Sohail Malik
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Chris Sioufi
Sohail is an experienced professional with whom I had the pleasure to work for many years on transactions in a wide range of industries. Sohail is a very committed and diligent person. He has a very positive and "can do" attitude and does not shy away from dealing with issues when they arise. In addition, he is very pleasant and it is a true pleasure to work with him.
Nabeel Baiq
Sohail has always maintained positive working relationship with his coworkers and interacted easily with a diverse workforce. He treated all his team members with great respect, he is friendly, cheerful and always appreciated others for their work, assistance and support. He is self motivated, energetic, very respectful of the feelings of others, cooperative and dedicated to the teams development and their work. He has always motivated his team and guided them to success with a lot of knowledge transfer. He is very open minded person and always respected others views. He has flexible and fluid mindset to adapt to changes and new challenges. He is full of empathy to all people surrounding him, and his emotional intelligence skills are very high. Sohail has great skills and great personality, he is my mentor and has always guided me in my success.
Chris Sioufi
Sohail is an experienced professional with whom I had the pleasure to work for many years on transactions in a wide range of industries. Sohail is a very committed and diligent person. He has a very positive and "can do" attitude and does not shy away from dealing with issues when they arise. In addition, he is very pleasant and it is a true pleasure to work with him.
Nabeel Baiq
Sohail has always maintained positive working relationship with his coworkers and interacted easily with a diverse workforce. He treated all his team members with great respect, he is friendly, cheerful and always appreciated others for their work, assistance and support. He is self motivated, energetic, very respectful of the feelings of others, cooperative and dedicated to the teams development and their work. He has always motivated his team and guided them to success with a lot of knowledge transfer. He is very open minded person and always respected others views. He has flexible and fluid mindset to adapt to changes and new challenges. He is full of empathy to all people surrounding him, and his emotional intelligence skills are very high. Sohail has great skills and great personality, he is my mentor and has always guided me in my success.
Chris Sioufi
Sohail is an experienced professional with whom I had the pleasure to work for many years on transactions in a wide range of industries. Sohail is a very committed and diligent person. He has a very positive and "can do" attitude and does not shy away from dealing with issues when they arise. In addition, he is very pleasant and it is a true pleasure to work with him.
Nabeel Baiq
Sohail has always maintained positive working relationship with his coworkers and interacted easily with a diverse workforce. He treated all his team members with great respect, he is friendly, cheerful and always appreciated others for their work, assistance and support. He is self motivated, energetic, very respectful of the feelings of others, cooperative and dedicated to the teams development and their work. He has always motivated his team and guided them to success with a lot of knowledge transfer. He is very open minded person and always respected others views. He has flexible and fluid mindset to adapt to changes and new challenges. He is full of empathy to all people surrounding him, and his emotional intelligence skills are very high. Sohail has great skills and great personality, he is my mentor and has always guided me in my success.
Chris Sioufi
Sohail is an experienced professional with whom I had the pleasure to work for many years on transactions in a wide range of industries. Sohail is a very committed and diligent person. He has a very positive and "can do" attitude and does not shy away from dealing with issues when they arise. In addition, he is very pleasant and it is a true pleasure to work with him.
Nabeel Baiq
Sohail has always maintained positive working relationship with his coworkers and interacted easily with a diverse workforce. He treated all his team members with great respect, he is friendly, cheerful and always appreciated others for their work, assistance and support. He is self motivated, energetic, very respectful of the feelings of others, cooperative and dedicated to the teams development and their work. He has always motivated his team and guided them to success with a lot of knowledge transfer. He is very open minded person and always respected others views. He has flexible and fluid mindset to adapt to changes and new challenges. He is full of empathy to all people surrounding him, and his emotional intelligence skills are very high. Sohail has great skills and great personality, he is my mentor and has always guided me in my success.
Experience
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Aramco Ventures
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Saudi Arabia
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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Investment Professional
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Nov 2018 - Present
Aramco Ventures is the VC arm of Saudi Aramco. Aramco Ventures invests globally into early-stage and high growth companies with technologies of strategic importance to Aramco, to accelerate their development and their deployment in KSA. Prosperity7 Ventures invests globally in startups, with a longer-term view to develop next generation technologies and business models that will bring prosperity and a positive impact on a vast scale. Aramco Ventures is the VC arm of Saudi Aramco. Aramco Ventures invests globally into early-stage and high growth companies with technologies of strategic importance to Aramco, to accelerate their development and their deployment in KSA. Prosperity7 Ventures invests globally in startups, with a longer-term view to develop next generation technologies and business models that will bring prosperity and a positive impact on a vast scale.
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Venture Capital Bank B.S.C. (c)
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Bahrain
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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Executive Director - Investments
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Jan 2015 - Apr 2018
I closely monitored a USD 1.2 billion portfolio of alternative investments, helping improve business processes, originating deals, carrying out financial due diligence, implementing financial reporting enhancements, post acquisition monitoring and achieving performance improvements within the investment portfolio and the Bank.
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Director - Investments
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Apr 2007 - Jan 2015
I joined as a Director in the Private Equity department and later promoted to Executive Director, with a range of front office investment end-to-end responsibilities for private equity, venture capital and real estate transactions.
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EY
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United Kingdom
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Executive Manager
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Jul 1998 - Apr 2007
I worked for 9 years in EY: 3 years in external audit, 3 years in the regional head office in a senior technical role and 3 years leading a specialist advisory group. I headed the Business Risk Services service line in Bahrain and managed a team that delivered due diligence, consulting, internal audit and business improvements assignments for demanding clients, on time and within tight deadlines. My main accomplishment in EY was to lead the team that created an intelligent audit application which was successfully used by EY Global around the world. Show less
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Haslers
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United Kingdom
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Accounting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Auditor
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Jan 1994 - Jun 1998
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Education
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1993 - 1995
ACCA
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants -
2011 - 2011
General Securities Qualification Examination (CME-1)
Capital Market Authority, KSA -
1989 - 1992
Bangor University
BA (Hons), Accounting and Finance -
2003 - 2003
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
Information Systems Audit & Control Association, USA -
Bangor University
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