Ali Qureshi

Experience

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  GulfCap Group

  Jul 2016 - Aug 2016

  Private Equity Summer Intern

  An 8 weeks’ Internship within the private equity division. The company was considering investing in supermarkets with an objective to launch a supermarket chain. I assisted the team leader in:• Surveying the targeted area (Sharjah), • Shortlisting an appropriate location with a highly concentrated residential area,• Budgeting the initial capital expenditure, • Putting together the pre-feasibility study

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  MyPurple Garage

  Jul 2017 - Aug 2017

  Mechanical Intern

  Worked as an intern at a local garage in Southampton. During the internship I had the opportunity to learn about the various parts of a car and its engine while getting hands on experience fixing faults ranging from suspension springs and dampers to spark plugs in petrol engines, as well as replacing a turbo charger.

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  PwC

  Jun 2018 - Jul 2018

  PwC Audit Internship

  5 - week Audit internship, June 2018 – July 2018, with PwC, Pakistan.During the internship my client was Attock Gen Limited (AGL), a power generating company. My responsibilities were:• Carrying out bank reconciliations• Verification checks of administrative expenses, cash in hand and bank• Updating the working file from the audit of 2017 to 2018 with regards to admin expenses, cash in hand and bank balances• Carrying out confirmation cheques with banks and bank statements • Checking all sections against IFRS regulations. Show less

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  PepsiCo

  Aug 2018 - Aug 2018

  Data Analyst

  I was assigned to the Bulk Water, Aquafina, department and worked directly with the Business Manager and Head of Customer Relations. As part of the data analytics team, my role was to identify and map out the corporate, retail and domestic delivery routes of Aquafina and study them in relation to customer complaints.• Collect and collate the data in Excel and analyse it with regards to geographical locations of customers, business populated areas, roads with large amounts of traffic congestion throughout the day and areas with the most complaints. • Be in constant contact with customers, corporate clients and truck drivers to gather feedback to support the data analysis • Suggest changes to delivery routes and delivery timings to specific locations based on data gathered and information from customers and complaints • Follow up with existing customers about their complaints and promote new deals • Call new customers and businesses daily to promote Aquafina Show less

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  AlphaStone Equities

  Jul 2019 - Aug 2019

  Investment Summer Analyst

  Learned how to build financial models from scratch on BMW and HP Inc with detailed five-year projections in MS excel.Applied the learning and conducted merger/consequences analysis with a detailed spreadsheet on accretion/dilution analysis on BMW's acquisition of Porsche and HP Inc’s on Apogee.Extended the skills taught and built an LBO model on BMW and HP Inc with a five-year projection and sensitivity analysis on IRR. Learned how the technique with other types, such as Public comps, DCF analysis, is used for valuation purposes in investment decisions. Towards the end, took on the challenge to learn about the techniques used to write an investment thesis, along with the company, and industry analysis. Show less

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  City Investment Training

  Jul 2019 - Jul 2019

  Investment Analyst Trainee

  During the training, designed to replicate real-life investment banking internships, I learned and successfully completed the following:Building financial models from scratch on existing companies traded on the Dow Jones, FTSE or Euronext exchange.Valuing companies using Discounted Cash flow, Trading and Acquisition comparable.Building Merger and LBO models from scratch. Writing equity research reports on companies listed on public exchanges.Preparing detailed presentation packs and delivering a stock pitch on HP Inc . Show less

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  Binary Capital Investment Management

  Feb 2020 - Feb 2020

  Investment Analyst

  Binary Capital Investment Management is a Wealth Management firm in central London.I was introduced to two main investment funds: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)• Research parameters that distinguish a well-performing REIT and implement them into BCIM’s own fund analyses.ESG Investments• Research parameters that distinguish a well-performing ESG investment• Worked with the head analyst to assign scores to compare various ESG funds from an in-house model built in excel. Then compared the scoring criteria to other larger firms, such as Coutts.Introduction to Asset Allocation• Learning how an excel model was built on optimal ranges of wealth distribution into various asset classes (indexes and commodities) based on daily data from Bloomberg. • Introduction to BQLWorked with the Portfolio Manager to review and suggest improvements to Binary Capital’s investment guidance policy. Show less

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  Indico Capital Partners

  Oct 2020 - May 2021

  VC Analyst

  Indico Capital Partners is the leading independent Venture Capital firm in Portugal investing in global technology companies. My role involved a lot of work relating to pre-seed start-ups, as I was immensely involved in the Indico Accelerator Fund, from OKR meetings to event management regarding setting up and organising the Indico Pre-Seed DEMO Day 2021 on 14th January 2021.Along with this, my responsibilities included:• Weekly deal flow meetings, • Writing investment memos for pre-seed and seed-stage start-ups, • Preparing one-pagers for investors and, • Building financial models of companies that have been selected for the Indico Accelerator Fund.Further, one of my main responsibilities was carrying out market research for the Blue Fund initiative launched by the European Commission, specifically regarding Sustainable Development Goal 14. The research involved analysing and proving the potential in Portugal as it has the fifth largest Exclusive Economic Zone in Europe and how Indico’s Blue Fund will contribute to SDG 14. Show less

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  BNP Paribas

  Jul 2021 - Dec 2021

  Equity Derivatives Analyst

  In the EQD division, my responsibilities and main roles include:• Setting up new primary deals in BNP’s valuation management tool to support all Flow and Exotic Structured products• Valuating clients' positions and checking the accuracy of prices on a daily basis (adjusting the key metrics to match client’s investment requirements)• Acting as a liaison with other functions: Middle Office, Back Office, Clearing agent• Answering to specific client requests coming from the client service, sales or collateral management teams. Show less

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  Clientscape

  Sept 2022 - May 2024

  Corporate Strategist

  The revolutionary Customer Experience platform. As a Corporate Strategist of a growth stage start-up, my roles and responsibilities are extensive and diverse:• Constructing the entire Business Plan, from scratch, with the company's CEO. This included: In-depth Market Research to identify the Market, Market size, and Industry. Detailed Competitor Analyses combined with a SWOT analysis. I aided in building the Financial Model with seven-year projections for capital-raising purposes.• Devised the entire Pricing Strategy for the product along with the relevant pricing tiers.• Built the company brand image and online profiles.• Constructed slide decks for Sales and Capital-raising purposes.• Did a deep dive into the industry and wrote the industry research report.• Lead meetings with high-level executives and C-suite persons to sell Clientscape’s services or partnership opportunities.• Attended corporate and networking events representing Clientscape.• Re-designed the website based on all research and networking events feedback.• Cold calling prospects and applying outbound sales strategies to onboard clients Show less