Mr.

Mohammed Azam Mobile: +966 54 888 1598 ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE 09/12-10/13 THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD Master of Science (MSc) Financial Economics Graduated with Merit 09/11-04/12 Email: mhdazam@msn.com Sheffield, UK

THE SHEFFIELD INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE Sheffield, UK Graduate Diploma in Business and Social Sciences (Pre-Masters course) Graduated with Distinction Received progression scholarship to The University of Sheffield Extracurricular Activities Program Committee Student Representative Actively participated in the first developmental phase of the VLE (Virtual Learning Environment) project spearheaded by the College Director JONES INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (ONLINE) Colorado, USA Bachelors in Business Administration Entrepreneurship and General Business Graduated with Magna cum Laude honors (GPA: 3.88/4.00) Standardized Tests Scores TOEFL: 114 GMAT: 650

06/04-11/09

08/2007 09/2010

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE QADRI PLASTICS FACTORY & NABA PLASTICS FACTORY (Family Enterprise) Jeddah, KSA 12/08-Current General Operations Manager Managed production and sales teams consisting of 60 plus employees during both day and night shifts (on call) of a constant 24-hour production cycle, six days a week Championed the successful implementation of cost-effective standard procedural and accountability measures in the manufacturing processes to improve quality control Actively managed inventory and timed raw material purchases during severe price volatilities in 2008 o Resulted in a 7.6% increase in annual sales for the year 2009 even amidst a sharp market downturn caused by a 60% drop in raw material prices and consequent drop in product prices of 38% at the beginning of the year Spearheaded the upgrade to TALLY 9 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system within the allotted time and budget of $60,000 to consolidate multiple functionalities into a single fully-integrated software thereby increasing data accessibility and improving productivity 07/07- 12/08 Assistant Sales and Production Manager Jeddah, KSA Introduced stronger credit control measures such as introducing facilities for daily and weekly part-payments, renegotiating payment terms and determining credit limits on the basis of average monthly consumption, that reduced customer credit by more than 20% without compromising margins or sales revenues Reduced average collection period from 55 to 32 days for higher cash flows and available working capital Pioneered new uses of recycled material into the production cycle to achieve a cost savings of 6% which minimize wastage during the packaging process and increased emphasis on green business ethics

Mr. Mohammed Azam Mobile: +966 54 888 1598 KEY EXTRACURRICULAR ACCOMPLISHMENTS Email: mhdazam@msn.com

Awards: Jeddah Chapter of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for Academic Excellence and Best Overall Performance in the Commerce faculty of the International Indian School Jeddah in 2002 Workers Fund: Created a self-sustaining fund for low income workers at Qadri Plastics Factory including off-record bonuses, interest-free micro-financing and emergency loans with flexible repayment schedules, that increased morale and productivity Specialized Software Skills: Stata, Bloomberg Professional, Thomson Reuters Multi-lingual: Fluent in English, Arabic, Urdu, and Hindi

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TRAINING COURSES & CERTIFICATIONS Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) Jeddah, KSA Polyethylene, Polypropylene: General Background, Processing, Properties and Application (November 2009) Injection & Blow Molding: PE Processing (March 2010) PE Blown Film: Applications and Processing (March 2010, May 2011) Timberlake Consultants Limited London, UK 2013 Stata Summer School: Introduction to Stata & Stata Graphics (July 2013) Econometrics using Stata (September 2013)

OCCUPATIONAL INTERESTS Islamic Finance & Investment Economic Research Capital Markets/Equity Analysis Venture Capital/Private Equity Strategic Management Consulting