Vice President and CFO of a midsize civil construction and maintenance company based in Kuwait focused on public sector projects. In addition to leading the core finance function, I led the process of searching and bidding on new tenders, and negotiated credit agreements with our lending banks. This was my family's business.

Point person responsible for raising $20 million Series B round for the company, completed successfully as a first tranche in Feb 2018 and as a second tranche in Aug 2018. Also act as the right-hand person to the CEO, advising on all matter related to corporate development, financing, strategy, and new initiatives.

- Bayt.com Inc. is a collection of leading internet assets in the Middle East, including Bayt.com (careers), Talentera (HR SaaS), YallaMotor (autos) and Doctoruna (healthcare). The firm is venture-backed by Tiger Global Management.
- Developed and marketed a 5-year business plan and financial model to PE investors for a potential secondary transaction
- Structured partnerships for entry into India and led acquisition efforts for assets in UAE, India, Jordan, and Algeria

- Consultant to founding partner at Slate Path Capital, a New York-based investment management firm with $4 billion assets under management
- Analyzed long/short public markets investments. Recommendations included Cheniere and Pandora.

- Member of the basic materials and cyclicals team analyzing $500 million of long/short equities in European markets
- Generated long/short investments based on fundamental value investing principles
- Secured investment committee approval for positions in Air Arabia, Embraer, Peugeot, Qantas and Volkswagen

- Ranked top of cohort of ~80 analysts
- Lead analyst on $28 billion sale of Caesars Entertainment to Apollo/TPG, in charge of financial modeling, preparing board presentation materials, managing data rooms and coordinating deal logistics
- Structured $13 billion buyout bid for Tribune Company on behalf of Eli Broad and The Yucaipa Companies
- Advised Reed Elsevier on $4 billion divestiture of education division and performed comparables analysis, DCF, LBO, accretion/dilution and other