Waqas Abid

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Waqas Abid
Finance
0345-6189770
waqas765@gmail.com
Date of Birth: July 19, 1991

Educational Qualifications:
BBA 2014 Institute of Business Administration, Karachi 3.74* (89.58%)
ASA 2013 P, FM, MFE, MLC, C - Society of Actuaries, USA Preliminary Exams Passed
A-Levels 2010 St Patrick's High School, Karachi 6As, 1C
O-Levels 2008 St Patrick's High School, Karachi 12As
*CGPA up to the 6th Semester

Elective Courses
Security Analysis and Capital Markets, Financial Engineering and Risk Management, Advanced Corporate Finance, Financial Modeling and Derivatives.

Major Term Papers I Reports I Projects
• Prepared equity valuation report of OGDCL, analyzing the company and Oil & Gas E&P sector of Pakistan (Security Analysis & Capital Markets)
• Financially engineered a potentially marketable security (Financial Engineering & Risk Management)
• Capital Structure Analysis of Pakistan Petroleum Limited (Financial Management)
• IMF and Pakistan: Why IMF is not to blame (International Relations)
• Analysis of Pakistani Leather Industry from Export perspective (Analysis of Pakistani Industries)
• Health and Safety as implemented at Chevron Pakistan (Human Resource Management)
• Research on decision making process of consumers in restaurant selection in Karachi (Methods in Business Research)
• Analysis of the Case Flow Management System at Karachi District Courts (MIS)
• Proposed solution for Production problem at Rajby Industries (Productions, Operations and Management)

Work Experience
Jun 2013 - Jul 2013 :6 weeks Internship at Unilever Pakistan – Home & Personal Care Finance - Top Intern at Unilever Pakistan for Summer 2013
• Worked on projects related to Competitor Intelligence at Unilever, presenting analysis and findings to the Director, Line Manager and HR representatives
Jun 2012 - Jul 2012 :6 weeks Social internship at Darul Sukun
Jun 2011 - Aug 2011 :8 weeks Internship at NAFA Funds (NBP Fullerton Asset Management) in Research and Investment Management functions
• Analyzed the Oil & Gas, Cement and Fertilizer sectors, assisting the analysts in forecasting and valuation of the companies. Developed insight into the fundamentals of key sectors and overall understanding of the capital markets.

Extra-Curricular Activities
• Regional finalist in Pakistan in CIMA Global Business Challenge 2013
• Director of Program Design of INFER 2013, an event organized by the IBA Finance and Economics Clubs
• Member of Executive Council, IBA Finance Club 2012-2013
• Headboy and President of Mathematics Society in St Patrick's High School A-Levels, Karachi
• Football squad member at IBA; tennis and fitness aficionado
• Pursuing languages including Arabic and French