Portfolio Manager
Al Hilal Bank
Total years of experience :8 years, 6 Months
Equity Portfolio Manager
Added $53 million to Bank's bottom line.
Created reporting and risk management structure for Banks proprietary investments.
Made and kept updated excel based investment models for current and future investments.

Seymour Pierce is one of London’s oldest brokerage firms and has been serving global financial community for over 150 years. Most of the private equity projects I completed were for individual clients (who are a large investment banks, listed on FTSE and DJIA). My responsibilities included:
• Preparing financial models for different stocks and keeping them update according to the changes in business and economic environment
• To provide off-site long and short-term investment advice to the client though phone and video conferencing.
• Structuring bespoke investment vehicles for high net clients according to their risk and return requirements.
• Preparing and presenting portfolio risk reports to clients that includes risk measures e.g VAR, Beta, STD,
correlation, Cointegration and Sharpe ratios.
• Frequently rebalancing the portfolio on sector and stock level against the benchmark weights of total and sector
index
• Quarterly report writing; giving detailed account on past quarter and forecasting for the next quarter based on
Excel based econometric models and economic outlook of the market.
• Reviewing and feeding back on the work of team members, ensuring agreed targets are met and identifying
appropriate actions where problems occur.
• Incorporating quantitative analysis of the equity and physical commodities market data in forecasting models.
• My peculiar securities selection skills helped our team consistently outperform the market and other funds in the

J & J Investments is a group of investment consultants who specialise in developing bespoke investment products for clients in the local and global financial community.
After completing my exams and training of IMC (Investment Management Certificate) in June 2006, I started to work as junior research equity analyst for a year. Following year I was promoted to buy-side equity analyst and from 2008-2009, I acted as an assistant large-cap equity fund manager. I have gained the experience in following areas:
• Specialized quantitative research in large cap equities, commodities, E&P, oil and gas
• Working in partnership with the other analysts to conduct extensive company and industry research
• Consistently re-balancing client’s portfolio according to the preset investment criteria
• I was actively involved in developing the equity strategy for the portfolios.
• Monitoring investment-holders’ performance against their contract and solving problems and holding
negotiations when targets have not been met or problems have occurred.
• Write company & industry reports and investment recommendations to the clients.
• Preparing business and financial models for various companies with the help of software like Excel, SPSS and
e-views and keeping them update according to the changes in business and economic environment.
• I have been involved in writing basic macros and customization of previously written VBA based macros
• Worked on the advisory assignment of Islamic Investment vehicles like: Murabaha, Musharakah, Ijarah and
their comparative analysis with the conventional mode of financing.
Masters in Business and Finance Modules included: Quantitative Methods, Investment and Financial analysis, Derivative, Portfolio Management. Dissertation Topic: Critique of Islamic banking through empirical evidence? My thesis was on key differences between theory and practice of Islamic banking institutions in Gulf countries. Quantitative research entailed the key fundamentals of Islamic banking system and its effects on their respective financial environment. It also highlights the role of Islamic Banking System in a society by introducing new Sharia complaint products in Gulf countries.
Masters in Business and Finance Modules included: Econometrics, Corporate Finance, Accounting, Equity and Fund Management, Arabic Level I.
• A-Level Passed University of Cambridge English Mathematics Computer Science
• O-Level English Physics Chemistry Biology Mathematics Additional Mathematics
