Sheharyar Khan, CFA, Finance Expert in Al Khobar, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
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Sheharyar Khan, CFA

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Finance Expert

Location
Al Khobar, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Toptal Member Since
August 12, 2020

Sheharyar is a performance-driven M&A professional with excellent organizational, analytical, and cross-cultural project management skills. He has analyzed over $5 billion and closed regional and international M&A, portfolio divestments, and capital-raising transactions. Two of the landmark transactions of his career are the listing of an entity on the Stock Exchange and the acquisition of the largest MENA OFS company. Sheharyar is currently working on a major energy transition project at KSA.

Investment AnalysisValuationFinancial ModelingMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Revenue & Expense ProjectionsMarket ResearchDue Diligence

Career Highlights

Corporate Development Manager
TAQA Saudi Arabia
Corporate Development Specialist
TAQA Saudi Arabia
Senior Financial Analyst
Rashed Al Rashed

Education Highlights

Master of Business Administration (MBA)
HEC Paris

Certification Highlights

Certificate in Financial Modeling
LEORON Institute
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
CFA Institute
ACCA
UK Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

Case Studies

Work Experience

Corporate Development Manager

2021 - PRESENT
TAQA Saudi Arabia
  • Worked as the PMO listing Arabian Drilling in the Saudi Exchange to raise over US $700 million through ECM transactions.
  • Involved in raising Sukuk transactions (DCM transactions) of over US $500 million for Arabian Drilling.
  • Integrated a large-scale MENA acquisition focused on oil field services.
  • Established a capital allocation framework to focus investments on return-maximizing opportunities.
  • Collaborated in an energy transition project for geothermal energy.
Focus areas: Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Valuation, Board Decks, Renewable Energy

Corporate Development Specialist

2018 - 2021
TAQA Saudi Arabia
  • Analyzed over $5 billion of acquisition transactions in oilfield service companies to address technology and service gaps in the company's portfolio.
  • Played a key role in cross-border acquisitions across the globe, including MENA, North America, UK, Europe, China, and India.
  • Led the deal process and all the cross-functional teams involved in cross-border M&As, joint ventures, and divestitures from start to finish, focusing on best practices and continuous improvement.
  • Created investment recommendations and transaction materials and presented reports to senior executives and the board of directors.
  • Developed and maintained the deal pipeline by actively looking at M&A, JV, and alliance arrangements.
Focus areas: Board Decks, Energy, Portfolio Optimization, Pitch Decks, Oil & Gas, Private Company Valuation, Investments, Market Research, Valuation, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Strategy Development

Senior Financial Analyst

2016 - 2018
Rashed Al Rashed
  • Introduced micro performance attribution analysis, helping to improve the understanding of investment performance relative to benchmarks and identify areas of improvement in asset allocation and security selection to optimize performance.
  • Built financial models for company valuation, financial analysis, and scenario analysis to forecast the performance of the investment portfolio under various scenarios.
  • Developed investment criteria for filtering private equity investments. The filtration criteria were used to concentrate investments toward profitable ventures.
  • Profiled risk for the whole portfolio and suggested risk-reducing mechanisms to enhance the risk-adjusted return on assets.
  • Developed a currency loss report and determined breakeven points for devising exit strategies in foreign markets.
  • Hedged foreign currency risks with minimization of exposure to specific countries and netting off payables and deposits.
  • Developed reports for analyzing the portfolio in terms of strategic and tactical asset allocation and sector, geographic, and currency exposure on a weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
Focus areas: Portfolio Optimization, Pitch Decks, Private Company Valuation, Equity Valuation, Family Office, Performance Attribution, Investment Analysis, Investments, Valuation, Portfolio Performance Management

Financial Analyst

2012 - 2015
Bahri & Mazroei Group
  • Shifted the portfolio allocation from a conservative to a balanced approach and covered portfolio losses while generating a risk-adjusted return on capital of 6-8%.
  • Contributed to the valuation, due diligence, and negotiations for the acquisition of ICT Company and the establishment of a joint venture with a media company.
  • Developed a financial model for the project status report, which was used to monitor and analyze individual project performance across the group and was an essential tool for capital budgeting and financial reporting.
  • Arranged funds of $100 million for the construction of mixed-use buildings and the acquisition of land and off-plan properties.
  • Developed Excel-based financial models for the valuation of investments using NPV, IRR, DCF, relative valuation, and free cash flow techniques.
Focus areas: Pitch Decks, Private Company Valuation, Equity Valuation, Family Office, Investment Analysis, Investments, Valuation, Investment Portfolio Management, Portfolio Analysis
2022 - 2023

Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Entrepreneurship

HEC Paris - Paris, France

2011 - 2015

Bachelor's Degree in Applied Accounting

Oxford Brookes University - Oxford, UK

NOVEMBER 2022 - PRESENT

Lead like a CEO: Entrepreneurial Leadership & Innovation

Babson College

FEBRUARY 2020 - PRESENT

Certificate in Financial Modeling

LEORON Institute

AUGUST 2013 - PRESENT

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

CFA Institute

FEBRUARY 2009 - PRESENT

ACCA

UK Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

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