
Shabnam Mohammad
CEO - Black Mountain Consulting | Board Member Bank Makramah | Founding Member PlayBook | Certified Board Director | IB, Private Equity, ESG & Leadership Effectiveness Specialist | Executive Coach | Practitioner Trainer
The move
MoveIFC - International Finance Corporation → Black Mountain Consulting
TitleIFC (World Bank) Nominee Director Candidate → Founder & CEO
LocationUnited Arab Emirates → United Arab Emirates
Career arcRecent arrival
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Native languageUrdu, English
Years in UAE7.5
Total experience24.5 years
Career arc
- Independent Director - Board of DirectorsApr 2025 — Present
Bank Makramah Ltd
- Founding MemberJan 2024 — Present
PLAYBOOK
- Founder & CEOJan 2021 — Present
Black Mountain Consulting
- Special Advisor to the Chairman | Tell GroupJan 2021 — Dec 2022
Tell Group
- IFC (World Bank) Nominee Director CandidateDec 2019 — PresentIIFC - International Finance Corporation
- Independent Director - Board of DirectorsJun 2019 — Oct 2024
Dubai Islamic Bank Pakistan
- Chief Executive Officer, Tell Limited; Head of Special Situations & Islamic Finance, Tell GroupAug 2015 — Dec 2020
Tell Group
- Managing DirectorOct 2010 — Jul 2015
Khalij Islamic· Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Director (Senior Structurer) - Middle East Structuring TeamNov 2007 — Aug 2010
Deutsche Bank· United Arab Emirates
- Vice President - Quantitative Product EngineerAug 2006 — Oct 2007
Deutsche Bank· London, United Kingdom
- AVP Corporate Strategy SpecialistNov 2003 — Jul 2006
Deutsche Bank
- CFO - Head of Finance & MISApr 2001 — Sep 2003
Internal Trade Secretariat
Education
- Corporate Finance Institute® (CFI)Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) SpecializationJan 2023
- International Academy of Business & Financial ManagementCertified Private Equity SpecialistJun 2015
- Corporate Finance Institute® (CFI)Leadership Effectiveness SpecializationFeb 2025
- University College London, U. of LondonBSc · Mathematics & Physics1995 — 1998
- Henley Management CollegeMBA · Business Management2007 — 2009
- Institute of Corporate Governance (PICG)Certified Board Director · Corporate Governance Leadership ProgramJun 2023
- Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)CIMA · Management Accountancy2000 — 2004
Languages
- Urdu · Native or bilingual
- Hindi · Professional working
- Punjabi · Limited working
- Arabic · Elementary
- English · Native or bilingual