moeenuddinh

Product Manager with a track record of turning complex ideas into products. Experience across fintech, and investment research, bridging technical, strategic, and user needs. Skilled in business modeling, research, market analysis, and valuation.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Head of Research – Al-Hilal Securities Advisors July 2024 – to date 

·   Leading a team of four analysts to identify and invest in alpha-generating investment opportunities on the Tadawul.

·   Advising high-net-worth clients on manager and strategy selection, and asset allocation across regional markets (AUA $450M+).

·   Provide strategic guidance on manager selection, asset allocation, and fund analysis for global asset management clients (AUM$500M+).      

Head of Product – Al-Hilal Securities Advisors Jan 2023 – June 2024 

·   Leading digitization of Al-Hilal’s brick-and-mortar business units resulting in 5x improvement in account opening.

·   Led Hilal Invest’s UX revamp, resulting in average Google Play rating of 4.0/5 (previously 2.8/5) 

·   Shifted the marketing strategy from B2C to bulk acquisition, significantly reducing CAC and increasing LTV.

Financial Engineer & SME Product Lead – Seed Labs  Aug 2020 – Dec 2022

Seed Labs is a venture studio building Bluefin.io, a decentralized derivatives and spot exchange, with $36M in VC Funding 

Product Development:

·   Directed a team of 5+ engineers in the full product lifecycle of Bluefin.io, from initial concept to successful mainnet deployment.

·   Designed crucial off-chain UX components for Bluefin, including the Order Management Logic, Trade and Order History Tabs, and User Account Page.

·   Wrote the logic and test cases for key features like Stop-Loss, OCO, and Reduce-Only Orders. 

·   Identified and addressed corner cases and vulnerabilities in smart contract business logic.

Notable Achievements: Bluefin.io has processed cumulative volume exceeding $50B since launch in Nov 2022.

Business Analytics / Research: 

·   Designed the framework for business analytics and performance monitoring dashboards.  

·   Bluefin.io processed 818,000 trades in 96 hours during the Test-net in Mar 2022, involving 86,000 unique addresses. Utilized insights from surveys and UX research to prioritize bug fixes and UX enhancements. 

·   Modelled tokenomics– accounting for vesting cliffs, supply pressure mitigation, staking and burn mechanisms.

Corp Dev Analyst - Seed Labs

·   Prepared pitch decks for the pre-seed and seed rounds for Bluefin, securing $6.4M in the seed round at $50M valuation and a $7.5M Series-A at $250M valuation – pre-project launch. 

AVP - Investment Analyst - Providus Capital Ltd Mar 2017 – Feb 2021

Providus is a private hedge fund (Family Office), Fund size exceeded $40mn in 2020. Founding team. 

·   Conducted macroeconomic research; Studied BOP crises in developing economies - concluded that a significant currency devaluation was imminent, leading to a short-heavy strategy that led to fund’s outperformance (100%+ ROE in 2018-19). 

·   Delivered alpha-generating investment calls in Oil, Chemicals, and Automotive sectors (e.g., 90%+ ROI in CEPB, 60% ROI in Hascol, 50%+ ROI in ATRL).

·   Conducted industry analyses and built financial models and dashboards to support high-stakes investment decisions.

Equity Research Analyst - Al Meezan Investment Management Ltd Oct 2014 – Mar 2017

Al Meezan is among Pakistan’s leading asset management companies. Part of a 5-member equity research team. 

·   Conducted equity research across Automobile and Parts, Chemicals, Oil, and Steel sectors.

·   Ghandhara Nissan (GHNL), Honda Atlas (HCAR), and ICI were among my successful recommendations.

Subeditor - Global Investments Division, Qineqt Pvt Ltd Aug 2014 – Oct 2014

·   Editing business news articles for Qineqt’s flagship website – BidnessETC, focusing on clarity, tone and relevance.

EDUCATION

·   Johns Hopkins University - Business Analytics with Excel Mar 2024

·   CFA Institute - CFA Level-1 Dec 2015

·   Institute of Business Administration, Karachi - Bachelor of Business Administration 2010 – Jun 2014

Skills: Agile Product Management (Scrum, Kanban), Financial Modeling and Analysis, Equity Research, Jira, Slack, MS Excel, and Bloomberg Terminal. 

Languages: Fluent in English and Urdu. 

Interests: Reading, Macroeconomics, writing, puzzle-solving, sustainable organic urban agriculture.