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Mo11 Dec 8, 2025, 9:03 AM"No deep work. But due to If-thens. Work started at 6:30 this morning and Had a late night last night due to social stuff"View my Commitment -
alefdx Dec 8, 2025, 7:57 AM"Completed this week: - Meetings with o Roberto AF: things going well; effectively vice of Kashif; next step MD promotion; Kashif supportive in principle but I don't see much in action. RS: it's a 2 years process; start the process now so you can get promoted in 2027; manager needs to give credit for all achievements to you; sponsors for KK were Rob Fairbairn, Steve Cohen, Charles. Discussed with Joud how to rescue KK after he lost years for things that didn't work in his previous roles. Joud is a force of nature; speak with Charles and notify Kashif you're scheduling time with him; tell Charles: I have a project to pursue a promotion, can you tell me what is needed of me to get there; "get in the long list this year so that I can get promoted next year" (unclear); 12 years of work experience is still very early for an MD promotion. o Ellie (chief of staff to Anne) EE: Involved on BMIF launch: stressful because LPs/GPs contingent on others and if one doesn't materialize then things don't go ahead. Worked on WTW product which went to Emirates Airlines. APM involvement in ME mainly based on her Consultants role. Speak with Harry Becket (GCR). AF: involved in the retirement work, exciting to work on these, if there are ways for me to work more closely with you and APM let me know. o Seun (close to Anne) Considering collaborating with government of Bangladesh on new retirement scheme, 160m people, but concerns from compliance risks o James (close to Beccy) mixed signals on whether cash strategies in ME have enough client demand (some say $20m, others more) Cash is separate from GPS, product strategy is within GPS itself team broadly split in portfolio management, BD, marketing you have at least 20% of assets invested in overnight instruments which helps you pay yield on an ongoing basis even if rest of assets have scattered maturities o Anne Parthiot Mons AF: presented work I'm doing in FMA ME overall and on retirement specifically. Personally very interested and excited to collaborate. APM: Retirement work: need to approach it in detail/bottom-up. Ecosystem mapping: - Who's speaking with HR & Benefits teams / do we need that - How do we approach corporates that don't have consultants - Who are pension admins? - Where consultants are: actuaries, people doing etc. - Who's speaking with the actual beneficiaries - Who's going to be RM for Emirates Brainstorming session - Involve Massi, Seun Receive example of UK document used for similar brainstorming exercise "We don't need many people" Need to double down on outreach intermediated by consultants o Simona Paravani o Asteris (chief of staff to Rachel) o Beccy o Scott (recently promoted to MD and good friend) MD promotion is not necessarily a 2-year process. I started the process in Jan 2025 and was promoted in October. I asked sponsorship to Sarah Melvin (boss of the boss of my boss) and she was supportive. So I bypassed all the people below. Sarah used to be my line manager in previous roles. She spent many hours helping me with promotion nomination form. You need to identify the biggest weaknesses in your storyline and turn them around. My biggest weakness was "sustained impact" because I had changed roles many times. Promotion form needs to be punchy and show tangible outcomes: generated x bn in NNB, x mm in new revenues, conducted xx meetings, acquired xx clients. Scott is an expert at writing forms and can help me with mine. Sarah even used to ask Scott to improve promotion forms of other people. You need to get around 100 ppl onboard. Need to be careful not to piss off anyone. o Peter (Europe MD who needs to approve of my promotion) o PDK: there’s an impression of serious team issues in the Middle East due to Kashif not behaving as a people leader. You need to set the tone: make people feel like you care about them. Communicate excitement about things. Be present in team meetings. Priorities next week - Meet Charles (align with KK and Kashif before) - Send win note for Finstreet - Work on retirement project based on feedback from Anne - Share docs with Asteris on PIF and Digital Assets - Send update note to Yazeed and Tarek re. SAMA Aladdin "View my Commitment -
Jayt300 Dec 8, 2025, 4:29 AM"Dec 7th 2025 Began my day today at 11Am. End day at 9pm. Task included tracking debts and bills, continuing Spanish coursework, running a vm on my computer, managing purchase payments for hobbies out of 7 days a week… Errors uploading images/not asked…."View my Commitment -
natalieleventis Dec 8, 2025, 3:52 AM"today doesnt count but I went to to school for a couple of hours to study with a classmate"View my Commitment
