Leading asset management firm in Middle East with investments of over $ 1 bn
Conducted detailed assessment of market opportunity for key regions including UAE, Pakistan, Egypt and GCC. Formulated business strategy and supporting operational model and developed overall organization structure.

Private equity investment arm in Abu Dhabi
Formulated best-in-class investment strategy for the company, including analysis of investment environment, opportunities and exit options.

Leading Investment Company in Abu Dhabi with $ 147 mn in capital
Formulated Vision/Mission and Organization Structure and aligned JD/IPM to the new Structure. Developed key process manuals. Formulated best-in-class investment strategy. Also assisted in HR initiatives including Board compensation alignment, bonus/incentive plan and employee handbook development. The IT Policy was part of the overall Policy framework developed by Cedar.

Large commercial Bank in Saudi Arabia with $ 14 bn in assets
Prepared business process flows that are aligned with the system processes as part of the Finacle core Banking implementation currently undertaken by the Bank. Previously, Cedar had assisted the Bank in RFP development and contractual evaluation.

Largest private sector Bank in Pakistan with $ 2.5 bn in assetsDeveloped best-in-class RFP and helped select best-fit core Banking solution based on RFP submissions. Also assisted in reference site visits and contractual/commercial negotiations with short-listed vendors.

Leading commercial Bank in Bahrain
Developed UAE expansion/entry strategy along with a detailed plan to leverage its existing products, services and back office operations to support the new business.

Leading private sector housing finance company in India
Conducted a detailed assessment of market opportunity for mortgage lending business in the UAE. Determined feasibility for company's entry in the market along with key success factors.

Largest investment company in the UAE
Developed Job Descriptions and Individual performance measures for key positions, and senior management incentives for 3 companies.

Leading Islamic Bank in the UAE with $ 30 mn in assets
Developed a Wealth management strategy for UAE market. Re-engineered business processes for back-office function for Real Estate and Direct Equity units. Also assessed opportunities in mid-market portfolio and developed an entry strategy for the Bank.

Abu Dhabi based leading retail Bank with assets over $ 3 bn
Developed best-in-class customer service strategy across the Bank’s units covering customer segmentation, interaction, processes, technology, organization structure and performance management.

Leading Abu Dhabi based diversified group having interests in manufacturing across several industry sectors
Benchmarked compensation at corporate level to market. Validated existing grade hierarchy with best-in-class market practices. Created a robust compensation structure that allowed for parity between exiting talent & new recruitment.

India's leading financial services shop, offering, equity research, trading, PMS, Mutual funds, Insurance etc.
Developed a best in class Balanced Scorecard to align its strategic objectives, measures & initiatives.

Reputed corporate Bank in the UAE with total assets worth $ 1.12 bn
Formulated Retail Banking Entry Strategy for the Bank, and assisted in the re-engineering of retail business processes and its implementation. Developed RFP/BRS, selected best-fit core Banking solution and assisted in the selection and implementation project management of the selected solution. Formulated the business strategy for the Bank and developed the organization structure and Job Descriptions across key positions. Also formulated IT Strategy helped in the final selection of Phoenix core Banking application system.

UAE based corporate Bank with asset size over $ 547 bn
Developed best-in-class business strategy for the Bank, and designed organization structure. Developed processes to support strategy, and assisted in documentation of HR and IT Policy for the Bank. Selected Finacle core Banking system after extensive evaluation, 40% savings achieved through contractual negotiations and successfully project managed 10 month implementation. Also assisted in development of budget and model for allocation of targets.

Leading commodities and derivatives exchange in India
Validated business strategy and developed an enterprise performance management system using the Balanced Scorecard. Developed best-in-class customer service strategy, and also realigned organization structure and recommended new grading and compensation structure and developed Job Descriptions and Individual performance measures for key positions.

Leading insurance provider in the Middle East with $ 18 bn in premium
Validated existing Job Descriptions and developed JDs for key positions with aligned Individual Performance Measures. Also formulated bonus/incentive program aligned with IPM.

Largest commercial Bank in Qatar with 50% market share
Developed best-in-class business strategy and implementation plan for the Investment house, specifically addressing the Islamic Banking space for the Bank.

Lenders for real estate investments in UAE with total capital of $ 730 mn
Formulated best-in-class Business Strategy for the Bank. Developed supporting Organization structure, Job Descriptions and Key business processes. Also developed HR Policy and IT Strategy in alignment with the Business Strategy.

Leading Retail Bank in UAE
Developed best-in-class IT Strategy to dovetail Business Strategy. Evaluated, selected and project managed implementation of Flexcube Core Banking system in 11 months. Contractual and commercial negotiations resulted in 40% savings. Facilitated in streamlining Bank’s IT operations, and implementing hardware infrastructure.

First National and composite insurance company in Sharjah
Developed the Business Strategy for the company and formulated IT Strategy to support Insurance firm’s business strategy.

India's leading service provider in the area of Foreign Exchange, Travel & Financial services
Reviewed & validated the existing business strategy. Developed a best in class Balanced Scorecard to align its strategic objectives, measures & initiatives.

Abu Dhabi based Investment Services Company
Assisted in ERP Vendor Selection. Also assisted the company in IT selection by ranking best-fit vendors and provide assistance in contractual and commercial negotiations with selected vendor

Largest Bank in Oman with presence in Consumer Banking, Corporate Banking, Investment Banking & Project finance
Program Management Assistance for Core Banking implementation

Subsidiary of a leading and well known conglomerate with diversified businesses with around 30 companies in different industries / service lines.
Business Roll Out for the Finance company. Developed Business & IT Strategy, and implement Start-Up Operations by setting up team, HR processes, business processes, SOP manuals, and assistance in recruitment and IT system deployment project management

Leading financial institution in UAE, offering a range of Banking and financial services.
Balanced Scorecard valuescan and IPMs. Valuescan of the company’s overall and 4 business unit BSCs, development of 2 new business units BSCs - Treasury & International, development of aligned IPMs (60-70) in business and support units, review of implementation at end of 6 months. Implementation of Retail Assets BPR.

Dubai based leading investment Bank
Assisting the company in developing key strategic, HR, and business initiatives - Investment Banking, IT, HR, Accounting Manuals. Enhancing & developing Investment Banking, Human resources, Information technology, and Accounting operating manuals for the Middle East subsidiary of one of the leading swiss Bank

India based Investment arm of the leading Banking Group in UAE
Assessing the NRI opportunity for remittances & entry through acquisition. NRI wealth management offering.

A strategic and direct investment arm of a leading Property developer
Development of Strategic Plan for the company. Development of strategic plan, process improvement and key HR initiatives.

A fully owned subsidiary of an Investment Company in UAE & is a registered broker with Abu Dhabi securities market
Development of procedure manuals for F.O., B.O., Accounting, IT etc including risk management. HR transformation – Organisation Structure, JD’s, IPM’s, Policy Manuals etc.

Leading financial services company providing mainly mortgage retail finance in the UAE market
Developed a strong understanding of the real estate, mortgage, retail assets, & commercial opportunity. Developed detailed business plan including financial projections, product offering, channels, customer strategy, process strategy, organisation structure & broad technology direction using the Balanced Scorecard framework

8th largest National Bank in UAE, with assets of Dh 7.1 billion
Strategy Validation & Deployment using the Balanced Scorecard approach. Develop through the consensus approach, of an Enterprise-wide Performance Management System using the Balanced Scorecard.

Leading Private equity firm in India
Assessment of Pre-engineered building systems from an investment opportunity standpoint. Evaluating market, including global benchmarking, positioning and financial analysis vis-à-vis competition.

Leading Bank in UAE with assets of ~ AED 32 mn, profits of AED 1 bn making it the largest private Bank of UAE
Assisted with a business reengineering and restructuring for the Corporate Banking Group (CBG) in U.A.E. Undertook a Business Process Re-engineering exercise for key processes..
 

Leading Investment company with investments over AED 1 bn
Internal assessment of current operations/performance & Assessment of Investment environment, opportunities, exit options. Develop a set of strategic recommendations.

Large conglomerate based in South India, involved in multiple businesses with annual turnover of Rs.1300 cr
Deployment of Strategy based on the Balanced Scorecard approach. Development through the consensus approach, of an Enterprise-wide Performance Management System using the Balanced Scorecard.

Asia Pacific’s first demutualised and integrated securities and derivatives exchange
Provided advice on the preparation of Strategy Maps for the Exchange and various groups within the company. Assisted in updating the Corporate Strategy Map based on the cascaded strategy maps of various groups & present the Strategy Map concept to the company’s executive committee.

Leading international Bank having the most extensive branch network amongst foreign Banks in UAE
Developed a Best-in-Class Customer Service Strategy. Redesigned & transformed select business processes in primary delivery channels of the branch/ call centre.

Principal Banking subsidiary of one of leading Banking group of South Africa
Developed a Balanced Scorecard for one of South Africa’s largest Banks. Identification of key strategic objectives. Development of measures, ownerships & projects mapping.

A Bank among leasing companies
Developed a strategic review of the company’s operations. Developed strategic linkage diagram and identify strategic objectives and develop linkages within the Balanced Scorecard concept.

Leading Multinational Bank in India
Undertook a Business Process Re-engineering exercise for key processes. Assisted in reduction in the cost base. Bank-wide business process mapping and improvements. Assessment of the Operations division and Organization restructuring

Diversified worldwide travel, network and financial services provider
Developed an understanding of the Finance operation in terms of structure, reporting requirements, roles and responsibilities, systems/ applications in use. Identified areas of opportunity for improvement and make recommendations on potentially realigning key processes, loading, headcount, systems.

Diversified worldwide travel, network and financial services provider
Undertook a Business Process Re-engineering exercise for key processes, implementation of processes. Assisted in cost savings.

Leading global Bank with presence in the middle east of over 40 yrs
Valuation of organisation structure & employment cost