Jan 2011 – Jan 2017 · 6 yrs · Muscat, Oman

• Listed Private Equity company with investments in financial services, insurance, industrial and manufacturing. Prominent and very reputed company and part of the Index.
• Achievements:
• Record profits with the longest continuous period of profit growth
• Highest Value generator for the shareholders (126% since Jan 2011-March 2016) amongst the peer group
• Highest RoE amongst the peer group and highest Net Profit per Employee among listed companies
• Zero Senior employee exits from the CEO's office. Only additions were made.abroad.
• Transformational change – reinvigorated the group to turn profitable. Joined in 2011, soon after the company had declared a record loss of 10% of its capital. The company turned profitable the next year, followed by tripling profits and then setting new highs in profitability. The company has witnessed the longest period of prosperity during the past five years.
• Diversified the investment base with opportune investments and executed timely exits generating material alpha.
• Achieved scaling up of the asset size over the last five years through value generation and optimum capital structure.
• Over the period, the Al Anwar share was the highest value generator for the shareholders on the MSM amongst the peer group, consistently having a place among the top five most traded counters on the MSM.
• Serve on board and sub-committees of the investee companies.
• Guiding the CEOs/GMs of our investee companies on the strategy, budgeting, staffing and market positioning.
• Exits and corporate actions: successfully exited by mergers, trade sales and IPO.
• Continued to deliver on business simplification, regulatory requirements, controls, expense discipline and capital requirements

Jan 2006 – Jan 2009 · 3 yrs

• Director - Corporate Finance
• Developing and executing comprehensive business plan to achieve top line & bottom line growth on consistent year-on-year basis for clients.
• Heading the complete day-to-day operations of the business and reports to the management.
• Completion of projects without time and cost overruns. Identifying new avenues for growth and P&L responsibility
• Developed the financial advisory practice, built the business and recruited a team of highly competent professionals
• Assisted companies in the strategy and business planning processes.
• Originated transactions and assisted banks, corporations and family establishments with their capital and financial requirements. Assisted companies who follow the IFRS and US GAAP for accounting
• Responsible for the execution of all assignments in the corporate finance department
• Restructuring, JVs and alliances, Private Equity, Debt Funding advisory and cross border deal management for several entities
• Aban Group, Chennai, India
• General Manager – Corporate Services, 2002 – 2006
• Large listed oil and gas company. Highly respected and one of the largest offshore oil and gas drilling companies in the world. Assets include jackups, platforms and drill ships with worldwide operations.
• Matrix Venture Catalyst Pte Ltd, Singapore
• Assistant Vice President
• Boutique investment bank catering to the capital needs of medium and large companies. Experts in financial analysis of projects, capital structuring and funding strategies, M&A and investment due diligence.
• PricewaterhouseCoopers, Singapore
• Consultant - Corporate Finance
• RBS (Hoare Govett Securities), Mumbai, India Assistant Manager – Corporate Finance
• HDFC (20th Century Finance Corporation), Mumbai, IndiaAssistance Manager - Merchant Banking