Although I may not be the leading foreign expert on the Iranian market, to the best of my knowledge, I was the first person to successfully raise an investment fund for Iran, the only foreigner to have set up a bank for Iran and the first British banker into Iran after the 1979 Revolution. I have spent most of my professional life building up a deep knowledge of the Iranian financial markets
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Managing DirectorFirst Persian Equity Fund Jan 2007 - Oct 2009Tehran, Islamic Republic Of IranI set up, raised the funds and helped invest the World's first institutional equity fund investing in the Tehran Stock Exchange. In 2009, I merged the business with Turquoise Investments, for which I continue to act as an international ambassador and consultant
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Managing Director, MenaStandard Bank Group Apr 2006 - Jan 2007DubaiI joined Standard to develop its MENA business with a particular focus on Iran and a general supervisory role over the bank's capital markets, commodity trading, investment and private banking activities in the MENA area. -
Chief Executive OfficerFuture Bank Nov 2004 - Apr 2006BahrainI was appointed as the only foreigner to have established and managed a majority Iranian-owned bank since the Islamic Revolution. I received commendations and citations from both the Iranian partners, Bank Melli and Bank Saderat, as well as the Central Bank of Bahrain. -
Sous DirecteurBanque Indosuez Mar 1988 - Mar 1996Bahrain, Tehran, Paris And LondonI set up Banque Indosuez' investment and private banking businesses in the Persian Gulf.
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Fixed Income SalesGoldman Sachs Mar 1986 - Mar 1988New York And London -
Account ManagerLloyds Bank International Jan 1983 - Mar 1986Tehran And BahrainI was the first British banker to return to Iran after the Islamic Revolution
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Stephen Austen Education Details
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University College, OxfordIslamic History -
St Paul'S London
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Stephen Austen's current role is Chief Executive Officer at FP Bank.
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Stephen Austen attended University College, Oxford, St Paul's London.
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Stephen Austen has skills like Middle Eastern History, Emerging Markets, Private Banking, Equity Capital Markets.
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