Group Chief Executive Officer
Govt. of Abu Dhabi-UAE, Dnata Travels - Dunya, Abu Dhabi Capital Group, East Horizon Airlines,
Total years of experience :28 years, 11 Months
Group Chief Executive & Board Members Jan 2013 To Mar-2019
Govt. of Emirates Abu Dhabi - UAE (70 Entities)
Abu Dhabi Capital Group, Abu Dhabi Financial Group, Fly East Horizon Airlines (Pvt) Ltd. Petroleum, Logistics & Real Estate, 1TV Media Afghanistan & UAE (70 Subsidiries)
· Oversight for all fiscal management aspects of the airlines P&L management, business review, joint venture, commercial, contract negotiations, Merge & Acquisition, Start-Up Business, IPO, business reengineering, business strategy, strategic business planning, development and management, chartering, airline operations efficiency domestics and international, fixed income analysis, equity and derivative, project finance advisory and financing, revenue management, annual audited draft reports, KPIs, fleet planning, strategic alliances and cargo operations. Crew management, charter-party administration and consolidation compliance, optimize and profitability.
· Responsible to define, win approval and implement the strategic plan to achieve mission and objectives and to promote revenue, profitability and growth including the development of value enhancing new business streams.
· Managing the responsibility and oversight for the members of the executive leadership team including: VP Finance, CCO, COO, VP Sales, VP Industry Affairs, Director Dispatch and Director of Leasing. As well operational, communication and international relations.
· Managing strategic financial planning & management, budgeting, financial reporting and controls, corporate taxation, ERP selection and implementation, profitability and productivity improvement, asset / liability/ income analysis, bank negotiations & relations, systems and process development, business assessment, organizational restructuring, resource planning and allocation, process re-engineering, and cross-functional team leadership.
· Prepared and interpret monthly management accounts and annual reports, implemented financial plans, assessed and managed risks, reconciled balance sheets, analysed margins, managed budgets, handled debtors, monitoring cash flows statements and predicting future trends, conducted reviews and evaluations for cost-reduction.
· Provided Leadership, guide, and mentor the Senior Executive Leadership team in the group business strategy in achieving its goals and objectives with clearly defined financial, commercial and operational strategy and cost focus as agreed with Board.
· Developed and implemented the strategic plan to achieve group of company's mission and objectives and to promote revenue, profitability and growth, including the development of value enhancing new business streams by taking successfully approval from stakeholders.
· Build, developed and strengthen the current corporate structure to meet the organisation’s strategic goals.
· Oversight and lead the development and implementation of an internal risk based audit strategy and annual plan for the group. Planning and conducting audits to assess controls, operational and technical efficiencies and compliance with selected policies, procedures and regulations. Designed, implemented, tested and modifying controls in specific organisation systems, to provide assurance of operational and technical efficiency at the corporate level. Identified instances of over and under control and provided management with a clear articulation of residual risks where existing controls are inadequate.
· Monitor and developed audit plans for providing a professional audit service to the group of companies portfolio with the expertise of personal experience of internal and external audit and risk assessment in the Internal Audit profession. Prepared plans for the review/approval and in coordination with the Internal Audit team assigned to the group of companies business.
· Defended and renewed a range of 2 to 3 years customer airline contracts with a revenue value of over USD90M.
Aircraft Chartering Financial and Leasing.
Corporate Finance and Audit
Financial Reporting and Analysis
Budgeting and Financial Forecasting
Financial Control
ACMA Chartered Accountant
Corporate and International Finance
Financial Strategies, Enterprise Risk Management, Strategic Management. Financial Planning and Contr