Nemr Kanafani

Providing research and analysis of the Middle East and North Africa region to business leaders.

• Write reports and presentations covering MENA economies and global energy markets.

• Generate economic forecasts for MENA region and energy markets.

• Engage with corporate members to provide insights generated by TCB's global research.

• Monitor and assess progress on economic diversification policy and progress.

Providing research and analysis of the Middle East and North Africa region.

• Preparing macroeconomic analysis, sovereign risk assessment, and policy recommendations.

• Prepare regular banking sector analyses.

Directing the research output under the Group Chief Economist. Managing a team of 2-3 economists and a translator/editor. Coordinating work of 8-10 researchers. Developing and communicating economic views to key stakeholders. Managing and developing the publications process.

• Streamlined the publications process, reducing turnaround time by 50%.

• Restructured Kuwait coverage, improving modelling, forecasting and message consistency.

• Increased the frequency and improved the quality of the international coverage.

• Supported official entities during Kuwait's 2017 debut bond issuance; filled critical gaps in published fiscal, public debt, and other economic data; joined team of experts on road shows.

• Led a team to develop in-house consumer spending index using proprietary card data.

• Monitor and comment on economic policy across the GCC with particular focus on diversification.

• Prepare and oversee macroeconomic and policy coverage of Kuwait, Oman, and Egypt.

• Conducted in-house training on economics and strategic planning.