Private company

• Advised Family Offices on growth capital and pre-IPO opportunities in Education, Tech, and other sectors.
• Conducted deal-making and venture evaluations to identify lucrative investment opportunities.
• Collaborated with stakeholders to strategize and execute successful investments for high returns.

CEO / Operating Partner

TomouhCL

Member

OPUS

OPUS is a global community focused on empowering the next generation of business innovators. We believe community is the key driver of opportunity. Built on inclusivity and diversity, our community brings together carefully chosen individuals known for their talent and ambition.

Our mission is to become the world’s foremost connector of people and creator of opportunities.

Kïdo

* Spearheaded establishment and growth of the 3 UAE Schools via greenfield and acquisitions, conducted a successful exit to a strategic investor through an exceptional due diligence and negotiation process achieving high multiple ROI. 
* As part of executive committees / senior management, working across geographies to review, evaluate and plan corporate-wide strategies and organizational initiatives to build infrastructure, operations, sales processes and systems to achieve growth of the Revenue by 50% year-on-year.  
* Evaluating potential expansion via Joint Venture and Franchising with Private Equity, Regional Family Offices and Strategic Investors into Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan, Oman, Qatar and Africa. 
* Canvased for and engaged in multiple fund-raising discussions with Private Equity, Venture Capital, Individual and Strategic Investors globally. 
* Designed, implemented and championed a robust financial infrastructure (budgeting, forecasting and reporting) from scratch across geographies, subsidiaries and product verticals.

Group CFO & CEO, Middle East & Africa

Standard Chartered Bank

* Achieved performance beyond management expectations for the Sub-Saharan Africa Financial Markets Business to make it one of the best-performing segments by expanding cross-asset derivatives solutions across flow and bespoke structured deals. 
* Harnessed the transformative power of a new well-trained team and selected global stakeholders to increase revenue from 20x + in less than 4-years.

Head of Africa Structuring, SSG Group (Emerging Market Structuring)

* Closed the largest derivative trade in Pakistan for the Group. 
* Development of Islamic Shariah-Compliant Derivatives.

Derivatives Structurer - Middle East and Pakistan

* Set-up and fast-tracked the growth of the credit structuring business in London from less than USD 200k to USD 8mio during the credit crisis of 2007-2008. Cultivated a strong collaboration with European / US Sales teams to build distribution channels to pension funds, hedge funds, asset managers and private banks. 
* Successfully closed a USD 1 Billion+ Capital Relief Balance Sheet transaction for the Bank through a Structured Trade in December 2007, which was recognized by Head of Wholesale Bank and Group CEO.

Structurer

* Launched and developed the strategy for the MENA Capital Markets business across the Origination and Distribution business lines, product initiatives in the Structured Credit space, resulting in numerous firsts for the Bank. Contributed to increase in revenue by more than 200%. 
* Led the execution of 4 Structured IPO Lending transactions (Revenue USD 10mio+) for the largest local IPOs in the UAE in 2005-2006, coordinating structural requirements internally and liaising with sales teams and clients.
* Pitched and executed the first SCB IPO Lead Receiving Bank mandate for the Al Baraka Bank IPO in 2004. Put together a regional syndicate of 12 banks and the infrastructure to deliver a highly successful transaction.
* led the efforts to sell-down CDO equity tranches to institutional investors in MENA

Associate Director, Capital Markets

National Bank of Abu Dhabi

* Structured a USD 20mio Fund of Hedge-Funds - manager / strategy due diligence, risk evaluation, selection.
* Launched the FAB UAE Trading Fund which currently has an AUM of AED 141mio.

Investment Analyst

I am the man in the arena!

I’m a serial entrepreneur who started selling a hand-copied local newsletter at 8-years old, and I’ve never known what it’s like not to be responsible and be a leader. No set-back has kept me down, and I have always approached my next “adventure” with enthusiasm. I would put this down to my huge capacity to learn, my resilience, and curiosity allowing me to identify paths to reinvent myself and my organizations. 

I have enjoyed many executive positions in my career with my strong commercial acumen, and ability to deliver operational excellence with scale across multiple markets. I focus on delivering key outcomes, building amazing teams and collaborations and scaling to new heights. 

As Regional CEO / Group CFO for Kido, my experience has allowed me to gain extensive international knowledge of the learning markets and impact investments including early childhood education, edtech and school operations. We have leveraged technology and innovative pedagogy to improve delivery in Pre-School Education.

• I built, lead and grew the UAE Nursery Business over 7 years and orchestrated a successful exit.
• I have had extensive experience with creating finance strategy, managing cashflow, and optimizing pricing, costs and revenues. 
• I have contributed by advising on and executing M&A, capital raising (Private Equity and Venture Capital), build-out, tax optimization, strategic, corporate and legal restructuring transactions for portfolio companies across UK, US, India, UAE, Hong Kong, Singapore. 

At SCB, I joined in 2004 in the Capital Markets MENA team, was promoted in two years to be based in London to build and grow the credit distribution platform across Europe and North America. In 2009, I joined the Strategic Solutions Group in Middle East and within a year was asked to lead the team and expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa. I Implemented exceptional growth in revenue for the Africa FM Sales business and for all business lines multiplying sales by at least 3x to upto 20x and higher throughout. 

Professional Skills
Strategic Planning | Transformational Leadership | Team Development | Product Roadmap | Portfolio Strategy | Deal Making | Investment Analysis | M&A | Financial Systems | Global Expansion

Domain Knowledge 
Investment | Private Equity | Capital Markets | Education Management | Education Consulting | EdTech

Umair Tariq

Another excellent session arranged by TomouhCL !

Excellent and though provoking discussions and great to meet leaders from across the region!

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JSESSIONID

Talks about #strategy, #education, #investment, #impactinvesting, and #entrepreneurship

Family Office Advisor | CEO | CFO | Private Markets Deal-Maker | Buy-and-Build & Portfolio Operations | Education Strategy | Ex-Standard Chartered | CFA Charterholder | GCC • UK • US • Africa

A year of consistent engagement with UCEA - Family Office Group events has reinforced a fundamental truth: the most valuable deals rarely come from cold pitches but they emerge from trusted relationships built over time.

Last week's gathering was another testament to Michael Reeves and his team's ability to curate not just investment opportunities, but meaningful dialogues. What makes these events exceptional isn't simply the quality of dealflow presented, though it consistently impresses, it's the intentionality behind who's in the room.

Throughout this year, I've watched this community evolve from individual connections into a genuine ecosystem where family offices and institutional investors can think collectively about complex allocations. The conversations have shifted from transactional to strategic, from reactive to proactive.

A particular highlight from last week: the cross-border opportunities that wouldn't typically reach traditional channels, presented with the kind of operational transparency that serious allocators demand.

To the UCEA team—thank you for understanding that effective capital deployment starts with effective relationship building. The consistency and quality you've maintained throughout the year hasn't gone unnoticed.

Already looking forward to the next one.

#FamilyOffice #InstitutionalInvesting #PrivateMarkets #CapitalAllocation #DealFlow

UCEA - Family Office Group

Regional Investment Manager @ UCEA Family Office | Relationship Development

"It is better to lose time than temper in a negotiation"

#FamilyOffice #Dealmaking #Investing #Growth #Leadership

An Excellent Biography. 

I've been very interested in John Malone's deal-making and structuring creativity since reading "The Cable Cowboys". 

While not that much in-depth on the structuring part, its a must-read for entrepreneurs on fast-changing industries, mergers, acquisitions, deal-making and growth and challenges. 

I now need to research on tracking stocks, spin-offs and the various structures used by John Malone throughout his career and look forward to that study. 

#Mergers #FamilyOffice #PrivateEquity #ReadingClub #Leadership

“Reality will pay you back in equal proportion to your delusion.”

— Will Smith

#Entrepreneurship #Leadership #Growth

Every year end, many review the Investment Outlooks from various banks and investment houses, navigating through differing opinions in extensive reports. 

This year, I utilized NotebookLM to help summarize the information, and it is impressive to see how it synthesizes data and documents into a coherent summary. 

While I still recommend reading the original documents in full, you may find this #2026 #MarketOutlook Compendium useful. 

#Investing #AI #Markets #FamilyOffice #PrivateEquity #VentureCapital

Compendium of 2026 Outlooks

“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”
- Michaelangelo


#Entrepreneurship #Leadership #Growth #Creativity

“An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.”

- Pliny the Younger: Roman senator, lawyer, and author 


#Leadership #Growth #Goals #Entrepreneurship

Full Digitalized Chief Strategy Officer (FDO CSO) | First cohort within “Coca-Cola Founders” - the 1st Corporate Venture funds in the world operated at global scale.

With over 19 years of experience managing business-critical projects, leading teams, and delivering measurable results, I am confident in my abilities to provide a level of expertise that is hard to come by. I take pride in my capability to comprehend the business landscape and the mindset of traditional trade wholesalers and retailers in Southeast Asia. My record of success in sales and marketing speaks for itself, and I excel at building and maintaining long-lasting relationships with customers.I am passionate about developing and implementing innovative and digital projects, specifically focusing on creating a "machine" that can sell products faster than myself. With my extensive background in:1. Entrepreneurship2. New business development 3. Operations management4. Management consulting 5. Business Analysis 6. E-commerce I am confident that I can achieve that goal. In the short future, I aim to be an expert in Net Zeo and DMDRs (Derivatives Market Disclosure Rules) to lead my fellows to the far end.__________________"As COO, Duy was primarily responsible for scaling the company and reaching over $100M in sales within the first year. As a leader, it was inspiring to work with Duy and do something that had never been done before. I'd recommend Duy to anyone I know." - David Butler - ex-VP, Global Design and Innovation at the Coca-Cola Company.

Duy 💯 Nguyen

Lái "Tây" đầu tiên tại vựa #tôm Lộc Phát.

Anh chàng người Romania qua Việt Nam nuôi chừng... 100 Hecta tôm để lập nghiệp.

Đi làm nông oversea kiểu này thật đáng nể. Khó hơn mình đi xa xứ làm công nghệ nhiều.

Xóm của anh là xóm ăn chơi, còn xóm của em là xóm biển khơi.

Nên đừng lo em ơi, anh chịu trách nhiệm trên mọi cuộc chơi.

It's an interesting question from a student to me.

I love this vibe from the young generation.

You can learn great things not by finding the right answers but by creating the right questions.

Hey Duy, 

I have a SaaS startup and I am asking for your advice, I am looking for some high level Tech and Saas advisors for the platform were building and I would like to know who and what to look out for? 

And when is a good time and place to ask a potential advisor(such as yourself) if they will be an advisor for you or not?

Today, I received a rather interesting message. The interesting part lies in the fact that while I receive many requests from Startups seeking advice 

Open article: Fantastic "Advisors" and Where to Find Them by Duy 💯 Nguyen • 7 min read

Fantastic "Advisors" and Where to Find Them

Có lẽ tôi đã già, nên lần đầu tiên tôi làm việc mà không mong chờ kết quả đúng đắn.

Đơn giản rằng nếu ta chứng minh được điều ta làm là đúng, thì rõ ràng trước đó người khác làm đã sai.

Sai lầm về kỹ năng, kinh nghiệm, hành động... đều có thể sửa đổi hoặc cải tiến dần.

Nhưng sai lầm về tư cách làm người, rất khó để cứu vãn.

Rules, without them, we would live with the animal.

Không có lợi ích cá nhân nào được đứng cao hơn lợi ích tập thể.

Nếu chú biết sai, nếu chú có duyên đọc được bài post này, thì dù cơ hội rất thấp, chú vẫn có thể gọi điện cho anh và trình bày bài thuyết phục hay nhất chú đã từng làm trong đời.

Nothing is impossible. Sai lầm dù lớn đến đâu, cũng vẫn có cách để sửa sai nếu muốn.

Muốn sẽ có cách, không muốn sẽ có lý do, cách giải trình hay, thường không bắt đầu bằng lý do để lập luận. (câu cuối anh nhắc tuồng theo đúng cái cách chú hay gọi anh là "Sư phụ")

Mấy chục năm nay, tôi có một sở thích kỳ lạ là thích "bị bạo lực".

Khi bạn chỉ có một sự lựa chọn, bạn khám phá ra rằng điều hạnh phúc là cứ đơn giản Thích sự lựa chọn duy nhất đó.

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