Asad Qureshi
Senior Consultant / Manager at Sustainable Advantage- Claim this Profile
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Urdu Native or bilingual proficiency
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Hindi Professional working proficiency
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British Sign Language Limited working proficiency
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Bio
Credentials
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ESG Expert
EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und RechtMar, 2023- Nov, 2024 -
GAMP5
ISPEMay, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
British Sign Language Level 1
SignatureApr, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
PRINCE2 Foundation
AXELOS Global Best PracticeAug, 2016- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Sustainable Advantage
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United Kingdom
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Consultant / Manager
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Aug 2023 - Present
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KPMG UK
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United Kingdom
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Accounting
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700 & Above Employee
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Assistant Manager - ESG Strategy
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Oct 2022 - May 2023
- Sustainable value creation strategy development – Combined industry research with internal client capabilities to develop holistic ESG strategies with a focus on how ESG can create and deliver business value- ESG landscape assessment and strategy review – Reviewed existing ESG strategies held by clients and benchmarked against industry best practice, upcoming and existing regulations, and cutting-edge innovations within sustainability- Ambition, maturity, and materiality assessments – Worked in close collaboration with a wide variety of client stakeholders to create the ESG maturity framework within their organisations, setting the client ESG ambition, establishing their current- and target-state maturity, and identifying the ESG topics which are most material to them- TCFD support ¬– Supported organisations in implementing recommendations put forward by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, assessing their goals and specific context to develop a bespoke action plan- Client proposal & proposition development – Developed and delivered client proposals, and worked with industry specialists and internal subject matter experts to develop the KPMG propositions within the ESG Strategy offering Show less
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ESG Strategy Consultant
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May 2022 - Oct 2022
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KPMG Boxwood
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United Kingdom
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Management Consultant
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Sep 2019 - May 2022
During my time in Boxwood I experienced a range of industries, including: - Automotive – Undertook C-level interviews, industry benchmarking and maturity analyses for a boutique automotive manufacturer to redesign the back-office function to realise efficiencies per year of ~£30m - Asset Management – Undertook interviews, workshops and data model development in order to create a cost allocation methodology which could be applied across an international business structure, paving the way for more effective data analysis and increased cost transparency - Transport – Used international benchmarking, workshops and root cause analysis to redesign the safety processes for track engineers at a major urban metro, reducing the risk of serious accident by ~99% - Infrastructure – Redeveloped PMO processes on a major infrastructure project by restructuring the source data files to allow for multiple analyses to be undertaken automatically, saving ~80% of the ongoing running process cost - Government – Designed and implemented the governance behind a governmental post-merger integration, running workshops with senior stakeholders in the Civil Service to identify efficiencies in the senior decision-making process of ~30% - Agriculture and Logistics – Undertook multi-industry benchmarking, maturity analyses and C-level interviews to develop a suite of initiatives to achieve net zero emissions by 2030 - Private Equity – Developed a business case for a multi-university collaboration project which has been used as a foundation to help raise funding of ~£500m - Rail – Created customer journeys and assisted io the development of the project approach for a major rail company, leading to the project being ready to commence 3 days ahead of schedule - NGO – Developed and delivered training to the NSPCC in order to improve their internal transformation and process improvement capabilities as part of a pro bono project Show less
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Matillion
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United Kingdom
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Software Development
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400 - 500 Employee
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Product Analyst
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Feb 2019 - Aug 2019
- Triaged bugs - Analysed customer feedback to implement popular features into the product - Managed the features backlog with senior leadership to prioritise and shape product development - Triaged bugs - Analysed customer feedback to implement popular features into the product - Managed the features backlog with senior leadership to prioritise and shape product development
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Brooks Life Sciences
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United States
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Biotechnology
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400 - 500 Employee
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Business Analyst
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Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Responsibilities: - Developed materials for large projects, including written communiques and presentations, for senior stakeholders - Ran Sprint Retrospectives and other Agile ceremonies - Worked with clients to gather product requirements in an Agile Scrum environment - Developed Functional and System Design Specification documents - Developed and executed test scripts, managed the test completion progression to tight deadlines - Developed process maps - Oversaw and facilitated User Acceptance Testing at client sites - Delivered client training and system walkthroughs Skills developed - Scrum - Data migration - Excel - JIRA - TFS - SQL - GAMP certification - Functional and System Design Specification - System testing Show less
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Boots UK
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United Kingdom
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Junior Business Analyst
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Aug 2015 - Sep 2016
- Elucidated and developed product requirements with clients - Increased efficiency in the archiving solution, resulting in reduced storage requirement and increased program speed. - Delivered the learning resources for Waterfall, Agile, and Unified Process project management methodologies. - Achieved my PRINCE2 Project Management qualification - Collaborated with colleagues based internationally to deliver key projects - Enhanced Microsoft Office skills, specifically Excel and PowerPoint - Increased proficiency in HTML, JSON, CSS and JavaScript coding languages. Show less
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Education
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University of Leeds
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Biology/Biological Sciences, General -
The Manchester Grammar School