Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
I'm a globally experienced Chartered FInancial Analyst (CFA) with over nine years of exposure across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, primarily in private equity, corporate finance, and strategic advisory. My work spans a range of industries, with a particular focus on real estate, education, and financial services—sectors where I’ve consistently helped drive value through rigorous analysis, thoughtful capital deployment, and collaborative execution. Throughout my career, I’ve had the opportunity to work with both institutional investors and private family offices, shaping investment strategies, leading M&A transactions, and building models that inform high stakes decisions. Whether managing complex deal structures or aligning cross-border teams on a shared investment thesis, I bring a balance of technical precision and strategic clarity to every challenge.
Own the full investment cycle as principal — origination, underwriting, structuring, execution, and exit — across real estate, education, and F&B, deploying capital against transactions of SAR 1Bn+ ($267M+) aggregate value; lead a team of 8 across investment, finance, and portfolio functions. Engineer sponsor capital structures to maximize risk-adjusted equity returns; on the flagship education mandate, structured the equity and leverage stack to lift sponsor levered IRR ~10 points above the unlevered project return while preserving downside protection. Build the firm’s LBO, DCF, and IRR models from scratch for greenfield, brownfield, and add-on opportunities, embedding scenario, sensitivity, and waterfall analysis to test return durability. Lead commercial negotiation on term sheets, SPAs, shareholder agreements, and financing documentation with co-investors, counterparties, and lenders, directing external legal, tax, commercial, and valuation advisors. Author investment committee materials with capital deployment, divestment, and portfolio-repositioning recommendations driven by return and risk metrics. Develop and maintain a network of investors, lenders, sponsors, and brokers across the region to source proprietary, off-market deal flow and co-investment opportunities.
Supported buy-side and sell-side mandates for global strategics and tier-1 PE sponsors in Banking, Insurance, and FinTech, with transactions ranging from €50M to €1.2Bn EV. Contributed to financial due diligence and valuation workstreams on concurrent deals; reviewed models and deliverables from junior team members. Built LBO, DCF, and synergy models underpinning buy-side bids, sell-side vendor materials, and IFRS fairness opinions — sizing leverage capacity, accretion, and value-creation levers. Drafted investment committee and board deliverables: QoE, EBITDA normalizations, and sensitivity frameworks.
Business Model Development, Equity Financing and +20 skills
Cross-border Transactions, Working Capital Management and +7 skills
Completed a competitive analyst program with rotational exposure across structured finance, private debt, and credit analysis at leading European investment banks.