Group CFO
United Village Food
Total years of experience :26 years, 4 Months
Strategic Planning: Formulating the company strategy and its translation into annual operating plan & financial model.
Developing business strategies from the ground up to managing Corporate Finance Department with a proven track record of lowering operating cost
Acquisition: Identifying new deals and projects, maintaining excellent relationship with business partners.
Debt Raising Process: Determining capital requirements and liaising with banks and financial institutions for raising finance; interfacing with potential investors and leading financial and legal diligence management.
Budgeting & Forecasting: Developing, monitoring and analysing the budget; formulating Capex & Opex budgets to monitor various expenditures and ensure optimum utilisation of funds.
Financial Reporting & Compliance: Ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting, highlighting loss-making & profitable products; conducting analysis on measures to increase market share.
Supported decision-making process by defining and implementing key performance indicators (KPIs) with varied management reporting. Delivered training and mentoring sessions to employees regarding cost management,
water-use optimization resource allocation, manpower planning, and new product
development. Designed longterm corporate vision in close collaboration with executive management and key stakeholders. Forecasted revenue and prepared long-range projections by measuring impact of economic, business, and financial conditions on company's policies/operations.
Day-to-day responsibility for planning, implementing, managing and controlling all financial-related activities of the company.
This includes direct responsibility for accounting, finance, forecasting, business transformation, information technology,
procurement, deal analysis and negotiations.
During my work with IFA Hotels & Resorts experienced hyper-growth, successfully introducing the condominium
hotel concept to the Middle East, quickly pre-selling over USD 3 billion in luxury residential condos, and generating
enviable profits and returns on equity invested. I gained invaluable experience with launching and growing a highly
successful real estate development company.
Assurance and Business advisory