Experience

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  Coopers & lybrand

  Jul 1996 - Jul 1998

  Assistant to senior auditor

  Early experience gained in junior Audit and Advisory roles for British Telecom and BT Mobile.

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  Pricewaterhousecoopers

  Jul 1998 - Jan 2007

  • Key driver of growth in the Lebanon office that saw more than a 7-fold increase in staff over a decade and year-on-year revenue growth of +20% • Significantly expanded the scope and reach of services offered, originating and delivering numerous strategy, corporate governance, internal control and performance improvement projects underpinning an expansion of the corporate advisory footprint• Formed and led the Valuation & Strategy Division, advising on 60+ transactions across the Levant and GCC• Formed and led the Dispute Analysis & Investigations division and led numerous fraud investigations across different industry sectors Show less

  • Partner, Audit and Advisory

    Jan 2005 - Jan 2007

  • Supervisor to Director

    Jul 1998 - Jul 2005
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  Al-khabeer capital

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2010

  Managing director, investment banking, business development and placement

  • Originated and executed investment banking advisory transactions valued at >US$ 150 million. • Set-up and structured several credit financing transactions involving real estate assets• Combined fiscal, strategic, and operational experience to successfully create a risk assessment process to more closely assess the value of potential deals. Also led and implemented revised Corporate Governance and Employee Share Option Plans

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  World gate capital

  Jan 2007 - now

  Founder and ceo
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  Ibl investment bank sal

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2013

  Deputy general manager

  • Set-up and acted as an effective member of Management, Credit, Investment and Risk Management and Asset-Liabilities Management Committees• Sat on the IBL Bank SAL Credit Committee• Prepared operational plans for the investment bank which were accepted in full by the Board, enabling establishment of the private banking, asset management and investment banking functions• Raised US$ 50 million via a preference share placement for IBL Bank SAL, financed a wide range of credit facilities, and participated in loan syndications Show less

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  Transmed

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2015

  Group chief financial officer

  • Tasked by the CEO to enhance operational frameworks underpinning corporate accounting and Group audit functions• Managed a geographically dispersed team of 100 employees across 10 markets in the Levant, GCC and Africa with responsibility for the development of commercial frameworks supporting continued international growth• Received full operational support from the CEO relating to the commercial roadmap and governance framework developed to operate globally across all business lines• Spearheaded corporate diversification strategies – oversaw the financing and closure of 3 acquisitions, 2 disposals, and negotiated new supplier partnerships• Raised and restructured asset-level and group-level debt and oversaw the maintenance of suitable cash and working capital• Delivered effective global treasury performance, handling risk-management, transaction structuring, capital raising and deployment Show less