Mohamed Seif-Elnasr is chief investment officer and managing partner of SAFANAD SA. He has over 30 years of experience in proprietary trading and investment management in a variety of conventional and alternative disciplines. Prior to joining SAFANAD, he spent most of his career at the National Commercial Bank - Jeddah, where he established the firm's proprietary trading and investment platforms, and at NCB Capital Bahrain, where he was a founding member and head of asset management. Previously he worked for Citibank London and Credit Suisse First Boston, where was head of emerging markets - Middle East and North Africa risk. Seif-Elnasr holds a B.A. in economics and a minor in psychology from the American University in Cairo.

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The Changing Face of the Middle East