PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SAUDI OGER GROUP – LEBANON & KSA
Corporate and Project Finance – Director
January 2011-Present day
- Handled budget preparation and cash flow projections for the company and for individual projects.
- Was directly involved in securing local and international financing for several mega (over a billion USD) construction projects.
- Assessed investment opportunities and raised financing for infrastructure projects including transportation and power generation ventures for the group. The scope of work included financial modeling, coordination of tax and accounting advisors’ efforts with project owners and financing entities, and negotiations of the several types of project financing with ECAs, international banks and local financial institutions in KSA, Lebanon and the UAE. As a result, Saudi Oger Ltd consortium won the bid for the expansion, rehabilitation and construction of Madinah Airport in KSA. This project is considered as the first full-fledged airport PPP project in KSA.
- Handled financing of various ventures for the group in Lebanon and KSA including schools, cement plants and real estate development projects.
- Was involved in the corporate and financing restructuring of several entities within the group.
- Handled subcontractors’ financing from group entities.
KPMG – LEBANON
Advisory Services – Assistant Manager
September 2005-December 2010
- Prepared valuations in the real estate, healthcare, financial, commercial and industrial sectors.
- Prepared financial feasibility studies and business plans in the sports, healthcare, banking and industrial sectors.
- Developed an Excel Add-In application for valuations and feasibility studies. This application performs scenario analysis and Monte Carlo simulations, includes multiple model auditing features, generates firm and equity values and features exporting Excel tables and charts to PowerPoint. This application was approved by KPMG International.
- Advised firms in the sports and media sectors on how to gain competitive advantage through competition analysis. Also helped executive management in defining strategic direction and key goals and how to achieve those.
- Performed several market studies and market assessment and provided clients with insightful analytical input in the real estate, sports, commercial and industrial sectors.
- Coordinated, prepared and completed proposals for local and regional donor funded projects (UN, EU and local government) with both the EU desk and the UN desk at KPMG, and proposal consortium members and beneficiaries.
- Established the Business Performance Services department in KPMG Lebanon and was appointed National Information Security Officer (NITSO) in 2009.
- Assessed with EP1 (Highest level of Exceptional Performance) during 2008, 2009 and 2010.
TRAINING
JP MORGAN – FINANCE TRAINING PROGRAM – UK
March 2014
- A 10-day intensive training program providing rigorous corporate finance, investment banking, asset wealth management, treasury services and investor services sessions and workshops. The program included presentations from senior JP Morgan bankers from different lines of business in addition to a presentation from each participant to a panel of bankers.
KPMG – ADVANCED VALUATION SKILLS WORKSHOP – UAE
July 2008
- The main topics discussed included: Equity Risk Premium, International Cost of Capital and Emerging Markets, Discounts and Premiums, Valuing Intangibles, Purchase Price Allocation Issues and Impairment Testing Issues.
- The workshop also included a full day presentation on the Valuation application I developed. My role was introducing and explaining the full features of the add-in to workshop participants.
EDUCATION
LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
June 2006
- BE Computer (and Communications) Engineering.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
CHARTERED FINANCIAL ANALYST (CFA®)
- Passed level I exam in June 2008.
OTHER / INTERESTS
Languages: Arabic (native); English (fluent); French (fluent).
Committees and societies: Member of the Lebanese Order of Engineers and the Saudi Order of Engineers.