1. Wael M. Al Hassaniye
Beirut, Lebanon
Nationality: Lebanese
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
D.O.B.: Sept. 20, 1980
+961 70 979 279
+961 03 426 297
+971 52 8904393
wael_743183@hotmail.com
Objective:
Sociable person experienced in finance and banking, self motivated, hard worker, able to work
on own initiative, under pressure as well as part of a team, adaptive, innovative and focused on
meeting company objectives. Keen to find a position at your bank which will give me the
opportunity to utilize my education and apply my experience and knowledge within your
reputable organization.
Experience:
Senior Operations Specialist (Nov 2010- Present)
BLOMINVEST BANK SAL.
Beirut, Lebanon
BLOM Invest Bank sal. was established in 1994, it is the investment arm of BLOM BANK SAL.
one of the biggest commercial banks in Lebanon which has branches in different countries other
than Lebanon (UAE, Jordan, Qatar, Egypt, London, France, Switzerland, Syria, KSA, etc…)
Responsibilities:
Being the Head of Corporate actions in the company, my role is to:
Manage and supervise the work of the team operating at the unit
Review and sign operations including dividend and coupon
payments executed (Authorized Signatory “B”).
Review and sign corporate actions prepared by the team in order to
be transmitted to security holders.
Contact custodians and verify instructions placed with custodians
related to corporate actions.
Review reports related to the operations dept.
Review reconciliation prepared by reconciliation unit, put my
comments and forward it to the Head of Operations’ Dept.
2. Follow up the opening of Bank accounts with correspondent Bank
and Custodians (Nostro A/C’s).
Open custody and DVP line with counterparties.
Check and Sign end of day journal.
In addition to being the Head of Corporate actions unit, I have some duties that I do in the
absence of the head of accounts unit since I have an authorized signatory, and these duties are:
Verify y swift messages for outgoing transfers (MT103, MT202,
etc…)
Sign incoming transfers
Approve credit interest rates on clients accounts
In the absence of the Deputy Head of Operations, I authorize swift messages (MT300, MT600,
etc…). I authorize fund subscription orders on Vestima which is an order routing system for
funds on Creation online (Clearsteam Banking Luxembourg.)
Senior Operations Specialist (Mar. 2009- Oct 2010)
BLOMINVEST BANK SAL.
Beirut, Lebanon
Authorized Signatory “B” in the settlement Unit at BLOM Invest, in
addition to the following tasks which were my responsibilities:
Manage and supervise the work of the team operating at the unit
Review and sign operations related to settlement of Equities,
Bonds, Funds and Options trading.
Process and follow up options positions (Long/Short)
Process and follow up currency options.
Arrange settlement and sign confirmations related to DVP/RVP
operations.
Follow up Fail trades
Approve operations processed on FX Spot, Forwards
3. Process, approve and follow up structured products issued by the
Bank (Reverse convertibles, Dual Currency Deposits, Capital
Guaranteed Notes, etc...)
Check and Sign end of day journal.
Assistant Operations Manager (Sept. 2008- Feb. 2009) start up period
BLOMINVEST KSA.
Riyadh, KSA.
BLOM INVEST KSA. Is a corporation in which BLOM INVEST BANK SAL. Beirut owns fifty
percent of it.
Responsibilities:
It was a start up period in which I was responsible to arrange for the
following:
Support the IT team in the customization of the new system.
Testing the new system.
Attend meeting arranged with Saudi Banks and discuss offers.
Report to the Chief Operations Officer
Review procedures and discuss them with different departments
(Risk, Audit, etc…)
Choosing me to be one of the team at BLOM INVEST KSA in such a critical period (Startup
period) was a challenge in my career path, in which I succeeded. It was a great experience to me
because I was involved in each and every detail related to the structuring and the infrastructure.
Operations Officer (March 2006- August 2008)
BLOMINVEST BANK SAL.
Beirut, Lebanon
Trainee (Sept. 2005-Feb. 2006)
(Operations Dept.)
BLOMINVEST BANK SAL.
Beirut, Lebanon
4. Education:
2009-2012 MBA (Major Courses in Finance)
American University Of Sciences and Technology (AUST)
Achrafieh, Lebanon.
2002-2005 Bachelor Degree in Banking and Finance
American University Of Sciences and Technology (AUST)
Achrafieh, Lebanon.
1999-2000 Lebanese Baccalaureate, Experimental Sciences,
Choueifat Secondary School, Lebanon
Certificates:
2011 Award in Risk in Financial Services (Cert. #: 126300)
Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI)
London, United Kingdom.
2010 Unit 02- Securities (Cert. #: 10774999)
Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI)
London, United Kingdom.
Languages:
Fluent in speaking and writing English
Fluent in speaking and writing Arabic
Skills:
-Computer skills: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc…
-Qualitative & Quantitative Analysis
-Accounting
Interests:
Music, Sports, Reading .
References:
Available upon request