Bachelors in Business Administration from Heriot-Watt University Dubai, UAE
GPA: 3.88 out of 4; Average Grade: A+
Modules included: Strategic Management, Corporate Finance, Securities Markets, Research Methods, Auditing, Finance Theory & Markets, Financial & Management Accounting, Marketing and Quantitative Methods
Delegate Sales Manager and Project Researcher at Streamline Marketing Group Dubai (since May 2014 to Present):
• Worked on a portfolio of B2B conferences across various sectors such as space, aviation, aerospace, defense, satellite communication, public sector and more.
• Established strong business relationships with C-level executives to achieve incremental sales growth, negotiate new contracts and define product requirements.
• Mapped and generated potential leads, converted them to sales and constantly acquired new business for the company.
• Engaged and negotiated with stakeholders, challenged objections and closed accounts.
• Reviewed own performance by maintaining an individual daily working report on prospect leads and proposals sent, aiming to meet or exceed targets.
• Worked with line manager to identify business needs and issues such as gaps in database.
• Captured market intelligence and utilized lead generation methods effectively and efficiently to develop a strong database for various projects, converting many into sales.
• Assisted in training colleagues for delegate sales and data researcher roles.
• Won the Event Launch Competition (SMG, June 2016) where my idea “Human Factor and Error Management in Aviation” was selected and will be launched as a workshop in 2017.
• Achieved and exceeded sales targets for 80% of the projects assigned to me in my tenure at SMG.
• Achieved incremental individual sales growth of 69% on an annual project from 2014 to 2015 at SMG.
• Exceeded individual sales target by almost 2x times on two projects (SMG).
• Awarded Employee of the Month (SMG, February 2015) for exceeding targets and delivering outstanding performance.
