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20 May 2009
Deal of the Year Awarded to Seera’s Acquisition of BWA Water Additives
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30 November 2008
Seera Successfully Concludes Us$200M Acquisition of Bwa Water Additives
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25 November 2008
Seera Launches White Paper on Islamic Banking and Investment in Partnership With Dow Jones Private Equity
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About Seera

Our Team

Every organisation is defined by its people and we are no exception. We pride ourselves on the diversity of our team. Each member offers aligned yet complementary skill sets within the wider team structure. Collectively, our wealth of knowledge allows us to offer unrivalled expertise and acumen across a range of business lines and sectors. We offer a collaborative culture that welcomes original thinking and allows individual responsibility and freedom to maximise potential.

Abdulla Saleh Janahi
Chief Executive Officer

Mr Janahi has over 28 years of investment banking experience mostly in executive and senior management roles in Bahrain and New York. Prior to joining Seera Investment Bank, Mr Janahi was Group...

Dr Raed Sarhan
Chief Investment Officer

Dr Sarhan has more than 12 years of banking experience. He served as the Head of Project Finance in Gulf International Bank and worked on several large-scale project finance transactions, mainly in...

Shahzad Iqbal
Chief Operating Officer

Prior to joining Seera Investment Bank, Mr Iqbal worked for over six years at Arcapita Bank in various positions including Head of Risk Management and Operations. Mr Iqbal has more than 10 years...

Salman Al-Zayani
Chief Placement Officer and Treasurer

Mr Salman Al-Zayani is the Chief Placement Officer and Treasurer of Seera Investment Bank. With over 29 years of Investment Banking experience, Mr Al-Zayani has a wealth of Institutional, corporate...

Gavin Sasson
Head of Post Acquisition Management

Mr Sasson began his career with Schroders in London in the mid ’80s as a member of the International Capital Markets Group, where he was responsible for Eurobond, Convertible and Euro equity...

Amr Elimam
Head of Strategic Planning and Corporate Communications

Mr Elimam has over 15 years of consulting and industry experience in the financial services, petrochemical and consumer products sectors. In consulting, he led strategic transformation initiatives...

Fulya Koch
Head of Risk Management

Ms Koch was previously employed by Ryada Capital Investment Company (RCIC) as a Director of Risk Management, where she worked for two years. Prior to joining RCIC, Ms Koch worked for five years in...

Ismail Younis Ahmed
Head of Human Resources & Administration

Mr Ahmed comes from Ahli United Bank where he was heading the Human Resources Department. Prior to Ahli United Bank, he worked for Arab Banking Corporation looking after the Human Resources and...

Sohail Tohami
Vice President, Head of Treasury Department

Mr Tohami has more than 10 years experience in the Banking industry and other diversified business. Prior to joining Seera Investment Bank, Mr Tohami was Head of the Money Market Desk in the...

Abdulnasser Bukamal
Vice President, Operations

Mr Bukamal has over 22 years of Islamic Banking experience. Prior to joining Seera Investment Bank, he headed a number of areas at Shamil Bank including Operations, Documentary Credit, Islamic...

Tawfiq Al-Sari
Vice President, Financial Control

Mr Al-Sari has approximately 12 years of banking and audit experience. Prior to joining Seera, Mr Al-Sari was a First Manager Financial Control with Bahrain Islamic Bank. Prior to that, Mr Al-Sari...

Stergios Voskopoulos
Vice President, Equity Investment

Prior to joining Seera Investment Bank, Mr Voskopoulos was a Principal in the Risk Management department at Investcorp where he was responsible for Private Equity in Europe and US and where he...

Prateek Sharma
Assistant Vice President, Equity Investment

Mr. Sharma has over 11 years of banking experience with BNP Paribas, Arab Banking Corporation (ABC) and BBK in Corporate Banking and Risk management.

Sumaya Redha
Assistant Vice President, Head of Compliance

Ms Redha joined Seera Investment Bank with more than 10 years experience in Banking and Audit. She specializes in Anti-money laundering (AML) and Compliance. She started her career as an auditor...

Mohammed Kamal
Assistant Vice President, Information Technology

Mr Kamal is responsible for Seera’s IT operations which include core banking system implementation and aligning the IT strategy with Bank’s business and compliance mandate. Prior to...