Shariq Azhar

Shariq Azhar (Class A Director) serves as a Director. Since 2008 Mr. Azhar has been the Chief Executive Officer of Oman International Development & Investment Co. SAOG, a leading Muscat Securities Market listed Omani investment company engaged in investment activities across a diversity of sectors, geographies and asset classes. Prior to this, he was the Director General of Injaz Mena Investment Co. PSC, an Abu Dhabi based investment bank focused on global private equity, real estate, capital markets and corporate finance activities. Among other positions held over some 25 years in banking and finance, Mr. Azhar served as Executive Vice President of Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank heading the bank's wholesale businesses including corporate banking, investment banking, commercial banking, institutional banking and treasury. Earlier in his career he served as General Manager of Mashreqbank USA, as Vice President of Chase Manhattan Bank in New York and as Senior Research Analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the US central bank. He is a director on the boards of several companies. Mr. Azhar holds an MBA in Finance from the Stern School of Business at New York University.