Cormac Sheedy

Leading business development in the Middle East by Identifying opportunities for corporate service provider Praxis across the GCC. Engaged with lawyers, advisers and directly with family offices to create new revenues streams for them.

Managing a dedicated team, I was responsible for Sales growth in Middle East and key African Markets for Portuguese tech firm Feedzai. Feedzai specialises in fraud prevention as Transactions Monitoring, as well as a solution for KYC and AML for financial institutions. This was a newly created role within Feedzai.

Based in DIFC, a senior Sales Director role with Fenergo, a leading Regulation technology Firm covering leading Financial Institutions across the GCC and Africa. Responsible for Corporate, Retail, Wealth Management and Private Banking clients.

A senior Business Development role with Jersey finance, covering the GCC markets, promoting Jersey as a jurisdiction of International choice for investor’s overseas assets. Coverage role includes SWF’s, Family Offices, Regional Banks, Financial institutions and Legal professionals.

Consultant for Zenith Bank UK as SEO designate, to assist them in obtaining a Category 4 license within DIFC. This license was established in October 2015, to conduct Institutional Trade Finance activities.

Head of GCC with a responsibility to develop Sovereign wealth Fund business for RBC, Responsible for group coverage and connectivity for RBC Asset Management, Private Equity, FX and Investment Banking divisions. Closed large SWF transactions in both the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

Head of GCC, Asia and International Sales for a UAE investment company covering regional and international markets, leading a team of 25 people across the GCC. Responsible for sales for Asset Management, Brokerage, Private Equity and Investment Banking divisions.

Responsible for the Middle East operation for one of the largest Independent asset management Companies in the world

Achieved annual sales targets of over $200m and doubled sales in Saudi Arabia by building strong relationships and increasing distribution network

Appointed Invesco’s first Middle East Head of Business Development with a mandate to open an office in the DIFC, and build a business in the newly created Dubai International Financial Centre.

Led negotiations that secured Invesco’s largest institutional mandate of $1.6bn in 2004

Joined the retail bank and worked across all key departments in Ireland and UK team member of the group who established the Banks Bancassurance in the UK in 1992 and the project team that established Channel Island business in Jersey in 1997. Lead international business development at BIAM Jersey from 1997- 2002