Nabil Z.

Nabil has been in the investment and banking industry for more than 30 years. During that period, he assumed senior positions in both Corporate Finance and Treasury with major Wall Street firms and international financial institutions in New York, Canada, and the Middle East. He has held high-profile management positions with Chase Manhattan Bank, Merrill Lynch, Prudential Securities, and Tradition.

Currently, Nabil is an adjunct Professor of Corporate Finance and Derivatives at New York University. He taught at New York Institute of Finance (currently known as FT Knowledge) from 1995 until 2004. He lectures extensively on portfolio management, risk management, derivatives, and international capital markets for major Wall Street firms and financial institutions.

Nabil has assumed senior posts in both Investment Banking and Corporate Finance in major Wall Street firms. He was advising major corporations and financial institutions on mergers and acquisitions, and restructuring. Then, he moved to Asset and Portfolio Management and Treasury.

In his capacity as Senior Vice President - Financial/Commodity, Futures and Options with Chase Manhattan Bank in Canada and New York in the early 1980s, Nabil has marketed and traded a wide range of derivative products, including financial futures and options, futures, as well as commodities, particularly crude oil and refined products to domestic and overseas oil corporations.

Thereafter, he joined Merrill Lynch in New York as a Vice President - Financial Consultant/Portfolio Manager in its Private and International Banking Division. He was responsible for the marketing of various capital market products (e.g., Interest Rate SWAPS, FRAS, Options, Futures, Equity Derivatives) and developed an extensive network of contacts in the U.S.A and Europe.

Also, Nabil is consulting a number of banks and financial institutions in the U.S.A, Asia, and Japan in the areas of asset/liability management, credit derivatives, and restructuring, as well as risk management. Currently, he is the Group Adviser for the Board of Directors of a major Asian bank; EON Bank, and an Independent Board Professional Director at the Board of Directors of Signature Asset Management Company Limited - a Cayman Island incorporated company.

Nabil taught previously at the American University in Cairo, George Brown College, and University of Toronto. He is a regular commentator on CNN, CNBC, and Al-Jazeera. He holds a Master's degree in Economics and Finance from Syracuse University, New York (1981).

Some of Nabil's in-house company training clients include:

• J.P. Morgan Chase; Singapore, Tokyo, and NYC
• Citigroup; NYC, London, Singapore, Tokyo, and Malaysia
• Bank of America; New York and London
• Goldman Sachs; New York, Hong Kong, and Tokyo
• Bear Stearns, New York
• UBS; New York, Tokyo
• Credit Lyonnais, Hong Kong
• Merrill Lynch; New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo
• Deutsche Bank; New York, Tokyo
• Credit Suisse First Boston; New York
• Lehman Brothers; New York
• National Discount Brokers; NJ, U.S.A.
• Charles Schwab; New York
• Standard Chartered Bank; New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, London, Thailand, Taiwan, India
• Development Bank of Singapore, Singapore
• Rabobank; Singapore, London
• Temasek, Singapore
• RHB Sakura Merchant, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Securities Commission, Malaysia
• CIMB, Malaysia
• PWC, Malaysia
• Rating Agency Malaysia
• Aseambankers Malaysia Berhad, Malaysia
• Merchant Bankers Association, Malaysia
• EON Bank, Malaysia
• Korea Securities Dealers' Association, South Korea
• National Bank of Kuwait, Kuwait
• Kuwait Finance House, Kuwait
• Global Investment House, Kuwait
• Kuwait Investment Authority, Kuwait
• Kuwait Finance House, Kuwait
• Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency
• Mashreqbank, U.A.E
• Emirates Bank International, U.A.E
• Dubai Islamic Bank, U.A.E.
• Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, U.A.E
• National Bank of Dubai, U.A.E.
• Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
• Al Bank Al Saudi Al Fransi, Saudi Arabia
• National Commercial Bank, Saudi Arabia
• The Housing Bank, Jordan
• Arab Bank, Jordan