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Structured Credit Trader @ From October 2015 to Present (3 months) London, United KingdomHead of EMEA CLN Marketing @ - Marketing Role incorporates all credit products which include: CLNs, Repacks, Collateralised Financing and CLOs

Structured Credit Trader @ From October 2015 to Present (3 months) London, United KingdomHead of EMEA CLN Marketing @ - Marketing Role incorporates all credit products which include: CLNs, Repacks, Collateralised Financing and CLOs

-Successfully diversified European client-base for CLNs to institutional investors

-Building out product capabilities to deliver SPVs based repack solutions for EU regulation on derivative treatment.

-Led marketing effort which resulted in a significant growth in business. HSBC was 5th in CLN league tables in 2013 (from 17th in 2012).

-Head of Project Change - Project to lead young performers (AD, VP) in credit (Sales/trading) and develop initiatives to retain and motivate in-house talent. From May 2012 to Present (3 years 8 months) London, United KingdomBusiness / Financial Literacy @ Pilot Launch: Launched a financial literacy programme in Rwanda, conjunction with Project Umubano, an international development initiative founded by David Cameron. Successfully ran project for 3 years, training 200+ entrepreneurs and finding start-up capital for three ‘Dragons Den’ winners. From July 2011 to July 2013 (2 years 1 month) RwandaVice President - FICC and PE Fund Product Specialist @ - Global point person for all FICC and PE fund products; fund raising, origination and product suite management

- Fund raising: Lead all fund-related pitching efforts to ‘Alternative’ investors (including two Private Equity transactions)

- Drive distribution efforts through sales force coordination and education: spearhead product teach-ins, manage creation of marketing materials, collate client feedback and provide detailed supporting analysis

- Origination and Product suite management: Revising existing product suite to remove unsuccessful products and build pipeline more in line with the Nomura USPs – sourced / negotiated distribution agreement with top Asian credit manager From August 2011 to December 2011 (5 months) London, United KingdomDirector - Middle East @ Distributing Cash and Synthetic Life Settlement products into the Middle East and Northern Europe

- Distribution: Led distribution of longevity-linked products in the MENA region; engaged top-tier accounts and developed strategy to build-out the Coventry franchise in the region

- Product optimization: Assisted in developing a deliverable product suite to generate interest from the global investor base, including cash policies, structured notes (cash/synthetic), synthetic swaps and managed funds

- Deal organization and client management: Spearheaded the development of a centralized global syndicate function to streamline deal processes; responsible for syndicate management and deals brought to the market

- Created marketing materials for new products – detailing key structural highlights and selling points From November 2009 to August 2011 (1 year 10 months) Associate Director, Middle East Structured Product Sales @ - Covered flow credit and structured credit and rates, managing various MENA client relationships

- Facilitated the RBS de-risking exercise via rates exotics unwinds and credit/ABS axe disposal

- Designed and developed pipeline management tool to synthetically monitor progress of all trades

- Managed a team of 3 people, integrated additional functionality to offer bespoke bottom-up efficiency gauges

- Post-successful implementation, the platform was expanded from structured rates to include credit and ABS From January 2009 to October 2009 (10 months) London, United KingdomStructured Credit Marketing @ - Assisted in the origination, product development, marketing and syndication of structured credit and alternative products Client contact post-execution; modeled jump-to-default risk for leveraged products – CLN, FTDs, CDO, CPPIs, CPDOs Specialized in Insurance Linked Securities (Nat Cat and Life Settlements) product origination and execution, such as

- Fremantle Limited a USD200mln Nat Cat CDO - awarded deal of the year 2007 by credit magazine

- Established and responsible for all Cat Bond brokerage From August 2006 to December 2008 (2 years 5 months) London, United KingdomBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics @ Brandeis University, Heller - The Heller School for Social Policy and Management From 2003 to 2006 Singapore American School From 1997 to 2002 Rameez Zafar is skilled in: Structured Products, Financial Markets, Derivatives, Structured Finance, Investment Banking, Credit, Fixed Income, Capital Markets, Bonds