Nauman Zafar
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HIGHLIGHTS
●15 plus years of leadership experience in financial service industry in Corporate, Investment, Retail & Commercial banking
●Leadership role in heading various geographic areas with business responsibility
●Project management and process Re-engineering
●Have been responsible for sales and delivery of financial products for geographic area / segments for over 10 year
KEY SKILLS
●Credit Management and Marketing
●Investment Banking; syndications, capital instruments, privatization etc.
●Client Relationship Management
●Process Re-engineering
●Project Management covering Economics, Costing, Financial Evaluation
●Risk Management and Control
●Budgeting, Forecasting and Financial Analyst
●Investment Analysis
●Sales Management and leadership
●Management and Statutory reporting
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
●Rehabilitated several projects including but not limited to PepsiCo Bottlers, Hush Puppies, Warid / Wateen etc.
●Set up a new line of business; Structured Finance from scratch including hiring process development and implementation and launch within 12 months
●Relaunched and re-engineered USD 2 billion business transforming from loss making unit to profits in two years
●On the board of the largest mutual funds in Pakistan i.e. National Investment Trust
●Formal training and mentorship for new entrants in the organization
WORK EXPERIENCE
Assurgo Enterprises Inc. Feb 2020 to date
Senior Manager
oFinancial Consultant working on funding / credit requirements and mergers & acquisition transactions
MCB Bank Limited, Lahore Pakistan Oct 2015 to Oct 2019
Executive Vice President
Business Head Corporate South / Investment Bank Head / CMA Business Head
Karachi, Pakistan
oManaging Corporate South Portfolio of investments, assets and liabilities. Responsible for sales & marketing, portfolio risk management and delivery of service. Handling portfolio in excess of USD 3 billion with trade of over USD 2 billion on a per annum basis
oHead of Investment Banking on a Country wide basis handling M & A Advisory, Structured Transactions, Syndications, Debt / Equity Instruments.
oAlso handling stressed portfolio at the country level requiring extensive monitoring and focused relationship management with high level of interpersonal skills
oProject Management experience in terms of restructuring, asset rehabilitation and process & financial re-engineering
oLeading a team of 30 at various levels of management
Habib Bank Limited, General Manager – Structured Finance June 2013 to Sep 2015
United Bank Limited, Head Retail Assets/GM – Retail/RH Corporate Feb 2005 to May 2013
Corporate Banking Experience, Senior Vice President / Vice President Jan 1999 to Jan 2005
(MCB Bank Limited, Gulf Commercial Bank Ltd., Faysal Bank Limited) Jun 1992 to Apr 1995
Investment Banking Experience Apr 1995 to Jan 1999
(Al Faysal Investment Bank Ltd / IGI Investment Bank Ltd)
oAs a team leader managed two Relationship Managers and a diverse investment banking clientele
oWas a part of several advisory assignments
oResponsible for management of 20 corporate and investment banking relationships
oInvolved in the issuance of first quoted Bond (Term Finance Certificate) in Pakistan
Bata Pakistan Limited, Supervisor Sales – Export, Lahore, Pakistan Oct 1989 to April 1992
oJoined as a Management Trainee went through a six-month training program
oRated as the best trainee in a batch of eight
oPlaced in the export department as Supervisor Sales. The position required involvement in marketing, production planning, merchandising, participation in shoe fairs etc.
oTravelled internationally and attended shoe fairs with the objective of marketing and closing orders
EDUCATION
●Master’s in Business Administration
●Diploma in Banking from Institute of Bankers in Pakistan
LANGUAGES (spoken and written)
●English – Fluent
●Urdu – Fluent
●Punjabi – Fluent
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
●Six months training with MCB Bank as Management Trainee
●Three months training with Bata Pakistan Limited as Management Trainee
●Cleared 15 modules of Omega Financial training
●JP Morgan training seminar on AML / KYC and transaction processing
●Various professional courses and Seminars