Experience

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  Bank ABC

  • Bahrain
  • Banking
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • AVP, Specialized Finance

    • Apr 2021 - Present

    Member of Bank ABC’s Specialized Finance Team in Bahrain which provides lending and project finance advisory services to clients in the oil and gas, power and water, renewables, petrochemicals, mining and metals, telecommunications, infrastructure, shipping and aviation industries.A comprehensive product range is offered to our clients, including:• Financial advisory (debt and equity), structuring and arrangement services• Limited/non-recourse cash flow based financing of green/brownfield projects• Hybrid, subordinated, quasi-debt facilities• Structured, asset-backed, acquisition/leverage, capital calls, and reserve-based finance.Key responsibilities include assisting client to develop a structure that can be sustained throughout the project's operations. Lending could be direct or via assisting clients to structure, arrange and underwrite complex lending facilities.Highly involved in structuring and closing complex project and asset backed transactions across MENA. Sector experience includes aviation, Shipping, renewables, telecommunications, infrastructures, power and water, oil and gas, chemicals, petrochemicals, mining, and metals.Highly involved in negotiating terms with clients, agreeing term sheets, submitting credit applications, preparing and handling documentation to financial close.

  • Manager, Specialized Finance

    • Apr 2018 - Apr 2021

  • Deputy Manager, Project & Structured Finance

    • Jan 2015 - Mar 2018

  • Assistant Manager, Project & Structured Finance

    • Jan 2012 - Dec 2014

  • Officer, Project & Structured Finance

    • Oct 2009 - Dec 2011

  • Management Trainee

    • Oct 2008 - Oct 2009

    Job rotations in different units as part of the Bank's Management Training Programme:• Islamic operations;• Project and Structured Finance;• Credit Administration; and• Loans Operations.Graduate Recruitment Programme with Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (“BIBF”). The training programme at BIBF lasted for four months, and focused on providing participants with training in the areas of business ethics, financial analysis, international markets, business planning, international financing, project management and a number of other topics that improve skills and capabilities in the field of Banking and Finance.BIBF Advanced Credit Programme. Grade: Distinction

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  Scott Wilson (now part of URS Corporation)

  • Bahrain

  • Environmental Consultant

    • Aug 2008 - Oct 2008
    • Bahrain

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  Hyder Consulting

  • Bahrain

  • Summer Internship

    • Jul 2007 - Aug 2007
    • Bahrain

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  Boskalis

  • Bahrain

  • Summer Internship

    • Jul 2006 - Aug 2006
    • Bahrain

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  Gulf Petrochemical Industries Co.

  • Bahrain

  • Summer Internship

    • Jun 2005 - Aug 2005
    • Bahrain