Azmat Nawaz, Chief Operating Officer

Azmat Nawaz

Chief Operating Officer

Infrastructure Development Authority of Punjab

Location
Pakistan
Education
Master's degree, Business Administration
Experience
14 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 10 Months

Chief Operating Officer at Infrastructure Development Authority of Punjab
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • My current job since May 2016

Responsible for managing a large multi billion public sector infrastructure development agency responsible for designing and executing projects such as hospitals, universities, office towers etc.

Chief Operating Officer at Infrastructure Development Authority of Punjab
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • My current job since May 2016
Investment Advisor at Nafais Holding Company
  • Kuwait
  • July 2012 to August 2015

The Group has diversified interests in healthcare, education, real estate, contracting, and the electronics retail sector. My key responsibilities were to restructure the group assets and liabilities and re-focus the business on its core business
●Prepared the restructuring plan and led the implementation of a new business strategy/investment policy
●Divested non-core assets spread across the Middle East generating liquidity of over $30M
●Invested $20M in core school assets for further expansion and development

Investment Advisor at Al-Safat Investment Company
  • Kuwait
  • January 2011 to June 2012

Led the complex restructuring of more than 45 operating companies housed within 8 holding companies owned by the Group
●Re-wrote group investment strategy and cut operating costs by 40%
●Generated +$100m liquidity by divesting non-core assets
●Negotiated and re-structured external liabilities with banks and other financial institutions to the tune of +$250M

CEO & MD at Asia Holding Company
  • Kuwait
  • January 2007 to January 2009

Established the Company from and raised $100M capital in investor equity
●Completed 7 deals ranging from $10M to $130M in cement, mining, IT, and healthcare sectors
●Exited 4 investments with an average IRR of 18% EARLIER:

Education

Master's degree, Business Administration
  • at London Business School
  • February 2011

Specialties & Skills

Construction
Leadership
Management
Government
Project Management
INFRASTRUCTURE
INNOVATION
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PROCUREMENT
MANAGEMENT
RISK MANAGEMENT
PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENTS
START UPS AND VENTURE CAPITAL
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC SECTOR
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
BUSINESS TURNAROUNDS

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Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate
Urdu
Native Speaker

Hobbies

  • Offroad Adventure Motorcycling
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