FINANCIAL SERVICES
UK: Growth Gateway Programme
The £50m Growth Gateway Programme aims to drive increased two-way trade and investment between the UK and Low- and Middle-income Countries (LMICs) and deliver significant benefits to both. The programme works directly and indirectly with the private sector to: provide digital guidance on export readiness, import regulations and financing options; deliver support to UK and LMIC firms to advance opportunities with positive development impact; and, deliver technical analysis to unlock sectoral and cross-cutting barriers and develop opportunity pipelines. As a supplier to the programme, Development Executives is relied on to provide specialized trade and investment as well as monitoring evaluation and learning related expertise to the programme. (FCDO, 2024 – 2025)
Indonesia: Kemitraan Indonesia Australia untuk Infrastruktur (KIAT)
The KIAT is a 10-year facility supported by the Australian Government and its overarching goal is to support ‘sustainable and inclusive economic growth through improved access to infrastructure for all people’. To support this goal, KIAT works with the Government of Indonesia (GoI) and other development partners to help achieve: improved GoI policy and regulatory framework for infrastructure development; high quality projects prepared and financed by GoI, the private sector and/or MDBs; high quality infrastructure delivery, management, and maintenance by GoI; and, infrastructure policies, design and delivery that are more inclusive for women and people with disabilities. As a Technical Assistance Panel member, Development Executives supports KIAT by providing a range of pre-qualified specialists to undertake technical assistance work on the project. (DFAT, 2024 – 2026)
Pakistan: Investment Promotion Activity (IPA)
The purpose of the IPA is to strengthen Pakistan’s business enabling environment to build greater credibility of Pakistani institutions and improve the ecosystem for foreign direct investment and increase U.S.-Pakistan bi-lateral trade and investment. As a subcontractor, to this five year program, Development Executives will work closely with governments (federal and provincial) and private sector stakeholders (e.g., businesses, associations, investors, etc.) to strengthen the investment climate for foreign investors in Pakistan and promote opportunities for enhanced trade and investment between U.S. and Pakistan businesses. (USAID, 2022 – 2026)
Pakistan: Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Programme (SEED)
Development Executives is a key local subcontractor on the seven year SEED programme. The programme is geared towards supporting provincial economic development and sustainable energy in Pakistan. It will support the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), to plan and finance the infrastructure and investment it needs for growth, jobs and prosperity. The programme will also address Pakistan’s energy crisis by providing innovative financial solutions to industry for the adoption of sustainable energy practices. (DFID, 2020 – 2025)
UK: DFID International Multi-Disciplinary Programme Framework Agreement (IMDP)
Development Executives is a supplier for IMDP Framework Agreement which provides DFID to access advice and expertise in a cost efficient and effective manner across 11 thematic areas. Development Executives will provide support across multiple IMDP lots which include: Conflict & Governance; Education; Infrastructure; Livelihoods; Social Development; and, Research. (DFID, 2019 – 2021)
UK: Investment Promotion Programme (IPP), Evaluation & Learning
Development Executives’ CEO served as the Programme Evaluation Lead for the IPP. The IPP was a £50 million programme which provided support across four work streams: capacity building of Investment Promotion Agencies; Investment Promotion campaigns and events; technical assistance to Public Private Partnership for investment projects; and, trade and investment integrity initiatives. Focus countries included Nigeria, South Africa, India, Pakistan and Philippines. (FCDO, 2018 – 2021)
UK: Global Finance Programme (GFP), Evaluation & Learning
Development Executives’ CEO served as the Programme Evaluation Lead for the GFP. The GFP was a GBP £68 million programme which provided support across four work streams: strengthening banking systems; deepening capital markets; mainstreaming equitable usage of financial technologies (digital finance); and, fostering an environment of financial stability. Focus countries for GFP included Bangladesh, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, etc. (FCDO, 2018 – 2021)
UK: DFID’s Global Evaluation Framework Agreement (GEFA)
Development Executives was a strategic partner supporting QED Group on the GEFA Framework Agreement. Under the GEFA framework, QED has won the opportunity to undertake a wide range of evaluations for DFID, globally. As one of QED’s key strategic local partners, Development Executives was called on to deliver technical and/or country/regional expertise for specific task orders or call-downs. (DFID, 2017 – 2019)
Pakistan: FATA Economic Stabilization Program (FESP)
FESP was a four-year, $50 million project to create jobs and improve economic opportunity in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The program was designed to help farmers to move beyond food insecure subsistence and support non-farm entrepreneurs, and do so in ways that: improve their livelihood; increase returns from investments in infrastructure that the US Government had made in FATA; and, contribute to further stabilization of FATA by building viable economic alternatives to militancy. The program was meant to serve as a bridge between short-term stabilization activities and longer-term more sustainable development. Development Executives was tasked with leading implementation of Component 2 of the program which focused on non-agricultural activities, such as: strengthening and establishing micro and small enterprises; strengthening supply chains between business operators in the tribal areas and those in the settled areas markets; rehabilitating market infrastructure; and, developing local business and trade associations. (USAID, 2014 – 2016)
Pakistan: Federally Administered Tribal Areas Investment Plan Study (FIPS)
Development Executives was retained to develop a broad-based investment plan for FATA. The need for developing FIPS stems from the idea that it is timely to undertake a stock take of progress realized through an economic growth lens and to provide stakeholders with a road map of investment options available for increasing economic activity across FATA. The investment plan is being built upon in-depth analysis and assessment of key economic sectors (such as, agribusiness, livestock and dairy, fisheries, forests, trade, minerals, education and health) where growth can be realized. These investment plans will double as both as a strategic planning tool as well as a guiding instrument for stakeholder’s activities in FATA. Moreover, information provided in these plans will enable public and private sector stakeholders and donors to utilize and allocate resources more effectively for broad-based economic development of FATA. (USAID, 2013 – 2014)
Iraq: Mid-Term Evaluation of Financial Development Program (FDP)
Development Executives’ core team member served as Team Leader for conducting a Mid-Term Evaluation of the FDP. The key objectives of this $52 million program were to: expand private sector financial intermediation by enhancing advocacy capacity of the private financial sector; improve soundness of the private financial sector through institution building and targeted reforms (e.g., establishing credit bureau, introducing retail payment systems, etc.); and, improve quality and availability of finance and business education. (USAID, 2012)
UK: Financial Sector Strengthening and Reform (FIRST) Initiative
Development Executives’ core team member served as a Project Officer to the $65 million, multi donor technical assistance program, where he was responsible for simultaneously, leading and managing the development, approval, and implementation of over fifty technical assistance projects in different countries that focused on, accounting and auditing (e.g., Bostwana, Tanzania, etc.), banking systems (e.g., Burundi, El Salvador, etc.), capital markets (e.g., Vietnam, Costa Rica, etc.), regulatory/supervisory reform (e.g., Angola, Sudan, etc.), housing finance (e.g., Uganda, India, etc.), insurance (e.g., Indonesia, Chile, etc.), pensions and collective investment schemes (e.g., Indonesia, Rwanda), etc. (DFID, 2006 – 2007)
Pakistan: Country Assistance Programme Evaluation
Development Executives’ core team member was retained by Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the assessment and rationalization of over $1.6 billion in private sector development and financial sector development assistance to Pakistan over a twenty year period (1985 – 2005). Assessed ADB’s strategies and operations that supported development of a broad range of financial intermediaries e.g., banks (commercial, SME, micro-finance/rural finance banks, etc.), Development Financial Institutions, Stock and Commodity Exchanges, etc. Developed reports and recommendations that had significant impact on the design of ADB’s 2006 multi-year Country Assistance Strategy for Pakistan and the future allocation of ADB resources in the country’s financial sector. (ADB, 2005 – 2006)
Pakistan: Balochistan Resource Management Programme (BRMP)
Development Executives’ core team member was retained by ADB to lead and manage the development of a broad-based Private Sector Development Strategy for Balochistan Province. The assignment required developing in-depth value chain assessments and analysis across a number of key economic sectors (such as, agriculture, horticulture, livestock, dairy, minerals and fisheries); advising businesses (domestic and foreign) and government on a range of public private partnership ownership and operating models; and, developing sector-specific action plans. (ADB, 2004 – 2005)
Pakistan: Privatisation Support
Development Executives’ core team member served as the transaction manager responsible for several high profile privatization transactions that involved disposal of state owned industrial and real estate assets into the private sector. Determined terms, timing, and method of sale to maximize value of assets being privatized and delivered organizational, valuation, and contractual due diligence to internal and external stakeholders. Simultaneously led and managed teams of investors, valuation experts, legal counsels, and other governmental and non-governmental agencies for effective execution of multiple transactions. (Government of Pakistan, 2003 – 2004)
Pakistan: Khushhali Bank (KB)
Development Executives’ core team member served as the Regional General Manager worked the largest micro finance institution (MFI) in Pakistan as which has been established with the support Government of Pakistan and Asian Development Bank. Its main objective is poverty alleviation through social mobilization. As the Regional General Manager I : (i) supervised the regional staff of professionals as well as developed regional and Field Unit teams (ii) designed and developed regional plans that effectively financed income-generating initiatives and provided saving facilities that encouraged capital formation (iii) developed and implemented the operational plan (action plans and annual work plans). (iv) implemented management information systems to effectively plan, monitor, and audit resource allocation. (Government of Pakistan, 2001 – 2002)
United States: Capital Markets
Development Executives’ core team member served as a key member of Freddie Mac’s strategy team where he worked closely with the largest retail banks and Wall Street investment banks on a variety of projects across multiple financial markets i.e., primary and secondary financial markets as well as the global debt markets. He routinely managed and led cross-functional teams on initiatives that involved investments, venture capital, new product development, new market assessments, competitor analysis, joint ventures, marketing and contracting arrangements, investment analysis and due diligence, business process improvement, technological innovation. Played a key role in developing electronic trading strategies for Freddie Mac’s portfolio of over $800 billion which would allow the company to effectively trade financial products, such as, mortgages, securities, and debt instruments. (Freddie Mac, 1998 – 2003)
United State: US Department of Education
Development Executives’ core team member designed and developed a financial management system that enabled the US Department of Education to closely track the distribution and utilisation of grant money to Universities and Colleges across the country and also to target and monitor high-risk institutions. (PricewaterhouseCoopers, 1996 – 1998)
United States: Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)
Development Executives’ core team member provided qualitative and quantitative analytical and management support to GNMA’s management team in order to manage risks associated with its $550 billion portfolio of Mortgage Backed Securities. (PricewaterhouseCoopers, 1996 – 1998)
