Yehia Ashour

Address: Villa 203, Narges 3 Zone, New Cairo, Egypt Mobile: +20100-0666656 E-mail: y_ashour@aucegypt.edu OBJECTIVE Seeking a career in the field of Financial Management whereby my working experience, educational background, and extracurricular activities could be utilized effectively in order to enable me to contribute in and obtain outstanding output while gaining valuable work experience. EDUCATION Cass Business School, London, UK MSc Finance 2009-2010 Modules include: corporate risk management, corporate finance & valuation, financial statement analysis, asset management, mergers & acquisitions and Islamic finance American University in Cairo (AUC), Cairo, Egypt BA Business Administration 2004-2008 Concentration: finance (minor: economics) Portsaid International School, Cairo Egypt PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Axia Capital (Investment Banking), Cairo, Egypt May. 2011-Present Axia is a promising boutique investment bank in Egypt with AUM of nearly USD 1bn Senior Analyst Conducted extensive spreadsheet modeling and valuations of various companies across the cement, hospitality, Cosmetics, electronics, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, agricultural, oil & gas and financial institutions industries. Assisted management of several companies in formulating their business plans. Undertook analysis for leveraged buyouts, equity and debt financing, recapitalization and general valuation analysis for publicly-traded and privately-held companies. Prepared necessary marketing documentation for equity offerings in multiple companies. Led financial and business due diligence on various companies. Assisted in advising management teams and boards of directors on acquisition and divestiture strategies, fund raising options and capital structure; Assisted in the drafting, review and negotiations of several legal agreements, including sale & purchase, shareholders, management agreements, offering circular and private placement memorandum. Researched industries and players from strategic and financial perspectives. Participated with junior analysts in carrying out financial valuations and preparing presentations. Evaluated and conducted research on Egypt, UAE, Qatar and Saudi banks; the sector represented almost 25% of investments in Beltones MENA equity fund Analyzed banks financials, research, forecasts and valuations using financial modelling, creating a financial summary sheet for the MENA banking sector Identified and implemented attractive ideas on banking stocks to the investment committee resulting in profits for Beltones MENA equity fund Pepsico International (Corporate Finance), Cairo, Egypt Financial Planning Analyst Assisted the planning director in the decision to add more distributers around the country or not, by creating a new model for Pepsi to track profit and loss from each distributer. Participated in Chipsy Annual Operating Plan, by forecasting annual sales growth for all Chipsy products. Monitored CAPEX operation for Chipsy Plant, and its effect on production line capacity utilization rate. Oct. 2010-May. 2011 Science Section 2002-2004

EFG-Hermes (Asset Management), Cairo, Egypt June-August 2009 Internship Participated in the management of many portfolios working in the Egyptian Stock Market with an Islamic and Conventional Strategies. Assisted in the Investment Strategy and its scenarios by attending the Investment Committee meetings. Shared in preparing an economic module for Aluminum industry in Egypt. Assisted in managing fixed income funds for Bank of Alexandria and NSGB

Naem (Brokerage), Cairo, Egypt April-May 2009 Internship Measured portfolios & funds performance with regards to the indices & other funds operating in the same markets, and other markets rather than Egypt, like the MENA Region, GDR & USD. Placed both buy and sell orders primarily for major Egyptian investors. Joined the local trade back office team and the dealing room team for 1 month. Understood the front office and back office daily cycle of trading. Egyptian ministry of Finance (Research Department), Cairo, Egypt. July-August 2007 Internship Prepared up to date summaries on MENA banking sector to present during morning meetings to the team and the deputy minister. Participated in preparing a database for companies listed in the Egyptian stock market.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Career Related Projects Applied the optimal capital structure theory on HSBC through a research paper. Discussed the effect of leverage on companys tax shield in my corporate finance project. Analyzed the share price reaction to dividends payments during the financial crisis in UK market through statistical event study. Wrote a paper on the hostile acquisition by Malcolm Glazer on Man. United in my M&A class. Assessed the situation of the fertilizers industry in Egypt. Received a certified training by E-MONEY POWER for the Technical Analysis of Egyptian stock market and FOREX. Received Dale Carnegie training for presentations skills and business etiquette IT Skills Proficient knowledge of the entire Microsoft office package and internet applications Advanced use of Zawya investor, Reuters Knowledge and Bloomberg Languages Native Arabic, fluent English (spoken and written) Extra-Curricular Activities Member of Finance Society and Investment Society, Cass Business School Member of Egyptian Investors Club, American University in Cairo Educated along with other students five illiterate women from Nekla village in Egypt the basic concepts of reading and writing Arabic Participated in a marathon to support collecting donations for an Anti-cancer organization Active member of football and squash clubs (member of football and squash societies at Cass Business School - member of 3 sport clubs in Egypt) PERSONAL DATA Date of Birth: January 10, 1987 Nationality: Egyptian Military Service: Exempted References Furnished Upon Request