Abdollah Abbasi, Strategy associate

Abdollah Abbasi

Strategy associate

Commercial bank of Dubai

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, MBA
Experience
16 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :16 years, 7 Months

Strategy associate at Commercial bank of Dubai
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since December 2013

Responsibilities:
o Preparing strategic documents related to new bank initiatives (New bank strategy, new values communication, developing “breakthrough” achievement target)
o Arranging communication between departments (clarify details cascade communication to concern departments and the task allocation between them)
o Representing the bank in CSR activities ( e.g. CBDYAC, presenting funds to charity organization)
o Developing business case and plans for segment enhancement (E.g. Enhance Islamic banking, corporate and commercial banking and private banking)
o Preparing project plans (i.e. Islamic banking, corporate and commercial banking and private banking)

Management trainee program at commercial bank of dubai
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2013 to December 2013

➢ January 2013 - December 2013, Commercial Banking Of Dubai, head office, Job title: Management Trainee (MTP), responsibilities:
➢ Given a schedule for 12 months to rotate around the bank departments to understand the work of each department :
o Retail conventional banking branches: summary: had to learn the task on jobs available in the branch, which are: teller, customer services, personal sale staff, business banking sales staff, operation manager and the branch manager
o Retail Islamic banking branches: summary: had to learn the task on jobs available in the branch, which are: teller, customer services, personal sale staff, business banking sales staff, operation manager and the branch manager
o Commercial banking segment, summary: had to learn the daily task of the commercial banking, and the customer segment they service
o Corporate banking segment, summary: had to learn the daily task of the Corporate banking, and the customer segment they service
o Treasury, summary: had to learn the daily task of the Treasury, and the customer segment they service, which basically arrange to buy financial products and arrange deals for customers
o Central operation department:, summary, all the tasks related to back office, where its focused on customer transactions which done by the branch staff
o Legal department, summary, sign off contract to be signed by the bank, deal with court cases and internal adviser for day to day inquires regard contracts between the bank and the customer
o Admin establishment department, summary: mainly focus on arranging procurement for the bank, arrange and transfer the physical offices
o CBD properties: manage real estate properties of CBD, from renting and evaluating it
o Strategic planning department, summary, plan and develop the bank plans and strategies, both long and short terms.
o Fraud and compliance department, summary, develop the banks compliance and make sure it fits the standards and guidelines of the authorized entities (government, central bank...etc.)
o Financial control department, summary: manage the bank financials by developing financials report and arranging the bank details to be shared with external entities or personal
o Marketing department, summary: develop and manage the bank internal and external communication (arranging adds, developing social media awareness… etc.
o Credit department, summary, In charge of checking the credibility of the clients to be lent loans, and prepare the required documents and processes to dispersing it to clients
o Trade finance department, summary: manage the services related to trade clients such as issuing LCs, or LGs ( trade products)
o Human resources department, summary: in charge of hiring staff, developing them, maintaining them and dispose of them)
o Priority banking department ( Al Dana), summary: in charge of the services for the high net wealth clients, similar to the branch services
o Risk management department, summary: analyze the risks that affects the business, such is market risk, operational risk or IT risk...etc./
o Information technologies (IT) department, summary: developing the banks IT infrastructure and maintaining it
o Cards management department
o Collection department, summary: in charge of collecting the uncollected funds for the bank
o Financial services department, summary: in charge of the services related to purchases of the stocks in the local and regional market
o Also with all that, we were (MTP) tasked to deliver a presentation to increase bank profit or reduce cost (mine was about Crowd funding)

Client service manager at Standard Chartered bank
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2012 to December 2012

supporting the RMs, to proivde a great service to customer, by solving his inquires on urgent basis, and provide a good image for the bank to the customer, by living the value of the bank

Customer service Representitve at Emirates NBD
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 2010 to January 2012

Working as Customer service in the priority banking and doing multitasks in helping and supporting the branch to maintain its Customers

teller at Emirates NBD
  • Other
  • November 2007 to October 2010

doing teller Job and Chief Teller job

Education

Master's degree, MBA
  • at Hult International Business School
  • August 2017

Having 1 year degree in masters in business administration, which focus on developing leadership skills, both soft skills such as teamwork, management and hard skills, economy understanding, strategy, operation and finance

Bachelor's degree, Business administration
  • at American university in the emirates
  • May 2012

I have being study in the American university in the emirates in bachelor's major of Business administration, and specialized in Finance, I have being holding a high GBP all the time, the minium it was 3.73 and as high as 3.85

Diploma, banking and financial markets
  • at AUE ( American University in the UAE)
  • April 2010

i have got the GPA of 3.67 and as a honor student, and have finished a research regards Central bank for around 10000 words for the cap stone

Specialties & Skills

Strategy Work
Financial Modeling
Client Service
Microsoft Office
using PC
trouble shooting
customer services
Microsoft office

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
Urdu
Intermediate
Persian
Beginner

Memberships

Toastmasters
  • multi-roles
  • February 2016

Training and Certifications

competent communictor (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2016
Innovation master by IXL (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2017
Innovation Associate by IXL (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2017
ILM level 3 couching (Training)
Training Institute:
Spear head
Date Attended:
June 2014
Duration:
24 hours
Al Misha’al for basic banking (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2007
Valid Until:
January 2008
ILM Level 2 Award Program (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2010
Valid Until:
July 2010

Hobbies

  • Running
  • Taekwondo
    4th dan
  • Mountain biking