Zeeshan Ikram Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Formerly the BlueBay Asset Management Private Debt business

London, England, United Kingdom

Hybrid business development and investor relations role focused on private debt

London

Investor prospecting  Target prospective investors and develop relationships with family offices, endowments, foundations, HNWI, investment consultants, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds across the GCC, Europe and North America  Contributed to the strategic marketing of a US$250m private equity transaction; prospect screening and targeting with assistance from market resources, various databases, industry referrals and internal contact database  Formulate prospect identification strategies and report regularly to business heads on the capital raising environment  Prepare responses to investment due diligence questionnaires, liaising with investment, legal, compliance and operations teams Primary point of contact for prospective investors and consultants from initial meetings through entire investment cycle Investor Relations  Maintain and strengthen global client relationships with Samena’s diverse investor base in the GCC, Europe and North America Communicate portfolio and market developments, strategy and investment allocation decisions and organizational changes  Create and update of marketing materials including presentations, quarterly performance reports and investment announcements Write sections of the company’s annual report, press releases, profile articles and website  Coordinate the production of digital materials by graphic designers and printers Business Development / Corporate Profiling  Organize and facilitate client events including direct planning and execution of annual investor conference Coordinate with FTI consulting and senior management to communicate Samena’s thought leadership insights at external conferences  Liaise with leading industry publications such as PEI, EMPEA and AVCJ to ensure effective use of press to articulate Samena’s message

Landl Investment Consulting is a Switzerland and London based investment consulting intermediary that finds investment opportunities in the alternative investments space for financial institutions and high net worth individuals in the Middle East. My responsibilities include:1) Creating a market intelligence database to store information on the investment strategy of financial institutions in the Middle East2) Sourcing direct investment opportunities on a global scale for private equity houses in the Gulf 3) Scouting for alternative investment products in Europe and MENA for investment banks in the GCC

Bahrain

Top Achievements Created an asset allocation model that facilitated the sales process and helped the team secure US$1bn of assets Prepared a business proposal for a prospective HNWI client that helped the sales team close a $50m mandateDay to day role description:Financial Modeling: designed models to analyze the impact of market stress on different product structures such as leveraged products, CFO's, portable alpha solutions and pricipal protected structuresProduct Development: assisted in the development of a structured product solutionRelationship Management: maintained relationships with several investment banks to manage existing structured product transactionsRisk Monitoring: produced reports for existing products to calculate haircuts and monitor portfolio guidelinesSales: collaborated with the Hedge Funds Product Specialists to close salesMarketing: developed and enhanced Investcorp's hedge fund marketing infrastructurePerformance Measurement: analyzed performance of Investcorp’s hedge fund productsClient Servicing: managed the monthly client reporting process

Msc, Accounting And Finance

MSc International Accounting and Finance Dissertation (77%): An analysis of the relationship between fund management changes and unit.

Bsc, Accounting And Finance

Activities and Societies: Vice President of the LSE Pakistan Society, General Secretary of the Accounting and Finance Society, Member.

Education record