Experience

State of Wisconsin Investment Board

• United States
• Investment Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head Of Risk Management

  • May 2021 - Present

  Madison, Wisconsin, United States Member of the Investment Committee and co-chair of the Enterprise Risk and Compliance Committee.



Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP)

• Saudi Arabia
• Financial Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Portfolio Risk Management Advisor

  • Mar 2021 - May 2021

  GCC



Azure Strategy

• United Kingdom
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Financial Industry and Risk Management Consultant

  • Jan 2021 - May 2021

  Azure Strategy combines the best of tailored strategic advisory services and insightful research to corporate clients, institutional investors and other actors seeking to maximize their presence and operations in the Middle East and North Africa.



Independent Consultant

• Risk Management Specialist

  • Jun 2019 - May 2021

  Worked with Metrikus – a UK based digital property technology company, on second round equity funding and expansion strategy into the Middle East. Consulted through AlphaSights expert networking platform on GCC development projects, Governance and Risk Appetite Frameworks



Public Investment Fund (PIF)

• Saudi Arabia
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of investment risk

  • Jun 2018 - Jun 2019

  Saudi Arabia PIF is Saudi Arabia’s Sovereign Wealth Fund overseeing Vision 2030 Realization Program and all Future Investment Initiatives. Covering all deal by deal pre-acquisition risk assessment across all investment pools and Fund’s aggregate exposures’ risk measurements, performance and attributions.



AlteraStrat Advisory

• Founder and Managing Director

  • Mar 2014 - Jun 2018

  Bahrain A firm established by seasoned risk and investment management professionals with extensive hands-on experience at top investment banks. Offering risk-based quantitative analysis of alternative investments and Pre-acquisition forward-looking risk based quantitative analysis to supplement standard backward-looking Due Diligence process and enhance investment risk-adjusted returns. The firm partners with US and UK based PE and RE investment management companies seeking to tap into the GCC… Show more A firm established by seasoned risk and investment management professionals with extensive hands-on experience at top investment banks. Offering risk-based quantitative analysis of alternative investments and Pre-acquisition forward-looking risk based quantitative analysis to supplement standard backward-looking Due Diligence process and enhance investment risk-adjusted returns. The firm partners with US and UK based PE and RE investment management companies seeking to tap into the GCC region by developing strategic business partnerships between them and GCC Financial Institutions. Source investment opportunities for HNWIs via direct or consortium of investors into Financial sector, F&B space and energy. Show less



Investcorp

• Financial Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Investcorp Bank-Global MD Head of Risk Management

  • Jan 2007 - Feb 2014

  Bahrain Investcorp Bank is an Alternative Investments Asset Management Institution with offices in Bahrain, London and New York. I cover all the banks's activities including Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Real Estate and Treasury Risk management. Also, responsible for all economic and regulatory capital policy and modelling and liaising with CBB and other stakeholders. Investment Risk Analysis: Conduct all pre-acquisition deal risk analysis for US/Europe/GCC Private Equity and Real Estate… Show more Investcorp Bank is an Alternative Investments Asset Management Institution with offices in Bahrain, London and New York. I cover all the banks's activities including Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Real Estate and Treasury Risk management. Also, responsible for all economic and regulatory capital policy and modelling and liaising with CBB and other stakeholders. Investment Risk Analysis: Conduct all pre-acquisition deal risk analysis for US/Europe/GCC Private Equity and Real Estate activities in the firm, which involves an extensive assessment of the Base/Up/Down cases and an independent Risk/Return profile. In addition, created a post-acquisition and an enterprise-wide portfolio risk analysis Barra system based on a multi-factor model for all asset classes including: PE, RE, and HF. This system provides the foundation of our Aggregate Economic Capital model and Risk Aggregation system. Show less



Millennium

• United States
• Investment Management
• 700 & Above Employee

• Managing Director - Strategic Analysis of Arbitrage Trading Strategies

  • May 2005 - Dec 2006

  Greater New York City Area MultiStrategy Hedge Fund in New York The fund employs several market neutral strategies including: Statistical Arbitrage, Equity Long/Short, Pairs Trading, Risk Arbitrage, Event Driven, Convertible Arbitrage, FX Trading, Commodity Trading, and Fixed Income Relative Value Trading. In addition, the fund is involved in many private placements and PIPE deals. The fund conducts its investments by setting up internal prop desks primarily but may also allocate to external small niche hedge funds… Show more MultiStrategy Hedge Fund in New York The fund employs several market neutral strategies including: Statistical Arbitrage, Equity Long/Short, Pairs Trading, Risk Arbitrage, Event Driven, Convertible Arbitrage, FX Trading, Commodity Trading, and Fixed Income Relative Value Trading. In addition, the fund is involved in many private placements and PIPE deals. The fund conducts its investments by setting up internal prop desks primarily but may also allocate to external small niche hedge funds using managed or separate accounts. Show less



Merrill Lynch

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Quantitative Risk Modeling

  • 2000 - 2005

  Greater New York City Area Quantitative Risk Modeling for exotic models, equity derivatives and hybrid products. Developed and implemented independent equity derivatives models to validate Bank’s proprietary models like: Convertible Bond, Convertible Bond Option models, Cliquet structures, Barriers, Constant Performance Portfolio Insurance (CPPI), Stochastic Volatility and Local Volatility models for exotic pricing.



Societe Generale

• France
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Risk Analytics

  • 1998 - 2000

  Greater New York City Area Covering all the Fixed Income business lines in SG New York including Equity Derivatives, CDO Credit structures, Government Treasuries, Mortgage Backed Securities, Asset Backed Securities, Primary Debt Syndicate, High Grade Corporate Bonds, Treasury Auction Primary Dealership, Treasury and Mortgage Repo, Emerging Markets Debt and Junk Bonds.



Wisconsin School of Business

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Project Assistant

  • May 1996 - Jun 1998

  United States



University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Oct 1990 - May 1995

  United States