Business Development Manager

To find a Business Development Role / Sales / Marketing / Analyst job within the Oil and Gas Industry.

Ahlibank SAOG (Part of Ahli United Group, Bahrain)
Corporate Banking Department
Team Leader – Specialised Industries, September 2008 to date.

Reporting to the Head of Corporate Banking and leading a team of 2 Relationship Managers and 2 credit analysts. My key responsibilities include the following:

• Responsible for growth in both assets and liabilities within the following industries: Telecommunications, Oil & Gas, General Trading, Real Estate and Contracting.
• Business Development and Marketing– Specifically targeting large corporates in the above sectors including some Government and Quasi-Government entities.

HSBC Bank Middle East Limited
Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB)
Senior Relationship Manager, Corporate & Institutional Banking May 2007 to September 2008.
Relationship Manager, Corporate & Institutional Banking June 2005 to May 2007

Reporting to the head of CIB and Leading a team of 1 credit analyst and 1 relationship manager, my key responsibilities included:

• Management of the bank’s Multinational CIB clients (borrowing and non-borrowing). Responsible for growth of both assets and liabilities of this segment.
• Business Development and marketing. Increasing the Bank’s lending portfolio in line with guidelines and within acceptable risk parameters. Developing and maintaining relationships with clients/potential clients.

• Involved in negotiation, structuring and preparation of Project Finance/ syndicated credit facilities of upto USD 250m where HSBC has acted as Mandate lead arranger.
• Maximise returns by capturing ancillary business, particularly payments and cash management and Investment products.
• Providing leads and liasing with various departments both locally and globally (e.g. Project and Export Finance based in Dubai and the Syndications team based in the London).


National Bank of Oman
Corporate Credit Analyst, November 2003 – August 2004
• Due diligence, review and analysis of credit proposals. Financial Analysis of Audited and Management Financial statements.

Risk Management - Credit Risk
Project Coordinator (Junior Officer), March 2003 – November 2003

• BASEL II compliance. Assisted in ensuring that the bank’s credit risk policies were inline with BASEL II recommendations and Central Bank regulations.

University Of Portsmouth, 2001-2002, United Kingdom
MA Economics for Business

University Of Portsmouth, 1997-2001, United Kingdom
BA (HONOURS) Economic & Business Policy

Chichester College, 1996-1997, United Kingdom
Foundation course in Business Studies.

Bahrain International School, 1993-1996, Bahrain
Graduated in 1996 with an American High School Diploma.

Training:
• Corporate Finance and Capital Restructuring, Bahrain, Globecon Group, 2008
• Applied Commercial Lending, HSBC Dubai, November 2007
• HSBC, Executive Trainee Development Program/GGDP, United Kingdom, May – July 2005
• Finance of International Trade, HSBC Dubai, September 2005
• Commercial Lending Analysis, HSBC Dubai, May 2006
• Corporate Credit Analysis, National Bank of Oman, 2003
• National Bank of Oman, Management Trainee Program, March-May 2003
• Chase Manhattan Bank, Marketing Trainee, Bahrain, June 1999 – August 1999

Languages: Fluent in English with basic knowledge of Arabic.