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ISSAM ELMUHTADI

BACKGROUND:

Mr. Elmuhtadi is a Director at nextmove. He has been working in corporate assessment programs for identification of areas for improvement in growth and operations.

Prior to joining nextmove, Mr. Elmuhtadi was a manager of the international department at Cairo Amman Bank (a local Jordanian bank), where his responsibilities included managing Cairo Amman Bank’s exposure to banks, setting the Bank’s international placement policy, analyzing other banks, participating in international syndications and promoting the Bank to international companies and institutions.

Mr. Elmuhtadi has an MBA and a B.S. in Business Administration (Finance) from the California State University, Chico, USA.

SELECTED RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:

Full Bank Assessment
Work included conducting a full bank assessment, analyzing this local bank’s capabilities, identifying gaps and recommendations that will assist in closing the gaps, grouping the recommendations into project and designing an implementations plan for the execution of the projects. This is based on the attractiveness of each project, the ability to execute and the time horizon of the return and the execution.

Corporate Finance
Analyzed the financial position of various organizations and advised clients on capital restructuring. Developed a valuation model for IT companies that assisted the companies in making strategic decisions. Conducted, reviewed and provided recommendations on economic viability of different projects.

Corporate Banking
Established & managed long term and profitable relationship with prime local and international clients. Assessed the clients financial needs and advised them on most suitable banking services that meet their needs. Evaluated the risk of clients, evaluated cash flows for clients that applied for project finance and provided recommendations for the credit decision. Provided all banking services for international construction companies which assisted them in successfully executing their projects. Successfully executed several deals including debt/equity swap, forfeiting transactions and project finance.

Retail Banking
Managed the bank’s housing loans scheme through, developing the approval procedures for the housing loans, reviewing and approving housing loan applications and monitoring the housing loans portfolio. Supervised the implementation of various micro-finance lending programs and coordinated the execution of these schemes with various funding agencies.

Retails Bank Organization
Developed and published a new retail bank organization, appointed a retail banking head and appointed qualified people to all vacant positions. Published and packaged sales strategy.
 
Separate Retail Bank Accounts
Implemented separation of Retail and Corporate Bank accounts. Identified retail customers and published a separate financial statement for retail bank and a cost and capital allocation policy. Introduced systems to support retail bank management accounts and appointed a Retail Banking Finance Analyst.
 
Retail Banking Growth Strategy
Developed roadmap and executed strategy accordingly. Worked with bank on the execution achieving high growth rates in sales across key lending products.

Collection Centre
Designed and established a collection unit, to monitor and follow-up on consumer credit to collect late payments. This included setting up the organization structure, the procedures, the job descriptions, templates, phone manner, conduct required etc. In addition, defined the user requirements for the supporting system, and worked in coordination with the vendor to ensure successful implementation.
 
Central Sales Management
Developed and implemented central sales management concept defining procedures, performance targets, KPI's, and relation with other bank departments. Defined job descriptions and recruited, appointed and trained retail sales, product sales and alternative sales managers.

Product Development & Management
Defined procedures for effective product development and management including product idea generation, design, development and launching of bank products. Developed market test procedures to evaluate success of product along with department organization and job descriptions and defining how department would collaborate with other bank units and customers.

Product Knowledge
Developed procedures, policies and training to ensure product knowledge of bank staff is up-to-date enabling them to improve ability to sell and service customers. Outcome included product knowledge manuals, training materials, procedures and informed employees.

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:
Banking
Construction
Mining
Manufacturing
 
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