Shakir Ahmed Email & Phone Number

Singapore

IDC is a wholly owned subsidiary of IDG Inc, owned by Blackstone Inc. With more than 1,300 technology analysts located around the world, IDC's in-depth, bottom-up primary data and research in technology markets across all sectors and sub-sectors, makes it a trusted research partner for investors. I am part of IDC's Business Development team for Financial.

Singapore

Formerly AssetOwner.CO, Quidroom is the social platform for global investors and investment industry professionals, enabling meaningful knowledge sharing and collaboration. Members include but not limited to professionals from single and multi-family offices, pension funds, sovereign funds, insurers, OCIOs, investment consultants, foundations, investment.

Singapore

Worked alongside the Founder & CEO of AssetOwner.CO, a Singapore based startup and a privacy-first social platform for global investment professionals of asset owners. AssetOwner.CO then developed into Quidroom

Singapore

I was appointed to build and establish an investment conference for Eurekahedge. In this capacity, I led planning, producing and establishing the concept of Altinvestor conferences, along with its mission, vision and values. Altinvestor was an exclusive conference series for family offices and institutional investors focused on alternative investment.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Responsible for generating new business for global investment summits and managing key global asset manager client accounts. My work also focused on understanding investment needs of asset owner clients such as pension funds and family offices from Europe, Middle East and Asia-Pacific. During my time in this role, I organised more than 750 investor.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

I was solely responsible for developing Sponsorship revenue for newly launched public/private sector conferences, namely, Emiratisation Summit 2011 (workforce nationalisation) and Government Asset Management Congress 2012 (management of public sector infrastructure assets). During this short stint, I exceeded sponsorship revenue targets for both.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

I was responsible for identifying and establishing new asset manager client accounts (Sponsors) for European Investment Summits. My responsibility also included researching and understanding needs of Nordic and continental European pension funds, European family offices and wealth managers. This research helped me identify qualified prospects and develop.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

B2C Direct Sales (door-to-door) for EDF Energy in East & West Midlands. Duties included recruitment, managing an admin personnel, conducting customer verification calls, reporting to the Managing Director on daily field sales and customer feedback as well as training and managing sales staff.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

B2C Direct Sales (door-to-door) for Scottish Power in East & West Midlands. This was an on-the-job training programme, managing new recruits as well as leading and managing a sales team.