The company’s UBO and Managing Director Mr. Kashif Khan, is an Indian national residing in Dubai.

Kashif has more than a decade of experience in credit ratings, his journey began in 2005 with CRISIL, a Standard and Poor company that is the largest credit rating agency in India.

During his successful 10 years on his professional journey at CRISIL, he established very good professional relationships with more than 500 mid & large corporates, and Private &Nationalized Banks. Kashif has rich experience in dealing with various debt products including the bank loan rating (BLR). After a successful career with CRISIL he started his own Advisory company in 2016, FirstCred Advisory Pvt. Ltd., followed by a Structured Trade Finance business in 2017 with an intent to facilitate fundraising for various mid and large corporates, majorly involved in the Metal, Agri and Oil & Gas sectors across the APAC and EMEA Regions.

It was Kashif’s fund-raising business that assisted him in learning various business nuances of a trading business, which is characterized as highly competitive in nature and is vulnerable to various inherent risks, if not structured and spearheaded effectively.

He has earned wide acceptability in the market through his professional and transparent handling over the last 16 years collectively with the extensive knowledge he has gathered on various origins and products. Kashif also has extensive experience in trading, having founded, partnered, and/or managed operations in India, UK, Hongkong, Singapore, UAE, and the Middle East over many years.

Kashif has been working in the UAE industry since 2016 during this time he’s earned a reputation for being a reliable and trustworthy businessman with strong relationships throughout the region.

Keeping with the same momentum and hunger to “do more” gave Kashif the immense courage to start his own trading venture First Trade Global DMCC in 2020.