A R, Manager - Marketing and Recruitment, Middle East & Africa

A R

Manager - Marketing and Recruitment, Middle East & Africa

Middlesex University, Regional Office

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Master's degree, Marketing and Finance
Experience
20 years, 8 Months

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Total years of experience :20 years, 8 Months

Manager - Marketing and Recruitment, Middle East & Africa at Middlesex University, Regional Office
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since August 2009

Reporting to the Regional Director, I am responsible for all marketing activities, in the Middle East and Africa region, that must contribute to revenue-growth through recruitment of students to the campuses of the university in London, Dubai, Mauritius and Malta. My primary responsibility is formulating & executing marketing strategy - conducting marketing campaigns, forging institutional collaborations, managing & expanding the network of agents, advertising, producing marketing materials, website development & maintenance and exhibitions. I travel extensively across the region and possess comprehensive knowledge of the economies and cultures of those countries.
Achievement: Collaboration with the largest provider of professional qualifications in Botswana, for development of a new Middlesex University campus in Gaborone. This will be the first Middlesex campus on the African mainland.

Additionally possess about 6 years of experience in Banking and Financial Services in reputed organisations such as Standard Chartered Bank, Citibank, Barclays Bank. Please refer CV.

Relationship Manager - Prestige Banking at Barclays Bank
  • India - Delhi
  • July 2007 to June 2009

* Acquiring High Net Worth ‘Prestige Relationships’ and generate revenues through Portfolio Management Services, investment products, and other banking & financial services
* Wealth management advisory
* Deepening and retaining relationships with to achieve increase in share of wallet and revenues
* Managing the customer portfolio to de-risk against attrition and achieve stability of book
* Serving as the one-point contact to the High Net Worth customers of the Bank
Achievement: Certificate of ‘Exceptional Performance’ from Business Head, Retail Banking, for the period Oct - Dec 2007

Relationship Manager, Priority Banking at Standard Chartered Bank
  • India - Delhi
  • April 2006 to July 2007

* Wealth Management advisory to the High Net Worth customers of the Bank
* Building, deepening and retaining relationships with existing ‘Priority Banking’ customers to achieve increase in share of wallet and revenue
* Generating new business to achieve defined targets for number of customers and revenue
* Cross-selling bank products viz. credit cards, business loans etc.
* Managing the portfolio to de-risk against attrition and achieve stability of book

Relationship Manager, Wealth Management at Citibank
  • India - Delhi
  • February 2005 to April 2006

Wealth Management advisory to Ultra High Net Worth ‘Ultima’ Credit Card holder segment. Acquiring relationships through sales of banking & financial services.

Financial Services Consultant / Team Leader, Corporate Sales at Bajaj Allianz – Standard Chartered Bancassurance
  • India - Delhi
  • March 2004 to February 2005

Sales of Life Insurance products to the ‘Corporate Executive Accounts’ customers of the bank. Achievements:
* Sourced the first ever INR100000 premium insurance policy for the Corporate Sales Channel
* Sourced the first ever INR200000 premium insurance policy for the Corporate Sales Channel
* Top performer pan-India from May 2004 to Jan 2005
* Awarded trip to Colombo for topping ‘Chhapar Phad Ke’ Contest for the quarter July - September 2004

Executive – Marketing & Sales at City & Guilds
  • India - Delhi
  • September 2003 to February 2004

Organisation: UK MNC, world’s leading Vocational Awarding body Profile: Corporate Sales, PR (Advertisements, Newsletters), website development & maintenance, deployment and administration of Global Online Assessments (GOLA) in India

Education

Master's degree, Marketing and Finance
  • at Birla Institute of Management Technology
  • July 2003

Specialties & Skills

Emerging Markets
Higher Education Marketing
Business Development
Digital Marketing
International Marketing
International Business Development
International Marketing
Emerging markets, Africa and Middle East

Languages

English
Expert

Hobbies

  • Keen interest in geopolitics and culture