Tayeb Sherif
Address: Email: *****.******@*****.*** DOB: 31 March 1980
PO Box 45005 Mobile: +971********* Nationality: British
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Education and professional qualifications
2005 AMCT Association of Corporate Treasurers
2004 ACMA Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
1998-2001 Trinity College, University of Cambridge
MA Social and Political Sciences; Class II (i)
1993-1998 Westminster School, London
A-Levels: English (A), History (A), Maths (B); AS Level: Further Maths (B)
Professional experience
Mubadala Development Company PJSC - Abu Dhabi based investment company
Nov 2010 to Treasury Operations Manager
• Managing the front-office team responsible for cash management, deal
date
execution and trade finance
• Execution of forwards, swaps and options to hedge exposures arising from
operating, investing and funding activities in accordance with the Group
Treasury risk management policies
• Working closely with Legal, Tax, Finance and Business Unit departments to
structure intercompany loans and internal transfer pricing for treasury services
• Implementing a new treasury management system as well as treasury policies
and controls
• Regularly presenting and preparing memos for the CFO and Investment
Committee on treasury related items
Oct 2009 – Nov Division Financial Controller – Treasury
• Designed and implemented a group wide cash flow forecasting process
2010
• Built and embedded models to provide debt and interest projections for the
annual business plan and quarterly updates
• Provided rating agency leverage and interest cover metrics based on quarterly
results and projections
• Responsible for statutory, regulatory and management reporting of debt,
derivatives and off balance sheet liabilities
• Provided guidance on IAS 39 hedge accounting to Finance and Treasury
• Appointed as a director of the Group’s internal re-insurance captive
Aviva PLC – the UK’s biggest insurance company
Oct 2006 – Oct Senior Treasury Manager
• Responsible for reporting and forecasting key rating agency metrics (such as
2009
capital adequacy, interest cover and leverage) for the Group Asset Liability
Management Committee
• Provided analysis and commentary for monthly and quarterly management
information packs
• Modelled the impact of potential M&A and other corporate finance
transactions on rating agency metrics and explained the implications to senior
management
• Managed Aviva’s relationships with the rating agencies, working closely with
strategy, finance and risk teams on delivering high quality presentations and
analysis covering all aspects of the business
• Reviewed business unit data submissions and reconciled between statutory and
management reports for the Group Derivatives Committee
Imperial Chemical industries PLC – the UK’s historic leading chemical company
Treasury Accountant
• Developed and provided weekly liquidity forecasting reports to assist treasury
May 2005- Oct
2006 dealers with cash management
• Responsible for quarterly updates to the Group’s staff pension fund and interest
cash flow models
• Monthly statutory and management reporting of ICI Finance Ltd which housed
the Group’s centralised cash, FX and interest rate derivatives positions
Sep 2001- May Group Accountant
• Contributed effectively to a number of projects including financial reporting
2005
systems, IFRS transition and Sarbanes Oxley
• Monthly reporting and forecasting of intercompany balances (dividends, loans
and interest) as well as Group divestment provisions
• Accounting for tax led intra-group corporate finance transactions
• Reviewing Business Unit monthly reports
Additional skills and experience
IT Microsoft Office (Advanced), Bloomberg, Reuters, VBA for Excel, SAP, Hyperion,
Cartesis, Oracle, Sungard,360T
Languages Arabic (intermediate), French (Basic), German (Basic), Urdu (conversational)