Experience

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  LINNAEA

  • Cairo, Egypt

  • Founder

    • Jul 2020 - Present
    • Cairo, Egypt

    AI health tech startup, tackling the mis-alignment of the key stakeholders in the industry through our suite of products catering to medical providers and insurance companies to assist in providing better patient care.

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  PER Partners - Fin tech

  • London Area, United Kingdom

  • Founder and CEO

    • Aug 2017 - Apr 2020
    • London Area, United Kingdom

    Developed the first AI powered research portal for an investment bank operating in 125 global markets around the world for a customised experience for the portfolio managers based on all their data with the bank. Automated the research production pipeline saving significant cost and time.

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  PER Partners -Financial advisory

  • London Area, United Kingdom

  • Founder and CEO of PER Partners

    • Jul 2010 - Jul 2017
    • London Area, United Kingdom

    Financial advisory. Formed a JV between the Ministry of Finance, a leading global infrastructure group in India and the contracting arm of the Egyptian government for waste management and lobbied for the legislation of Industrial waste n Egypt and incentives offered to minimize the environmental impact.

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  Deutsche Bank

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Executive Director

    • 2004 - 2009
    • London, United Kingdom

    EMEA Equities and ME origination and distribution across asset classes.Placement of over $ 50 bn of deals: IPO of Rosneft, DP World, VTB, Severstal, Kazakmyths, Ferrexpo, Global Investment House, Turk Telecom, Cellcom, Polymetal, Raspaskya, First Bank of Nigeria, Halyk Bank.EM debt origination: securitisation of the Egyptian New Urban Communities Authority receivables.Initiated & worked DB potential fully fledged local presence in Egypt.

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  HSBC

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Executive Director

    • 2002 - 2004
    • London, United Kingdom

    EMEA equities and Turkey/ME specialist & product developmentWorked on IPO and subsequent acquisition, tender offer & delisting of Borchodchem ( $2bn )Worked on IPO and subsequents acquisition, tender offer & delisting of Lipman ($ 1bn)Worked on IPO, subsequent acquisition, tender offer &delisting of investcom ($5.5 billion)$250 mn accelerated book building for Orascom industries to name a few.Led the Turkish product development and franchise across research, distribution.

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  JP Morgan Chase

  • London, United Kingdom

  • associate director

    • 1998 - 2003
    • London, United Kingdom

    EMEA equities coverage for US & Europe & ME institutional investors. Part of a team of 3 that started EEMEA fully fledged sales & distribution desk for JP Morgancovering Europe and US institutional investor baseME origination and capital raising for ME corporates.

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  EFG Hermes Holding

  • Cairo, Egypt

  • Institutional Equity Sales

    • Sep 1996 - 1998
    • Cairo, Egypt

    Institutional Business developmentsetting up the centralised sales and trading desk.Successful placement of major companies IPOS such as OCI,OHD,Zzz group.Getting global leading asset managers to invest in Egyptian capital markets culminating in Foreign institutional buyers reaching 30 to 40 % of daily market turnoverCorporate finance and investment banking coverage:worked on IPO of AIC, Ezz steel Negotiated together with head of operations credit lines with banks and settlement issues with the clearing house and pioneered partial settlement which unlocked significant funds and avoided financial distress for the brokerage who was financing the unsettled trades.