I am a Senior Investment Advisor with nearly 30 years of experience in investment management with institutional investors, banking and insurance groups, and international asset managers in the Middle East and Asia. I am currently a Partner with Souq Access in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Souq Access is a boutique business and financial advisory firm, helping predominantly family-owned small and medium sized businesses with their cross-border expansion into the Middle East. Previously, I was Investment Principal with East Bridge Capital in Riyadh, the private equity investment arm of the Engineer Holding Group, with interest in media, entertainment, hospitality, sports/football, and emerging technologies. Prior to this, I was a Portfolio Manager at the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) in Jeddah, looking after IsDB's endowments and pension funds which collectively invest ~USD 36 billion in multiple asset classes globally. I started as an Economist at the Central Bank of Malaysia, before taking on various investment management roles with several asset management firms, including ING Investment Management in Kuala Lumpur. I was made VP of Investment Strategy and Advisory at the Malaysia Public Services Pension Fund (KWAP) and, eventually, became Head of Portfolio Strategy at the Social Security Organisation of Malaysia (SOCSO), before embarking on a career in Saudi Arabia. I hold a B.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE) in London, UK., and an MBA from the International Islamic University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I am a CFA-Charterholder (CFA Level III). My specialities are: capital raising, financial advisory, financial modelling, investment analysis, asset allocation, asset manager search across multiple asset classes, private equity investments, and corporate transactions advisory.