Asif Imtiaz

Asif Imtiaz- OBJECTIVE As a seasoned financial writer, I am looking to achieve excellence in market analytics and contribute in a manner that create value for my clients and help my readers to take sound investment decisions. EXPERIENCE F I NAN CI AL AN AL YS T, SHARK TR ADER S, B RI TISH VI R TI N I SLAN DS August ’15 – Present  Conducted market research regarding most trending companies in news for the week  Wrote a weekly stock analysis report regarding a particular company and/or macroeconomic trend for publishing on the company blog and on SeekingAlpha.com as part of the company’s content marketing strategy  Consulted management about creating a content marketing strategy for business development F I NAN CI AL AN AL YS T, C LI CK I NG MEDI A L TD, UK July ’14 – Present  Prepared various market analytics articles for the company’s web properties  Wrote extensively about binary options trading opportunities  Provided macroeconomic commentary regarding key fundamental events affecting the global foreign exchange market C O NTRI B UTI NG AU TH OR , P RI MEP AI R, I SR AEL December ’14 – July ‘15  Conducted extensive research regarding upcoming key macroeconomic events  Selected a weekly global macro topic and wrote a weekly article to help management execute the content marketing strategy F OR EI GN EXC H ANGE C ONS UL TANT , TH I R DBR AI N SA, S WI TZE RL AN D November ’13 – July ‘15  Provided in-depth market analysis regarding recent macroeconomic events effecting major currency pairs  Prepared a daily currency market analysis report for ThirdBrain SA clients  Consulted management about creating a content marketing strategy for business development F I NAN CI AL WR I TER , FI NANC E POST NE WS AND PUB LI CATI ON S, U SA October ’13 – March ‘15  Wrote a daily article about latest key developments affecting technology companies in the NYSE and NASDAQ. H EAD O F TR ADI NG , T HI RDB R AI N SA, S WI TE RZ ELAN D November ’12 – February ‘13 As the Head of Trading, I worked full time and had the ultimate responsibility of the trading pool. My specific responsibilities included: Asif Imtiaz: Resume         2 Managing the trader’s team Recruit traders and formulate HR Policy Developed training materials for company’s traders and supervised training programs Conducted a weekly training session over Skype to improve performance of the trading pool Monitoring the automatic strategies inside its scope Improve the performance of the human based trading strategies Research about Technical and Fundamentals Aspects of Trading Multiply and diversify the provider platforms to increase the bottom line of the company EXEC UTI VE , HB C O NSULT AN TS L TD, B ANG LADES H April ‘12 – October ‘12  Conducted market research for large Govt. Projects/Contracts for national/overseas development opportunities undertaken by international development agencies such as the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, DFID, USAID, and UNDP  Played a functional role at the Business Development Department to gather intelligence on upcoming opportunities in development projects around Asia-Pacific region  Developed lead, associative and joint venture arrangements regarding formation of contractual international consortium for national/overseas development projects  Prepared & submitted quality EoI/project proposals for multi-million-dollar consulting opportunities  Participated in the management of the company’s national and international projects and programs and taking initiatives with regulatory and multi-lateral development organizations for implementation  Maintained liaison with existing/potential clients and coordinate project implementation, for both public/private sectors  Developed & implemented the annual marketing plan, marketing policy & strategy for the company’s services MAN AG E MENT TR AI N EE , H B CONS UL TAN TS LTD , B AN GLADESH     November ‘11 – March ‘12 Helped the Business Development Department as a trainee Provided documentation support to the business development team Prepared EOIs and project proposals for team management Provided back-office support to on-going projects of the company EDUCATION S WI N BUR N E UNI VER SITY O F TECHNO LO GY - AUSTR AL I A 2008 – 2011 Bachelor of Business in International Business (CGPA 3.49 out of 4.00) S WI N BUR N E S CH OO L OF LANG U AGE AND F OUNDATI O N, M ALA YSI A 2006 – 2007 Foundation in Business (CGPA 3.00 out of 4.00) GENER AL EDUC ATI ON AL D E VELO P MENT CER TI FI C ATE (K-12 ), US A 2004 – 2006 Awarded High School Equivalency Certificate from Maine Department of Education, United States 2