Hamid Hamirani - Profile
Recognized Expert on Global & Regional Finance, Economy and Investments
Advisor to the Minister of Finance Oman, Member of the Advisory Board of the Global Government Funds Investors Club and Founder of Collection of Thoughts blog.
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Visiting Scholar at Stanford University
Hamid Hamirani is a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University’s Global Projects Center. Hamid is the Senior Economist at Ministry of Finance, Oman.
Hamid supports the Minister’s Office in its roles for overseeing the two government sovereign wealth funds, the national airline and the national oil company.
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Established Turnaround Player
Against all odds Hamid was instrumental in the turnaround of a fresh milk and beverages company in less than three years. The business model implemented by Hamid still holds true today as the company is continuing to generate profits while investment returns remain volatile. Read the Al Safwah Diary article and Oman Economic Review article OR click the extracts to the right.
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Founder of the Collection of Thoughts
With readership in excess of 300 spread all around the world Hamid writes on global and regional economic matters with views on oil prices, currency movements, interest rates and GDP growth in his blog commonly known as “Collection of Thoughts”. Acknowledged by Oxford Business Group, HSBC, ACCA, and leading business men as the first in the region to highlight about the financial crises, dollar debasing, central banks quantitative easing, euro sovereign debt crises, geopolitical risk and food inflation.
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Hamid Hamirani - Career
Hamid Hamirani, Advisor to the Minister of Finance, Sultanate of Oman, describes his varied 30-year career, associations, qualifications and his commitment to the future of the Arab state.
Hamid Hamirani is an experienced investment advisor with rich work experience in the UK and in the Middle East. He began his career from London and had an opportunity to work with Associated British Ports, BKL Week Green Chartered Accountants, Morley & Scott Winchester during the period from 1985 to 1997.
He has been settled in the Middle East since 1998 and has advised large corporates, investment houses and at present the Ministry of Finance, Oman.
Hamid has executed assignments in numerous industrial and service sectors (aviation, port, agribusiness, oil and gas, tourism, securities market, real estate, transport, infrastructure, logistics and urban city planning).
Hamid Hamirani - Qualifications
- Fellow of Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (FCCA) UK - 1994
- Member of Association of Accounting Technicians (MAAT) UK – 1985
- Bachelor of Commerce (BCOM) from the University of Karachi, Pakistan - 1981
Hamid Hamirani - Associations
- Chairman – Baraka Sharewater Company (2011 to date)
- Ex-Officio board finance committee member of Petroleum Development Oman (2011 to date)
- Ex-member of the audit committee of Sovereign Wealth Fund (2010 -2011)
- Member of local British Business Forum in Oman (Since 2002)
- Founder member of the ACCA chapter in Oman (Since 1998)
Future Aspirations
I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep….. (Robert Frost)
Career Highlights
In a career spanning over 30 years, Hamid Hamirani has stood witness to the changing global macro economic situations and was one of the few to predict the current financial crisis as early as November 2007.
