TAREK GHRAIZI, MBA, MIB

Tarek Ghraizi is Business Development Manager of UTC International (“UTCINTL”). His areas of expertise include management consultancy, corporate strategic planning, private equity and business advisory.

Tarek is responsible for UTCINTL's activity expansion in the Middle East including the tactical and strategic sales promotion of its service products.

Tarek travels regularly to Middle East countries, and has acquired unique insights to business practices and social traditions of the respective national platforms, by understanding many aspects of the local values, priorities, and socio-political implications: these being the key success factors for business, in the constantly changing economic scenarios worldwide. He has produced results by working on a range of practice improvement initiatives.

Prior to joining UTCINTL, Tarek was the Manager based in Vienna, Austria, responsible for Regional Sales & Marketing in Central Europe for ITT Luxury Collection of Sheraton Hotels, and then moved on in his career to become the Executive Manager of S & K Trading, United Arab Emirates - the biggest supplier in the UAE of building raw materials.

Tarek’s work experience covered the following principal activities:

• Exhibitions and Product Promotion Seminars - planning and event management;
• Market research, strategic and business planning;
• Market entry support - Profiling competitors, including financial data and market strengths, assessing barriers to entry; identifying regulators and key government agencies, reviewing potential partnering entities to assess business risks and compatibility, assistance with business intelligence in volatile areas;
• Responsibility for operations scheduling and transportation logistics for import and distribution of purchased goods supplies;
• Planning for quality control assurance of purchases, purchase contract enforcement, and supplier contract administration;
• Insurance claims processing and follow up;
• Healthcare business project feasibility analysis and review of implementation progress reports;
• Anti Money Laundering Policy and Procedures administration;
• Facilitation of Dubai Free Trade Zones business establishment and operationalization;
• Formation of Companies, Business Reorganization, Recovery, and Business Risk Solutions design and implementation;
• Litigation Support.

• AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  [a] Management Audit; [b] Accounts Management and Forensic Accounting; [c] Private Equity; [d] Initial Public Offering [IPO]; [e] Project Finance; [f] Anti-Money Laundering - implementation of regulatory stipulations; [g] Human Resources Administration; [h] Transaction Services [Mergers & Acquisitions]; [i] Formation of Companies and Establishments; [j] Business Reorganization, Recovery, and Business Risk Solutions; [k] Litigation Support, Succession and Estate Planning; [l] Insurance Advisory.

• INDUSTRY SPECIALIZATIONS

  [a] Manufacturing; [b] Financial Services & Insurance; [c] Healthcare Facilities; [d] Hospitality, Travel &Tourism, and Leisure sectors; [e] Transportation - [Land, Sea & Air Cargo]; [f] Property Development & Real Estate; [g] Building Equipment [auxiliary] and Raw Material Supply; [h] Free Trade Zones - ‘One-stop’ Shop Professional Services.

• QUALIFICATIONS

  
  • Master’s degree in Business Administration from Waynesburg University, Pennsylvania, USA;
  • Master’s degree in International Business from International University, Vienna, Austria.

• LANGUAGE FLUENCY

  Tarek speaks fluently Arabic [native], English, and German.

• CONTACT DETAILS

  Position in UTCINTL Team: Business Development Manager
  Email: tghraizi@utcintl.com