Fund Manager
National Bank of Abu Dhabi
Total years of experience :24 years, 5 Months
NBAD Global Asset Management is the largest asset management firm in the UAE and one of the top 5 in the GCC region with assets
under management of over $2bn.
Manage equity funds and portfolios based on various strategies including growth, aggressive, income driven, balanced,
absolute return, indexed, exchange traded fund and fund of funds.
Client base includes sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, pension funds, UHNWI and retail clients.
Stock selection adhering to investment guidelines while being wary of the risk preferences of clients.
Focus of mandates include UAE, GCC, MENA, Emerging Markets, global and Shariah compliant.
Application of a technical analysis based trading system and formulation of investment strategies for different time frames.
Development, backtesting and application of quant models on live accounts.
Created a clear and scalable investment process and continuously enhancing policies & procedures of the desk.
Built the performance and risk database using advanced excel and VBA programming to automate the files which are used by
the department. In addition, upgraded and automated the middle office reports and well as client reports.
Created compliance check files for complicated investment guidelines that couldn’t be captured by the system.
Point of contact for the desk on a number of projects such as compliance monitoring, market risk, internal/external audits.
Prepare/present client pitches, RFPs, DDQs. Participate in bank wide training sessions on products and markets.
Member of the investment review committee, brokerage committee and tactical asset allocation work-force.
Actively involved in the foundation and launch of first UAE based Exchange Traded Fund.
Smartline Investment Training Institute,
Standard Unlu
Is
Strateji Securities, Turkey
Positions held - VIP dealer, broker (actively traded at the Istanbul Stock Exchange trading floor), portfolio/fund manager.
Responsible for international market transactions mainly in the U.S. and Europe.
Main point of contact in the international capital markets desk providing access for international investors in the local market.
Aviana Airlines, Turkey
Established the
Dissertation on “Empirical Test of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) on the London Stock Market (FTSE)”. Electives towards Financial Markets and Risk Management.
courses: Advanced Professional Course Smartline Investment Training Institute May 2016 Islamic Finance Qualification (IFQ) CISI Jun 2014 Quality Management Systems NBAD Academy May 2012 Influencing Skills NBAD Academy Feb 2011 Insights into Leadership NBAD Academy Sep 2010 Futures & Options Markets Banks Association of Turkey Nov 2005 Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments (3 PD credits) CFA Society of Istanbul Oct 2005 Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) – Level I CFA Institute Jun 2005 Asset Valuation Association of Capital Markets Intermediary Institute Feb 2004