Management

• Chief Executive Officer

  Nazem Fawwaz Al Kudsi

  Nazem Fawwaz Al Kudsi has extensive experience in the Abu Dhabi government’s investment arms, including two decades at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, where he had postings in San Francisco and Tokyo.

• Deputy CEO

  Abdul Rahman Omar Abdulla

  Abdul Rahman Omar Abdulla has over 25 years of local and regional experience in the financial sector. He has held senior management positions covering areas of human resources, finance and general management, and has extensive knowledge of local business environment.

• Chief Operating Officer

  Chris Coombe

  Chris Coombe has over 28 years of international financial experience gained in Europe, Asia and the United States, including as chief financial officer at Fidelity International and Group Financial Controller at Schroders PLC.

• Chief Investment Officer

  Anders Ljungqvist

  Anders Ljungqvist joined Invest AD from Volvo Group where he was director of corporate finance, following stints as the company’s head of asset management and fixed income and its head of treasury in the Americas.

• Investment Management

  Mohammed Al Hashemi

  With over 15 years in investment management, Mohammed Al Hashemi previously worked for the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority in London, where he was a portfolio manager and head of investment strategy for Europe.

• Infrastructure

  Vincent Gilles

  Vincent, the acting head of the infrastructure joint venture between Invest AD and UBS, has over a decade of top-level experience as a fund manager and analyst. At UBS, he has been responsible for fund raising and has led high-profile acquisitions.

• Private Equity

  Samir Assaad

  Samir Assaad has extensive private equity experience, globally and inthe Middle East . He has worked at NBK Capital in Dubai, where he headed the firm’s private equity operations, has managed funds for Nova Capital in London and worked on leverage finance and M&A at Chase Securities in New York.

• Real Estate

  Paul Tuckey

  Paul is a Chartered Accountant and Senior Associate of FINSIA with over 15 years Corporate Finance, Investment Advisory and Funds Management experience within the Real Estate sector. Prior to joining Invest AD, Paul held numerous senior management positions within large international advisory firms as well as ASX 200 and FTSE 100 companies.

• Investment Banking

  Alexandre Carré de Malberg

  Alexandre Carré de Malberg worked for over a decade at independent family-owned investment bank Rothschild. He has advised family offices, companies and private equity firms on M&A and leveraged buy-outs, helped governments with privatization programmes, worked on initial public offerings and arranged pre-IPO financing

• Legal

  Stephen Swanson

  With 15 years experience on Wall Street, Stephen Swanson has served as senior legal counsel at Citigroup’s global wealth management unit, and represented global investment banks while working at law firms Jones Day and Clifford Chance

• Risk and Compliance

  Pascal Mang

  Pascal Mang has held senior positions at Man Investments, Citibank and UBS. At Man Investments he was head of investment structures for Europe, and previously head of legal and compliance for the firm’s operations in Switzerland.

• Internal Audit

  Royston Armstrong

  Royston Armstrong has more than 24 years of internal auditing experience, most recently as Head of Internal Audit and Risk Management at Alliance Trust PLC, a FTSE 100 company based in Edinburgh, UK. Prior to this, Armstrong was Vice President: Internal Control at The Bank of New York in the UK, following extensive experience in the financial services industry at, among others, TSB Insurance, Abbey National and Alliance & Leicester.

• Finance

  Thierry Gimmonet

  Thierry Gimonnet joined Invest AD after more than a decade at Goldman Sachs, including as head of the U.S. investment bank’s corporate accounting division in London.

• Strategy

  Sonia Hutchins

  With over 20 years of experience, Sonia Hutchins brings a strong pedigree in corporate strategy. A qualified chartered accountant, she worked at Citi for nearly 15 years, including in the investment bank’s strategy and planning group for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

• Human Resources

  Mubarak Al Hajeri

  Mubarak Al Hajeri joined Invest AD in early 2007 and has responsibilities in the areas of recruitment, employee relations, personnel development and compensation. With a degree in Business and General Management from Portland State University, and an MBA from United Arab Emirates University, he previously worked at oil and gas producer ADMA.

• Marketing

  Jackie Fitzgerald

  Jackie Fitzgerald has over a decade of experience in financial services in the Middle East, with a strong track record in raising capital for regional investments, product development and client service management. She has worked in Dubai, as global head of sales for Shuaa Capital, as well as in Bahrain and in the United Kingdom.

• Communications

  Stephen Bowey

  Stephen Bowey has 29 years of communications and marketing experience in the financial services and publishing industries, including at Old Mutual, Elsevier, and College Hill. He has wide international experience in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.