Fatema Kamal, Executive Director

Fatema Kamal

Executive Director

Global Banking Corporation

Location
Bahrain
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
Experience
24 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :24 years, 7 Months

Executive Director at Global Banking Corporation
  • Bahrain
  • My current job since April 2007

PE & CF (A/Head of Investment Banking)
Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer. My responsibilities involve,
* Sourced potential deals including through proprietary relationships. As part of
deal sourcing maintained active contacts with investment bankers, law firm,
business owners, industry consultants etc.
* Managing the entire deal execution process including negotiations with
counterparties, financial and operational analysis, investment thesis formulation,
transaction structuring, due diligence, risk assessment, documentation, financial
modeling, acquisition financing, strategy formulation, business planning, post
acquisition management and establishment of SPV’s when required in
accordance with Corporate Governance Policy of the Bank.
* Developing post acquisition management strategy that includes monitoring
methodology, corporate governance, budget & resources requirement, key
performance indicators and risks exposure limits.
* Coordinating with risk management and finance department to develop stress
testing scenario analysis for Bank’s investment portfolio and projects.
* Developing and managing relationships with various stakeholders including
advisers, industry professionals, strategic and financial investors, company
managers and business owners.
* Managing the Investment Banking team.
2
Deals Sector Experience
Green Field;
* Real Estate (Bahrain, GCC, and North Africa).
* Banking (Retail and Investment) Bahrain, GCC, Syria, Russia and China.
* Oil and gas (training academy, and service clusters).
* Other (healthcare, education, food and beverage

Project Manager at Rubber recycle (Saudi)
  • United Arab Emirates
  • April 2006 to April 2007
Assistant Manager at Bahrain Airport Services
  • January 2005 to April 2006

I was reporting to Chief
Internal Audit and Quality Assurance. I was handling financial, operational as well
as compliance internal audit.

Supervisor at KPMG Bahrain
  • Bahrain
  • November 1999 to January 2005

I was a senior auditor at KPMG, and my responsibilities are as follows :
* Handled various aspects of financial audit and experienced as senior auditor in
charge of audits in a project management capacity;
* Performed day-to-day audit works, include the audit planning, control testing,
substantive works, supervision of junior staffs, reporting and completion;
* Responsible for developing the engagement approach which included qualitative
and quantitative analysis, and evaluation of industry and business risk;
* Financial reporting and internal control reporting;
* Skilled in staff supervision and development;
* Responsible for various administrative tasks, such as budgeting, billing, WIP
monitoring, expenses and performance appraisals;
* Participated in several recruitment processes (university presentation, group
discussion and preliminary interview);
* Maintained professional communication with various levels of client;
* Communicated and reported findings to audit managers, partners and client's
management.
* Other than performing external and internal audit, I was involved in advisory
business liquidation process and also involved in forensic investigation, and
* Involved in updating policy and procedure manuals for Investment Companied,
Insurance Companies and Semi Government Organization, and

at Hospitality (hotels and related services)
  • Thailand
  • to

* Oil and Gas (Safety equipment, Transportation, Equipment Manufacturing
and Storage), (USA)
* Water treatment and purification (UK

Chief Executive Officer
  • to

My responsibilities involve,
* Investment analysis and evaluation from a financial, strategic and operational
perspective including preparing and presenting investment cases to the
Investment Committee.
* Managed all phases of live transactions including due diligence, preparation of
marketing materials, and assistance with internal client presentations.
* Supervised and performed extensive strategic and financial analyses including:
- Preparation and analysis of detailed business/products and financial of
competitors.
- Project valuations and financial impact analysis.
- Review and analysis of legal documents including LOIs, shareholders’
agreements, sale and purchase agreements, management contracts and
lending documents.
* Project team management as well as managing and leading a prioritized project
from business requirement all the way through to post implementation review.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at University of Bahrain
  • January 2000
High school or equivalent, Physics & Mathematics
  • at Secondary School Science
  • January 1995
Master's degree, Business Administration
  • at University of Strathclyde Business School

courses: Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) - 2005 * Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from the AICPA (Denver, Colorado) and holding an active license under the State of Colorado since 2002

Specialties & Skills

ADMINISTRATION
APPROACH
BANKING
BILLING
BUDGETING
BUSINESS PLANS
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
DOCUMENTATION
FINANCIAL
REPORTS