Zia Ahmed
About
Zia Ahmed is from Kuwait. Zia is currently C E O at Venture Art WLL, located in Kuwait. Zia also works as C E O at Venture Art WLL, a job Zia has held since Aug 2013. Another title Zia currently holds is C.O.O. at Venture Art. In Zia's previous role as a Consultant - Strategy and Planning at MPaySafe (Digital IT Solutions - Mobile APPS), Zia worked in Kuwait until Nov 2014. Prior to joining MPaySafe (Digital IT Solutions - Mobile APPS), Zia was a Corporate Finance Manager at Al Razzi Holding Company and held the position of Corporate Finance Manager. Prior to that, Zia was a Private Equity Professional at KGL Investment Co. from Jan 2006 to Jan 2007. Zia started working as Corporate Finance and Strategic Planning at Al Faisal Holding Company Qatar in Oct 2005. From Jan 1995 to Jan 1997, Zia was Financial Controller at Barkat Investments.
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Zia Ahmed's current jobs
Restructuring, Reengineering, Turnaround, Islamic Finance, Investment, CSR, Education Investment, Healthcare Investment
Small and Medium Business Advisory. We help to create value in small and medium business for all their needs. We work with small and medium enterprise from idea stage, at stages of growth and development. 1. Strategic Planning Strategic Planning is all about understanding vision, ideas and goal. Making a blue print for success is called strategic planning process. In this fast changing world, change is the only constant, strategy to face this challenge is most important part of survival. Those who fail to see this, fail to survive. We help you to build a strategy, a blue print of success. Strategy document is consisting of Vision, Mission, Goal, Business Model and Business Plan. 2. Corporate Finance Corporate Finance is the tool of business which makes or breaks the business Different stages of growth and development has different needs, profitability of the companies depends upon the right mix of financing which makes all stake holders safe and minimize the risk. We help you to develop a finance strategy which is based on you long term growth plan. a. Mergers and Acquisitions b. Private Placement Memorandum c. Listing and IPO d. Financing 3. Islamic Finance and Shariah Advisory Islamic Finance is all about sharing the risk and profits. We help corporations’ transitions from conventional to Islamic Finance. We provide Advisory for Shariah Products and structuring. We provide complete Shariah Financing Solution. 4. Venture Advisory- Small Business Ideas Small Business is very important to economic growth and development. We help Ideas to develop into commercially successful business venture. We help these ideas to grow into successful business venture. 5. Feasibility Study and Detail Project Report- We can develop Detail Project Report and Feasibility Studies for all kinds of Projects. The existing projects and new green field and brown field projects, we can write a bankable project report as per clients needs.
Venture, The Art to Empower. Entrepreneurship Development, Startup Development, Small and Medium Business Development. If you Have Idea and Passion, We have road map for you . We help you to build on your idea. Just come with idea and we will get you to the journey called Success.
Zia Ahmed's past jobs
Business Strategy and Planning Financial Planning Financial Modelling Valuations Investments
Key Profile: Leading a team of 5 personnel, reporting to the Chairman and CEO, accountable for developing investment strategy & strategy for value addition for the company including portfolio planning and development. • Involved in sourcing, evaluating & executing deals including exit planning for acquisition and existing companies. • Responsible for steering entire operations for sourcing prospective investment opportunities and conducting financial, valuation, ownership & return analysis. • Developing / reviewing DCF & LBO models, conducting valuation, return analysis & due-diligence reviews of target companies and proposing investment recommendations. • Developing & maintaining relationship with Investment Bankers, Co-investors, and Lenders & Attorneys and conducting structured negotiations and executing complete transactions acquisition. • Identifying & analyzing under-valued public companies, scrutinizing companies, developing financial models for acquisition & merger and structuring legal & financial deals.
Key profile: Responsible for sourcing investment opportunities; conducting financial, valuation, ownership and return analysis; developing and reviewing DCF and LBO models for conducting valuation and return analysis. • Conducted due-diligence reviews of target companies for making investment recommendations and also evaluated operations of the target companies to determine potential investment risks. • Maintained relationship with Investment Bankers, Co-Investors, Lenders and Attorneys and involved in structured negotiations, purchase, sale & credit agreements, employment agreements and contracts. Achievements: • Summarized key investment risks, developed investment models and updated EBITDA & cash flow impacts. • Successfully developed PPM (Private Placement Memorandum) & offer document of fund. • Analyzed under-valued public companies, proposed offering memorandums and scrutinized companies with strategic fit / proposed platforms of financial buyers.
• Evaluating and analysing the financial performance of more than 20 companies my responsibility is as per the defined parameters. • Evaluating company performance by studying financial statements for merger and acquisitions. • Restructuring and Re-engineering of the companies. • Undertaking the development of budget and variance analysis of the companies. • Preparing annual budget and ongoing financial forecasts pertaining to the specific functional area, including income statement and cash flow projections. • Interpreting financial transactions and events for deciding on feasibility of the project. • Monitoring actual results against budgets and forecasts and providing relevant analysis • Creating ad-hoc financial models to assess the feasibility of new ventures or products • Conducting analysis to assess prevalent financial & economic environment, identify business risks & implement effective mechanisms to mitigate the same.