TALHA IQBAL

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IBA GRADUATE DIRECTORY '10

TALHA IQBAL
0213-5836585, 0322-2210721
TALHAIQBAL_1987@HOTMAIL.COM

Field Of Interest : Finance
Date Of Birth : August 20, 1987
City Available : Karachi

SCHOLASTICS
Qualification Year Institution Grade / GPA
BBA 2010 Institute of Business Administration, Karachi 2.95 (83.81%)
Intermediate 2006 DJ Sindh Government Science College , Karachi A
O level 2003 ST. Micheals Convent School, Karachi 2 As 5Bs

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
Scored A grades in all Math courses (College Algebra, Business Maths and Calculus)
Scored A- and above in Introduction to Business Finance, Financial Institutions and Markets, Financial Management.
Received award for outstanding performance in the subject of Maths at St. Michael's in 2004
Received award for outstanding performance in the subject of Chemistry at St Michael's in 2004
Appearing for CFA level one in June 2010

ELECTIVE COURSES
Security Analysis, Treasury and Fund Management, Islamic Finance* , Dynamics of Distribution and Management*
*In process

WORK EXPERIENCE
June 2009 - July 2009 : 6 week internship at ATCO.(Abu Dawood Trading Company) – Finance Department
Jan 2009- May 2009 : Worked in the financial analysis team for Business Recorder

MAJOR TERM PAPERS / REPORTS / PROJECTS
E Streamlining of the cash receivable days at ATCO— Internship
Trade Margins and Discounts Analysis-- Internship
Analysis of Competitors distribution Structure--Internship
Trend analysis of Lakson Tobacco Company -- Business Recorder
Trend analysis of Engro Polymer and Chemical—Business Recorder
Trend Analysis PSO and Shell—Business Recorder
Financial Modeling, Forecasting and Valuation of Pakistan State Oil
State Bank of Pakistan and Microfinance – Financial Instruments and Markets
Research report on the Banking sector of Pakistan -- Analysis of Pakistan Industries
Fully sponsored research on the social demographics of internet users in Karachi for Mindshare- MBR
A report on Mergers and Acquisition in the banking sector -- Introduction to Business Finance
A comparison of Nestle and Shezan's marketing strategies -- Principles of Marketing
Business plan: online restaurant delivery service -- Management Information system

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Manager IBA Sports Society (City Campus), 2009-2010
Operations Manager of seminar on entrepreneurship at IBA, 2008
Member of Community Welfare Society, Indoor Sports and Outdoor Sports Society at IBA, 2008-2009
Member of the Table tennis team and Football team at IBA, 2008 -2009
Represented St. Micheals in the Oasys Inter School football tournament, 2004
Represented Red House in the Inter House football tournament held at St. Micheals, 2003-2004
Tutoring O level and Intermediate students for the past two years

SKILLS AND INTERESTS
Fluent in English (Written & Spoken) and Urdu (Written & Spoken)
Good Presentation skills in both English and Urdu
Have sound Mathematical and Financial problem solving skills
Excellent Analytical skills- ability to apply logic and critical analysis to all types of situations
Effective Team Member and leader –can work with all kinds of people and encourage and motivate them
Proficient at using MS-Office Applications specially Word and Excel
Extremely skilled at time management

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