BABJIDE OKEOWO
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), the parent company of the Ecobank Group, has announced the appointment of Dr. Aasim Ahmad Qureshi to its Board of Directors as a Non-Executive Director. He will also serve as a nominee of Qatar National Bank.
Following his appointment, Dr. Qureshi will be replacing Abdulla M. Al Khalifa on the ETI Board of Directors.
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Qureshi has over 20 years’ experience as a senior manager across investment banking, law, and medicine. He is currently the Managing Director, Investment Banking at QNB Capital LLC. He holds a Senior Executive position in QNB Capital in London and Paris. He is also a member of the Investment Committee of a multi-million-dollar Qatar Central Bank Regulated Fund and oversees a significant European real estate portfolio.
Prior to joining QNB Group in 2008, he was an investment banker at Nomura Code Securities Limited and a lawyer with CMS Cameron Mckenna LLP, advising private and listed corporate clients. He holds various postgraduate qualifications in Law, Management and Medicine. Qureshi has significant capital market experience, having raised over US$50 billion in corporate and sovereign bonds and US$4.5 billion in primary and secondary Initial Public Offers.