Sector Experience

Media & Entertainment
Financial Services
Real Estate

Languages

Arabic
20
years

Years of Experience

7/20

Member Since


Bulge Bracket Investment Banks
Fortune 500

Experience

 
Independent Consulting Management Consulting
Management Consulting
02/2017 - Present
• Created a city-wide strategy for a newly emerging media city in the Middle East as part of the Vision 2030 plan for Saudi Arabia.
• Pitched worth over $45B in business initiatives directly to Neom’s board of directors to create a world-leading immersive media and gaming hub in the Middle East.
• Partnered with leading global media companies and small startups innovating on immersive media technology to create joint ventures with Neom corporation and Middle East Broadcasting Center.

Goldman Sachs Finance
Vice President
01/2014 - 02/2017
• Risk-managed over $25b in illiquid assets using various valuation techniques--including earning comparables, discounted cash flow, and observable market transactions.
• Increased return on equity by reducing funding-related expenses by $80M on distressed loans.
• Modeled projected cash flows for distressed illiquid assets, including real estate, defaulted loans, theme parks, and private equity in Japan and Australia.

Goldman Sachs Finance
VIce President
01/2010 - 01/2014
• Risk managed a $40B business that invests in government-issued securities in repurchase agreements.
• Slashed $160M of funding-related expenses across all Asia-wide entities by charging firm businesses for their portion of their liquidity reserve usage—a critical component of the firm’s risk management strategy.
• Saved +$75M in interest-related expense by shutting down capital intensive businesses across Asia where trapped regulatory capital sat unused for over ten years.

Goldman Sachs Finance
Associate
11/2004 - 01/2010
• Risk managed liquidity risk for a +$900B bank balance sheet with a +$180B liquidity reserve through the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis.
• Diversified $400B of secured and unsecured funding sources which allowed the firm to survive the Financial Crisis intact.
• Computed the required equity capital, short and long-term debt needs for the entire firm—a critical liquidity risk management tool for avoiding a fire sale of assets during a liquidity crisis.