Beginning his career after Graduating from Mumbai’s Sydenham College with a Bachelor Degree in Commerce & Accounting, Abu Bucker Husain joined the Shipping & Chartering Division of Tradeline LLC in 1994. Between 1994 and 1997 he earned a membership of The Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS) in London, UK and took over as Manager of Chartering.
In 1998 Abu Bucker joined the MBA programme at Boston University’s Graduate School of Managementspecializing in International Corporate Finance. As part of the programme, he interned with the following two organizations where he acquired valuable skills such as Training, Client Support, Corporate Research and Portfolio Management to name a few.
- Business Consultant with Deltek Systems, Cambridge, U.S.A
- Finance Intern with Merrill Lynch
Abu Husain also served as a Director at ‘Asia at Graduate School of Management’ (AGSM), an Asian Business Club at Boston University.
After graduating from Boston University in early 1999, Mr. Husain took up his first position with American International Group Inc as a Management Associate (MA) at the Company’s Regional Controllers Office at Wall Street, New York, USA. Between Jun 2000 and Jan 2006 he graduated from the MA program and was promoted as Assistant Vice President, wherein he was responsible for managing Financial and Accounting aspects of a $400 Million Dollar Division. His work here spanned various spheres of Corporate Management including Financial and Management Reporting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Budgeting & Forecasting, Expense Control, Cash Flow and Receivables Management.
In early 2006, Abu Bucker Husain qualified for a Membership at The Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institution (AAOIFI), Bahrain and became a Certified Islamic Professional Accountant and was asked by the Group to take charge as Chief Financial Officer of AIG Takaful, a new $100 million strategic initiative of Islamic Insurance concept grounded in Islamic Principles of Banking transaction and observes the rules and regulations as specified by Sharia (Islamic law)
After acquiring invaluable expertise working for global corporate majors, in April 2007 Abu Bucker Husain has returned to join the Tradeline LLC Group as Chief Operating Officer of Tradeline L.L.C as well as Al Ghurair Iron & Steel L.L.C, a $100 Million Steel Cold Rolling & Galvanizing Complex, the first of its kind in U.A.E..