FAHEEM RASHID                                     

.  P.O. Box, 25073. Dubai, U.A.E

È  Phone: +971505357364

*    E-mail: [email protected]

*    E-mail:[email protected]

 

 

Objective:

 

Investment Business professional with 7-year accomplished career track known throughout the industry for delivering and sustaining revenue and profit gains within highly competitive Investment business markets. Exceptional communicator with a consultative style, strong negotiation skills, exceptional problem solving abilities, and a keen client needs assessment aptitude. Aggressively identify opportunities, develop focus, and provide tactical business solutions.

Key strengths:

Sales & Marketing          Investment Banking /Trade Finance Financial information system

Self-correspondence           Regulatory compliance                      Business math /MS office

Customer services              Relationship building                                         BackOffice / Front Desk

 

Database management

 

Experience:

 

Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (Dubai) U.A.E.

Sept 2005 till date Senior E.& R. Manager Business Development

 

·         Facilitate 85 applicants information for membership and presented to Exchange board of director, communication to resolve issues that arise during membership approvals.

·         Promote awareness about commodities market and financial derivatives and attract various commodity user groups to achieve greater participation in the markets as users / members of the Exchange

·         Managing day-to-day relationships with members and developing a deep understanding of their compliance and long-term business strategies.

·         Arranged and conducted membership interviews in Pakistan in year 2005 followed by business development visit in March 2006.

• Represented exchange on different events at members level as well as government authorities.

 

 

Elfina Financial Investment Consultancy-         (Dubai) U.A.E.

Nov. 2004 Sept 2005, Manager Marketing and Sales

• Planned successful marketing and advertising strategies targeting and developing businesses.
• Expanded customer and providing service to existing clients.
• Preparation of  sales presentations to the upper management of major business groups.
• Interviewed, trained, supervised, and evaluated number of freelancer, referral and introducing brokers.
• Identified and resolved conflicts between customers and clearing firms/banks, brokers/clients and management, clarifying work relationships and alleviating communication problems.
• Providing assistance in designing and targets of advertisements and company website.
• Negotiation of business terms and conditions, pricing, payments methods and payment terms execution methods.
• Responsible for the customer relations, services, inquiries feedback, follow-ups by telephone, active e-mail services and personal meetings.
• Managed database of 300 plus gold hedger and Pakistan’s top speculators as well as money exchanges in UAE and Pakistan.

 

Uni-World Fze. LLC, (JAFZ) U.A.E.

Feb 2003 Nov. 2004, Assistant Manager Marketing & Sales

• Arrange database by market survey of potential individuals, institutions, brokers and brokerage firms.
• Travel abroad to introduce the firm & establish brokers and brokerage firm’s network.
•  Presentation of products and services, both local and overseas, by highlighting benefits.
• Assist investor & brokerage firms in establishing investment objectives and methods to achieve targets.
• Lead aggressive sales campaign through network of brokers for financial investment products and Derivatives.
• Responsible for the customer relations, services, inquiries feedback, follow-ups and business negotiations by telephone and active e-mail service.
• Provide training and support to brokers’ network on product and services, business plans, marketing materials etc.
• Accountable for the managing risk, margin follow-ups, order tracking and funds remittance.
• Reconciliation of orders, bank side and client side.
• Providing assistance in designing and layout of advertisements and website.
• Create and distribute a variety of reports using MS Excel and MS word.
• Providing feed back to investors on global financial markets, studies of charting and economic indicators, updating investors with financial data, economic calendar etc.
• Monitoring and updating investors and management about account statements, margin financed accounts, equities, trading activity, margin calls etc.
• Trade reconciliation bank side and client side, Day-end process, Margin monitoring and follow ups, resolving trade disputes and Update of margin sheet.

          

Global Bond Commercial trading LLC, (Dubai) U.A.E.

Sep. 2001 – Nov 2002 Assistant Manager Dealing & Operations  

·         Involved with monitoring team of forex dealing and client support.

·         Trade entry (via file upload processes) into risk management trading accounting system

·         Transmission of trades to prime brokers

·         Confirmation of trades (where applicable) with executing brokers

·         Valuation of client portfolios to avoid over losses

·         Reconciliation of trades, investment positions and cash balances to external third parties (banks, prime brokers, counterparties)

·         Resolution of trade differences etc.

·         Coordinated in the development of financial accounting software.

·        Online reporting and communication to head office by e-mail service.

·         Responsible for centralization of activities, reengineering existing operations and setting up complete operations function, including selecting and implementing systems, developing procedures which comply with the regulatory and company requirements, recruitment of staff and training.

 

 

Royal Index LLC.          (Abu Dhabi) U.A.E.

 Feb. 2000 – Sep 2001, Forex Dealer  

·         Monitoring global currency market study of charting and economic indicators, financial data studies.

·         Maintaining control list and order list (market, limit, stop, OCO).

·         Handling accounts and their maintenance as well keeping a check on equity.

·         Preparing daily, weekly, monthly reports of margin movement.

·         Operating forex dealing software package.

·         Providing phone quotations to investors by principle.

·         Maintaining client’s trading record files.

 

Gulf Emerald Metal LLC, (Dubai) U.A.E.

May 1999 – Feb2000, Sales & Investment Executive

·         Improving sales of metal by creating new clients within and outside U.A.E.

·         Presentation of sales report on daily, weekly and monthly basis.

·         Responsible for the delivery of stock as well payment collection.

·         Increasing sales by appointing and training telemarketing staff.

·        Responsible for company’s Forex investments with Sterling Financial Brokerage.

 

 

Sterling Financial Broker LLC      UAE (Investment Advisor on behalf of Gulf emerald)

King Lung Commodities LLC       UAE (Independent Broker)

Hudson Capital Investment         New Zealand (Independent sales & Marketing Advisor)

Independent Financial Investment Advisor

 

Education:

Islamia University

March 1997-99 Bachelor of Arts                                              Bahawal pur. Pakistan
Sociology, Journalism, Persian.

Zaib institute of management & computer sciences            Multan. Pakistan

Certificate of Microsoft office professional

Chicago Mercantile Exchange                                              Chicago U.S.A               

Dynamic Foreign Exchange

Option Industry Council                                                                        Chicago U.S.A

Option Operation Certificate

 

Computing Skills:
            MS-Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Front page, Publisher, Forex Assistant, Internet, CRM Maximizer

Languages:

English, Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi,

Personal Information:

Date of Birth:                       18th May 1977

Visa Status:                           Resident PCFC (till 2007)

Driving license:                    Valid till 23^rd June 2014 (Own Vehicle)
Nationality:                           Pakistani
Marital Status:                      Single

Expected Salary                    AED 15,000 PM