Consultant & University lecturer

Antoun G. Khalife

Cell: +1-773-***-****

E-mail: *************@*****.***

Summary

• Banking executive with over 20 years of experience across Canada, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain

• University professor with over 8 years of teaching undergraduate and graduate business courses

• Associate of the Institute of Canadian Bankers and Personal Financial Planner (PFP)

• Fluent in English, French and Arabic (written and spoken) Education

Bachelor of Commerce July 1, 1983

St. Joseph University Faculty of Business Administration and Management - Lebanon Master of Business Administration – Finance and Banking June 5, 1985 St. Joseph University Faculty of Business Administration and Management - Lebanon Diplôme d’Étude Approfondies D.E.A Novembre 9, 1987 Saint Esprit University Faculty of Commercial Science - Lebanon Investment Funds in Canada June 4, 2005

The Institute of Canadian Bankers - Ottawa, Canada Branch Compliance Officer August 22, 2005

The Institute of Canadian Bankers - Ottawa, Canada Personal Financial Planner (PFP) November 15, 2005 The Institute of Canadian Bankers - Ottawa, Canada Associate of the Institute of Canadian Bankers December 28, 2006 The Institute of Canadian Bankers – Ottawa, Canada Work Experience

University Professor 2017 - Present

Antonine University – Beirut, Lebanon

• Teaching three Master’s degree courses; Advanced Financial Markets, Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management, and Financial Management

• Created simulated training events/modules for students entered in the national virtual stock exchange competition and helped the University participate for the first time ever – with one of our students selected as a top five finalist in the country

(against 45 students across 9 universities)

• Introduced two new courses in English and French; i) Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management (graduate level) and ii) Advanced Financial Markets (graduate level) – both of which were approved by the Ministry Lebanese Canadian University – Beirut, Lebanon

• Teaching a Master’s degree course; Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management Saint Joseph University – Beirut, Lebanon

• Teaching second year Financial Analysis for undergraduate students Private Consultant 2016 - 2017

Toronto Stock Exchange - Toronto, Canada

• Advised the CEO of the TSX on the anticipated Saudi Aramco IPO and presented a strategy on how to win its listing in the Canadian capital markets

Head of Group Treasury Sales 2008 - 2015

Ahli United Bank - Manama, Bahrain

• Oversaw the Group Treasury Sales desk (a team of 30) which executed $200 million a year in dealings such as; hedging, FX, money market etc.

• Managed an $8 billion portfolio for the Public Institute of Social Security (the largest public pension fund in Kuwait)

• Managed a $2 billion portfolio for the Kuwait Investment Authority (the 5th largest sovereign wealth fund in the world)

• Played a key role in helping Ahli United Bank convert its subsidiary business in Kuwait to a fully Islamic entity

• Conducted treasury training seminars for the Central Bank of Libya on modern treasury strategies

• Produced a return of approximately $7 million per year for the bank from FX transactions, $5 million from structured products, and $5 million from money market operations

Portfolio Manager 2003 - 2008

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) - Ottawa, Canada

• Created an entirely new client market for RBC – selling to Embassy’s and Diplomats (recognizing that each individual is high net worth and holds regional positions for roughly five years)

• Managed a portfolio of about $1.5 billion across more than 1,500 clients – with a retention rate of 100%

• Responsible for structuring Islamic products that better suited the specific needs of Embassy’s such as those of Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, UAE, etc.

Treasury Manager 1993 - 2003

The National Titanium Dioxide Co. Ltd. - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

• Financed the expansion of NTD’s production line in Saudi Arabia and hedged its exposure, a project worth around

£65 million

• Oversaw the shareholder buyout agreement which saved the company around $5 million in limiting/restricting the ability of U.S. shareholders to liquidate their positions upon exiting the Saudi entity

• Built a Treasury team of 25 members and was responsible for creating relationships with local and international banks – this proved to be a crucial factor in helping NTD execute several financing initiatives down the road Treasurer 1983 - 1993

Creditbank – Lebanon

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