerage for exports from Pakistan:• Cotton Sewing Threads• Milling Wheat Shipping & Logistics:Coordinators to Panalpina Inc. USA for handling US Section 416 grant Cargoes sold to Pakistan. International Commercial Set Up of:• Delta International Delaware USA in pursuance of treaty trader status which was later dissolved.• Albania Business SHPK to arrange purchase and export of Pig Iron from Albania.

Gce Cambridge Ordinary Levels, Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education And Teaching

Activities and Societies: Dramatic Society, Einstein Society, Urdu Literature Society

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Geology/Earth Science, General

Higher Secondary Certificate, Pre-Engineering

Activities and Societies: Student Politics,Class Representative

Basic German Language

Certificate Basic French Language, Teaching French As A Second Or Foreign Language