Experience

Oasis Crescent

• South Africa
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investment Analyst

  • Jul 2020 - Present

  • Working as a buy side Investment Analyst for a USD 3.2 Billion fund that is investing in both, South African and Global Equity & Fixed Income instruments. Sectors that I cover are telecommunication, food producers & retailers in MENA & Sub Saharan Africa region along with covering few tech stocks in China. • Member of the Investment Committee responsible for oversight of various portfolios across multiple asset classes. • Managing a segregated equity portfolio of Public Investment Corporation, South Africa as part of their mandate with Oasis. Public Investment Corporation is the largest pension fund in Africa and is in the top 50 biggest funds globally. • Conducting management calls and attending investor presentations with the C Level management of the investee companies. • Represented Oasis Group Holdings at various exhibitions and forums, largest amongst which is attending the annual Mining Indaba held in Cape Town ever year which is the largest mining investment conference in the world. • Monitoring of GIPS (Global Investment Performance Standards) and UNPRI (United Nations Principles of Responsible Investing) regulations and applying them on a firm wide basis. • Accessing Bloomberg, Morningstar & Thomson Reuters Eikon for conducting research and analyzing latest news. Show less



Karandaaz Pakistan

• Pakistan
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate - Corporate Credit & Investments

  • Mar 2019 - Oct 2019

  Worked as an Associate, Private Equity & Credit in Karandaaz Pakistan where Tamour was responsible for deploying a US $250 Million fund, sponsored by Department for International Development (DFID), UK and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, USA. His responsibilities included providing wholesale structured credit and equity linked direct growth capital to micro, small and medium sized businesses (MSME) for promoting sustainable business growth and employment generation in Pakistan. Major investments of the fund are in medical diagnostics, agriculture and IT sector of Pakistan whereas few deals in education, logistics and retail sector are in advanced stage of execution. Show less



Meezan Bank Limited

• Pakistan
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Relationship Manager / Assistant Vice President - Corporate & Investment Banking Group

  • Dec 2016 - Nov 2018

  Tamour served as an Assistant Vice President within Corporate & Investment Banking department at the largest Islamic Bank of Pakistan where he was looking after a credit portfolio exceeding USD 150 Million spread across 21 corporate relationships. His clientele included sought after names in the regional corporate market covering textile, power, auto and hospitality sector. Key achievements were: - Led syndicated financing of USD 7.5 Million for setting up of a greenfield cement plant of D.G. Khan Cement Co. Ltd at Hub, Baluchistan. - Arranged bilateral project financing of USD 40 Million for Hyundai Nishat Motors Limited (a Greenfield project for assembling Hyundai vehicles in Pakistan). - Arranged working capital financing of USD 65 Million for Independent Power Producers in Pakistan including Nishat Power Limited, Lalpir Power Limited, Nishat Chunian Power Limited and Kot Addu Power Company Limited. - Looking after trade financing with an annual trade volume in excess of USD 200 Million which also included handling of 40% (USD 110 Million) of the trade wallet size of Nishat Mills Limited, one of the largest textile composite unit of Pakistan. - Successfully implemented e-Dividend transactions for Nishat Chunian Limited and Nishat Chunian Power Limited for the first time in banking industry of Pakistan. - Solicited sugar exports worth USD 30 Million from JDW Sugar Mills Limited (largest sugar mill in Pakistan) in CY 2018. Show less



Dubai Islamic Bank Pakistan

• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Relationship Manager - Corporate & Investment Banking Group

  • Dec 2015 - Dec 2016

  Part of the Corporate Banking team placed in Lahore where he handled a credit portfolio of PKR 8 Billion with an annual trade volume of PKR 10 Billion. Part of the Corporate Banking team placed in Lahore where he handled a credit portfolio of PKR 8 Billion with an annual trade volume of PKR 10 Billion.



Soneri Bank Limited

• Pakistan
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Relationship Manager - Corporate & Investment Banking Group

  • Jun 2013 - Dec 2015

  Tamour was part of the core team that established the Corporate and Investment Banking Group at Soneri Bank Limited in June 2013. As being a newly formed setup, he was responsible for exponential growth of the credit portfolio which increased from PKR 3 Billion to PKR 7 Billion within a span of 1 year. His major achievements were: - Solicited deposit of PKR 2 Billion from Nestle Pakistan Limited in shape of Term Deposit Receipts. - Deepening of relationship with Nishat Chunian Limited which resulted in capturing 80% of the import business of the company. - Participated in Syndicate Financing of PKR 22 Billion secured for Fatima Energy Ltd for setting up a 120 MW dual fired thermal power plant. - Participated in Syndicate Financing deal of PKR 8.2 Billion arranged for Nishat Hotels & Properties Ltd for construction of a multipurpose real estate project in Lahore. - Successfully marketed Thal Industries Corporation and Al Moiz Industries as new to bank relationships and disbursed pledge based working capital limits aggregating PKR 800 Million. Show less



HBL - Habib Bank Limited

• Pakistan
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Relationship Manager - Commercial Banking Group

  • Nov 2011 - Jun 2013

  Managed a credit portfolio of around PKR 1,000 Million which included SME / Emerging Corporate clients from following industries:- Steel- Electrical GoodsMajor Achievement: - Successfully marketed Fast Cables Ltd. where working capital limits of PKR 200 Million were approved and disbursed.

• Management Trainee

  • Aug 2011 - Nov 2011

  I was inducted in Habib Bank Ltd through esteemed Management Trainee Program spanning 4 months, by virtue of which, I was given in class as well as extensive on the job training through rotations in following departments in Head Office, Karachi. - Treasury - Corporate Banking,- Commercial Banking, - Retail Banking, - Risk- CAD



ICI Akzonobel

• Internee

  • Jul 2010 - Sep 2010

  Worked as an internee at ICI Paints business in the "Compliance and Business Excellence" department Worked as an internee at ICI Paints business in the "Compliance and Business Excellence" department