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Sonia Khurram

Oakville,Canada

Summary

  • Ms. Sonia Khurram is the Founder and CEO of BAYYT, a leading Canadian International E-commerce company that offers B2B and B2C Services in Canada, UAE and Globally.
  • She has over 9.5 years of experience in E-Commerce and Banking & Finance in Canada and United Arab Emirates (UAE).
  • She successfully designed BAYYT Platform (Website and Phone APP) Phase I and Launched Jan 2023 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
  • She has an extensive experience in Leadership, Developing Business Strategies, Developing Business, Business Relationship Management, Business Operations Management, Project Management, Cross-Functional Team Management, FInancial Analysis, Credit Underwriting, Portfolio Management, Business Risk Assessment and Sales Negotiation and Microsoft Office.
  • She is passionate about adding value in the communities and people day-to-day lives and supports Mental Health Awareness, Life Under Water and Green Communities Globally.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

BAYYT E Commerce
01.2021 - Current

• Successfully managing BAYYT E-Commerce Business B2B and B2C in Canada, UAE and Globally.
• Successfully registered BAYYT as an Exclusive Service Provider with Notable Government Organizations for the Procurement and SDGs Projects and bid for 25 Projects since August 2023.
• Successfully built a customer base of 400 in a small household community, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Successfully developing and implementing Business Strategy to achieve BAYYT Target Sales.
• Successfully developing and monitoring company’s Financial Budgets and Policies & Procedures.
• Successfully managing internal and external communications with Key Stakeholders.
• Successfully building a team of Professional and Service Providers to Serve the Clients Globally.

Relationship Manager - SME Banking

The National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah
07.2016 - 05.2017
  • Successfully managed quality 150 borrowing and non-borrowing relationships through business development activities by leveraging existing clients and centres of influence.
  • Proactively assessed client needs in trade and credit by proposing financial solution to deepen business penetration into relationship portfolio.
  • Prepared credit proposals (new loans), structured credit facilities and visited prospective & existing clients on regular basis to strengthen the business relationships.

Relationship Manager - Commercial Banking

HSBC
11.2012 - 11.2012
  • Successfully contributed to the achievement of business objectives by effectively managing, developing, and retaining quality relationships of 250 Business Banking borrowing and non- borrowing customers.
  • Successfully recommended 2 new business banking relationships (annual revenue of CA$5MM - CA$10MM).
  • Successfully partnered with internal experts and identified 1 new referral (annual revenue of CA$100MM) to the leasing department.
  • Efficiently monitored operating lines of credit as per approved credit and rectified the discrepancies in timely manner by communicating with the customers on regular basis.
  • Successfully exited a 10-year-old client based on OSFI guidelines.

Corporate Banker - Loan Syndication

Arab African International Bank
08.2008 - 07.2011
  • Successfully managed a Large Corporate Bilateral and Syndicated Loan portfolio of 33 clients with having approved funded credit limits of USD900MM.
  • Identified new loan opportunities for the Bank through networking with existing agent banks and prescreened loan opportunities as per Bank's business strategy, industry preferences, growth objectives and diversification need.
  • Successfully built and maintained peer banks network to participate in syndication deals led by other International and regional banks.
  • Successfully contributed to the growth of bank's profitability by recommending 2 business relationships (annual revenue of US$500MM) of high-quality loan transactions.

Relationship Officer - Retail Banking

Standard Chartered Bank
07.2007 - 08.2008
  • Proactively identified and developed new opportunities to sell retail bank's product & service to corporate clients.
  • Evaluated personal financial statements to assess financial strengths, degree of risk involved and repayment capacity of credit transaction.
  • Successfully contributed to Bank's growth by achieving 110% annual sales targets within assigned Bank deadline and achieved KYC recognition award.

Education

Enterprise Risk Management -

University of Toronto
Toronto, ON
08.2012

MBA - Marketing

Lahore School of Economics
Lahore, Pakistan
08.2005

Skills

  • Leadership
  • Team Leadership
  • High Intellect
  • Strategic Planning
  • New Business Development
  • Budgeting & Financial Planning
  • Cross-Functional Team Building & Management
  • Board Collaboration
  • Corporate Governance
  • Sustainable Development Management

Languages

English
Full Professional
Urdu
Native/ Bilingual

Timeline

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

BAYYT E Commerce
01.2021 - Current

Relationship Manager - SME Banking

The National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah
07.2016 - 05.2017

Relationship Manager - Commercial Banking

HSBC
11.2012 - 11.2012

Corporate Banker - Loan Syndication

Arab African International Bank
08.2008 - 07.2011

Relationship Officer - Retail Banking

Standard Chartered Bank
07.2007 - 08.2008

Enterprise Risk Management -

University of Toronto

MBA - Marketing

Lahore School of Economics
Sonia Khurram