Arif Ahmad

Experience

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  Standard Chartered Grindlays and Chase Manhattan Bank

  Oct 1987 - Jun 1994

  Account Manager, Corporate Banking

  Corporate Banking relationships and Credit Analysis. Received comprehensive academic Credit training (Chase Manhattan). Chosen as part of global team at Standard Chartered to redesign the bank’s credit analysis methodology.

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  Bear Stearns Jahangir Siddiqui

  Jul 1994 - Jun 1995

  Head Fixed Income Corporate Finance

  Origination of Pakistan foreign currency fixed income business for Bear Stearns, New York and assessment of the credit quality of potential issuers for determining appropriate credit spreads. Initiated a program for the firm to structure and arrange the issuance of Term Finance Certificates by local corporates.

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  CLSA

  Jul 1995 - May 1998

  Manager Investment Banking

  Hong KongCoverage: Hong Kong, China and Taiwan. Execution and valuation of Initial Public Offering, Secondary Placement, Convertible Bond and Covered Warrant mandates. Preparing risk assessment proposals for the firm’s Deal Review Committee for all new IPO, Covered Warrant and Convertible Bond issues.KarachiResponsible for CLSA’s corporate finance activity in Pakistan - originating and executing Pakistan pre-IPO equity placements and block trades for distribution to international institutional investors. Conducted due diligence for the privatization of United Bank Limited, Pakistan’s third largest commercial bank, assessing credit quality of the bank’s assets and actual as well as pro forma valuation of the bank’s equity. Show less

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  Cupola Group

  Jun 1998 - Sept 2000

  Assistant Vice President, Capital Group

  Member of the due diligence team involved in the Group’s acquisition of Inchcape plc’s Middle East business. Assessed and conducted due diligence and financial modeling on a wide variety of private equity proposals from Asia, GCC, USA and UK.

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  Habib Bank AG Zurich

  Oct 2000 - May 2011

  Vice President - Head of Investments and Wealth

  Joined the Bank to set up an entirely new securities platform for UAE booking. Developed a multi capability securities platform offering equity (including Online), bond, Sukuk and option execution, structured products and funds. AUM: $340 million. Responsible for placing Bank's surplus liquidity in international fixed income portfolios and Interbank market. Ensured the execution infrastructure performed seamlessly for clients. Built, trained, and managed a team of relationship managers and executors. Ensured compliance with bank’s policy and regulatory guidelines. Show less

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  UBS

  Jun 2011 - Nov 2012

  Executive Director

  Managed a portfolio of High Net Worth and Mass Affluent clients. Attained UBS Threshold Competence in wealth planning, mortgages, financial instruments, KYC and internal systems. Obtained UBS Structured Product Certification. Achieved CISI Level 4 categorization.

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  HBL - Habib Bank Limited

  Aug 2013 - Feb 2020

  Deputy General Manager Private Clients and Branch Manager

  Deputy Head of the UAE Private Clients team. Client advisory on investments. Client acquisition. Compliance remediation according to present KYC, AML, ATF, FATCA, CRS regimes and standards. Branch management of two of the bank’s largest UAE branches.

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  I2i Group Inc

  Oct 2020 - now

  Director External Consultancies

  Financial Consulting for i2i Group clients. Presently assigned to a UAE based renewable energy company to prepare feasibilities for its projects, including renewable energy financial modeling and pitch presentations for lenders/investors; constructing a historical credit analysis model to assess prospective clients; liaising with banks for provision of long term debt; establishing an ESG framework including preparing ESG and Responsible Investment policies; establishing corporate governance charters; as well as website enhancement and development. Show less