MANAGEMENT TEAM

Equipped with both deep technical expertise as well as a personal commitment to the energy transition sector and its goals.

Baroness Nosheena Mobarik

Co-Founder, Managing Partner

Baroness Mobarik is the co-founder and managing partner at West Moon Capital LLP and a leading Businesswoman, House of Lords Life Peer, former Member of European Parliament for Scotland and Chair of CBI Scotland, awarded a CBE in 2014 for Services to Business and Public Service. A deeply experienced Chair and Board Member, she has operated at the highest levels of politics and industry for over 20 years, with a distinguished record of championing business interests, and a strong, personal commitment to supporting social cohesion and inclusivity. She remained deputy leader of the UK delegation to European Parliament (EP) from 2019 till Brexit in 2020.
In 2001, Baroness Mobarik was appointed to the CBI Scotland council, and held the role of Chair between 2011 and 2014. During this period she chaired committees that drove policy in high-priority areas, such as the Right to Work status of international students and Scottish exports, and presented at the first Business in Parliament conference on public procurement and SMEs.
In 2014, she was appointed a Conservative life peer. She became a lead figure in the Better Together campaign, on behalf of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, a cross-party group that campaigned for the Union ahead of the Scottish Independence Referendum. From 2015 until 2017, Baroness Mobarik served as a party whip and then government whip for the Department for International Trade and the Department for International Development.
In 2017, she was named Conservative MEP for the Scotland constituency and in 2019 was one of their six MEPS elected, serving until the Brexit process was completed in January 2020. Over this period, she was a member of the Fisheries Committees, International Trade Committee, Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee, and Subcommittee on Human Rights. In addition, she chaired the Commonwealth Forum, South Asia Delegation, Generalised Scheme of Preferences.
Alongside her CBE, awarded in recognition of Services to Business and Public Service, she holds an Honorary Degree of Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Edinburgh, was named Alumna of the Year by the University of Strathclyde in 2017, and was awarded a Medal for Excellence by the State of Pakistan.

Tahir Rauf

Co-Founder, Partner

Tahir is the co-founder and partner at West Moon Capital LLP. He brings in a global experience of over 15 years in capital raising, deal structuring, due diligence and transaction advisory across EMEA, Asia and Americas. In a most recent transaction, he successfully raised $936m debt finance for a European consortium delivering a mega-infrastructure project in the Middle East. He has advised clients across energy, transport, technology, real estate and infrastructure transactions. Previously, Tahir has worked for the World Bank and Ernst & Young (EY) in Transaction Advisory Service (TAS). He has also worked as Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Finance. Since 2020, he has worked closely with the British Parliamentary group; All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Trade, Investment & Export Promotion in London. He holds an MBA (finance & corporate strategy) from Lancaster University UK and also has an executive management certification in ESG & Impact Investment from Harvard Business School.

Taras Kushnirenko

Special Advisor

Taras Kushnirenko is the special advisor at West Moon Capital LLP and leads on structuring unorthodox and emerging market credit opportunities for fast growing corporates and sovereign states. Between 2008 and 2016, Taras headed investments and trade finance departments at Swiss, UK and Albanian crude oil producing and trading companies. Since 2016, Taras has executed various capital raising transactions for corporates and sovereign states in South America, Central America and CEEMEA regions. Taras is also co-founder of a boutique debt financing specialist firm; Neftan. He holds Master of Science degree in Applied Economics (Banking and Financial Markets) from University of Bath.

Alexander Manzei

Special Advisor

Alexander is a Special Advisor at West Moon Capital LLP. He is a financial planner by profession, looking back to more than 15 years of experience. Alexander has a strong expertise in financial markets, investment instruments, wealth structuring, investment advisory and management. Switching recently the focus on infrastructure investments and deal advisory based on an established network in Europe, Sub-Sahara, South-East Asia and South Asia.

CONSULTING TEAM

Mubashar Mehmood

Consultant

Mubashar is a qualified chartered accountant with two gold medals to his credit. He has over 18 years of experience in business risk advisory, assurance and transaction advisory matters. Mubashar has advised banks/financial services industry, cement, steel, media, textile, retail, energy, communication, real estate, healthcare sectors. He has a global experience to his credit by advising clients across Asia and EMEA region.

Syed Aamir Ahsan

Consultant

Aamir has a rich professional experience of over three decades with 26 years in fertilizer sector. Due to his long association with fertilizer sector he possesses In-depth knowledge about the fundamentals of fertilizer, chemical and process manufacturing industry. Previously, Aamir has also advised clients in energy, meat and dairy sectors. Aamir has also held Director positions in FFBL Power Company Limited (FPCL), Fauji Meat Limited (FML), and Fauji Food Limited (FFL). Aamir is a graduate from the University of South Florida and University of Illinois, USA. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) USA.

Ammad Ahmed

Consultant

Ammad is a Certified Internal Control Auditor (CICA) from USA. He has over 15 years of experience in business risk advisory, due diligence and transaction advisory matters. Ammad has advised financial services industry, cement, steel, media, textile, retail, energy, communication, real estate, healthcare sectors. He has a global experience to his credit by advising clients across Asia and EMEA region.

Rashid Aziz

Consultant

Rashid is an infrastructure expert with over 45 years of experience of development and deployment of engineering mega-projects in both national and international environments, in both Public and Private sector. He has delivered on core engineering multimillion-dollar projects across real estate, telecom, hospitals and energy infrastructure. Previously he has held Board positions at organisations like Ravi Development Authority, Techcorp Holding China & UAE, AIDCL Bangladesh, Emerging Energy Systems, Habib Bank, Sachal Engineering, and National Construction. He is a graduate from University of Engineering & Technology (UET)

Asim Mehmood

Consultant

Asim is a dual qualified professional with FCCA from UK and also a qualified chartered accountant from Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales (ICAEW). He has over 13 years of experience in business risk advisory, due diligence and transaction advisory matters. Asim has advised financial services industry, cement, steel, media, textile, retail, energy, communication, real estate, healthcare sectors. He has a global experience to his credit by advising clients across Asia and EMEA region.

Saad Khurshid

Consultant

Saad is a qualified ACCA from UK. He has over 13 years of experience in business risk advisory, due diligence and transaction advisory matters. Saad has advised in financial services industry, cement, steel, media, textile, retail, energy, communication, real estate and healthcare sectors. He has a global experience to his credit by advising clients across Asia and EMEA region.

Muhammad Moazzam Ali

Consultant

Moazzam has over 15 years of experience in privatisations, mergers & acquisitions, equity capital markets, debt advisory, corporate restructurings and project financing for various private and public sector entities across multiple sectors including manufacturing, services, consumer, energy, financial and industrial sectors. He has undertaken both buy-side and sell-side mandates with the privilege of working on some of the largest transactions. To his credit, he has originated, managed, and executed transactions with total aggregate value of over $ 7bn. Moazzam has a masters degree in finance graduate from University of York, UK.

Hafiz Khurram Shahzad

Consultant

Khurram is a CFA (USA) charter holder and also a qualified chartered accountant with over 20 years of experience in manufacturing and financial services. He has been involved in complex transactions across Asia and Middle East involving complex regulatory matters in financial services industry- with focus on insurance and banking corporates.

Usman Khalid

Consultant

Usman is an investment banking professional with over a decade experience to his credit. He is also a qualified chartered accountant and have worked on transactions involving few of the largest investment banks. Previously, he has worked on transactions across Asia and the Middle East.

Usman Aziz

Consultant

Usman has a MBA in strategy and a Masters Degree in Management Science, his area of expertise is business strategy, growth strategy, Data Analytics. He has experience is Retail sector, consumer goods, Renewable Energy, Oil and Gas, E-Commerce. He has helped several Fortune 500 companies to transform their Business.