Barjeel Geojit Securities, as a licensed financial intermediary, offers a wide range of financial products and services from markets across the world, thus catering to the varied investment needs of investors with multiple risk appetite.
Financial Pundit cum Investment Guru
K V Shamsudheen, a native of Chavakkad in Thrissur district, is the founder director of Barjeel Geojit Securities (LLC). Barjeel Geojit Securities, as a licensed financial intermediary, offers a wide range of financial products and services from markets across the world, thus catering to the varied investment needs of investors with multiple risk appetite.Sheikh Sultan Bin Saud Al Qassemi, member of Sharjah’s ruling family and Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services, a leading Indian retail organization providing financial services, came together to form Barjeel Geojit in 2001, to offer personalized professional services in the UAE. Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services Limited is one of the largest retail brokerage houses in India. Geojit is widely credited with playing a pioneering role in the Indian Capital Market and it currently serves more than 6,72,800 discerning investors through a network of more than 522 offices across India.
Services
The major services offered by Barjeel include equity, mutual fund, and commodities/ currencies both in the Indian market and the global market. The goal of the company is to help clients discover what they want, access what they need and determine what should be their strategic investment. Barjeel also serves as a Broker/Clearing Member of the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange. Barjeel functions under a regulatory framework at every step in providing products and services to the customers in response to their investment needs. The company offers a wide range of products, a complete bouquet of financial products and services from across the globe. In every service, the company upholds absolute integrity and maintains high ethical standards. Continuous self improvement has led Barjeel through the path of success throughout the years since its inception. The company believes that it’s their goal to define what’s next and raise their own standard bar. They relentlessly pursue continuous improvement and excellence in processes and services and define success as getting the right things done well. Barjeel considers its people and reputation as its greatest assets. They proactively adapt to the changing client needs and different market conditions. Barjeel strives to earn enduring credibility and work closely with clients to develop solutions.
Continuous self improvement has led Barjeel through the path of success throughout the years since its inception. The company believes that it’s their goal to define what’s next and raise their own standard bar.
Awards and achievements Barjeel Geojit Securities LLC won the ‘Best Performing Financial Advisor Award’ in NRI category at the prestigious annual CNBC – TV18 Awards for the year 2011. The company won the same award consecutively for three more years-in 2012, 2013 and in 2014. The CNBC-TV18 Financial Advisor Awards 2013, presented in partnership with UTI MF, recognize the best financial advisors across the NRI category. Barjeel Geojit has won these accolades by undergoing an extensive multi-stage analysis on parameters of infrastructure, business performance, financial performance and scale, diversification and compliance.
The Awards acknowledge the contribution made by Barjeel Geojit in creating and preserving wealth and distributing expert and productive financial advice. Barjeel Geojit has also been conferred with the ‘Financial Education and Inclusion Award the persistent effort of K V Shamsudheen in inculcating financial discipline, thrift, financial planning, saving and investment habit among Indian expatriate community in GCC and in India for their family members. Shamsudheen’s financial education programs have been proven effective for the low and middle income category workers. The need and importance of saving and investment are imparted to the expatriates for a comfortable Gulf-returned life through programs on several radio channels and TV Shows. Personal front K V Shamsudheen is widely known for the financial education, financial inclusion activities and guidance given to Indian expatriates by him for more than four decades in the GCC region and India.
Belonging to Karuppamveettil house, K V Shamsudheen was born as the son of the late A C Aboobakkar and Nafeesu. He came to the UAE in 1970 and worked in General Traders, a private company in Sharjah for four years. In 1974, he joined Sharjah Defence. In 1976 he became the first Non Resident agent of UTI and in 1977 he became the first Non Resident sub-broker to market Indian initial public issues.
In 1995, K V Shamsudheen joined as the NRI promoter of Geojit Securities Ltd. He was in the board of Geojit till 2002. Barjeel Geojit Securities LLC was launched in 2001. K V Shamsudheen is also the chairman of Pravasi Bandhu Welfare Trust.
Pravasi Bandhu Welfare Trust is a charitable organization involved in educating all segments of Non Resident Indians living in the GCC countries on self improvement, financial discipline, financial management, and the need for saving and systematic investment for a better future. K V Shamsudheen undertakes various philanthropic services under Pravasi Bandhu Welfare Trust. He resigned from many socio-cultural organisations to focus on the activities of Pravasi Bandhu Welfare Trust.
Earlier, K V Shamsudheen has served as the vice chairman of Indian Business and Professional Council, affiliated to the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is also the former general secretary of Indian Association, Sharjah, and the executive member of Overseas Indian Economic Forum, Dubai, which was later merged with Indian Business Professional Council, Dubai. K V Shamsudheen has received Global NRI Award for the year 2013 from NGI, a global publication, for the services rendered to Indian expatriates by educating them on financial discipline and the need for savings and investment. He has also won the Global Indian Association Award in 2013 for a decade-long service for Indian expatriates in GCC countries. Besides, he has won CNBC TV18 Special Jury Award in 2013, for the work done for the financial education.
The other awards he received include Garshom Pravasi Ratna Award 2007 and an award from CII and Cochin Herald for taking Kerala Abroad in 2012. In the last three consecutive years, K V Shamsudheen was selected as one among the 100 most influential non-resident Indians in GCC countries by Arabianbusiness.com. In 2012, his rank was 51; in 2013, the rank was 17 and in the year 2014, his rank was No 9. Middile East CEO magazine gave him CEO of the Year Award in philanthropic category in 2014 and 2015.
George Town University and Michigan University have conducted a joint study on the impact of Shamsudheen’s financial awareness programmes among expatriate Indians and found that his training module is the most effective.
K V Shamsudheen is married to Samiyya, a home maker who used to help her husband in business in the early days. The couple is blessed with two children- Sameesh Shamsudheen, an MBA graduate working in Mashreq Bank, Dubai, and Shamil Shamsudheen, a BE graduate working in Microland, Bangalore.
Contact details:
P O Box 940
Sharjah
UAE
Phone (Office): 043555900
Fax: 04 3555903
Resi: 065757742
Mobile: 0506467801
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Website: www.barjeel.ae