Seasoned executive with 25+ years of post-qualification transactional experience locally and internationally in corporate finance, project finance, debt syndication, equity raising, credit analysis, financial feasibility, financial restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, project development, and regulatory affairs spanning across various sectors including but not limited to energy, power generation, banking, technology, aviation, cement, telecommunication, electricity distribution, hospitality, food products, education, fertilizer, sugar, etc. Extensive experience and intricate knowledge of all aspects of transaction advisory having successfully advised or concluded transactions in the excess of USD 10 billion over my professional career.
Strong entrepreneurship background and investment portfolio as shareholder of Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Limited (PACRA), Pakistan’s leading corporate credit rating agency; founder and sponsoring shareholder of Aequitas Information Services Limited (Tasdeeq), Pakistan’s 1st State Bank licensed credit bureau; and sponsoring shareholder of TenX (Private) Limited (formerly Analytics (Private) Limited), a leading data analytics and software development firm in Pakistan, and founder and sponsoring shareholder of Agrilift Pakistan Limited, a start-up in agritech.