Eng. Ayman Al-Bashir

Chief Executive Officer | Institutional Investment | Strategy & Transformation | Corporate Governance | Board & Investment Committee

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About

I am an investment and business leader with more than 25 years of professional experience across institutional investment management, international asset management, investment advisory, business development and corporate leadership. I currently serve as Chief Executive Officer of Methak Investment Holding, following earlier roles as Deputy CEO and Chief Investment Officer. Over the years, my responsibilities have expanded from investment management and portfolio construction to enterprise strategy, governance, organizational development and long-term value creation. A significant part of my career has been focused on building and institutionalizing investment capabilities. This has included developing strategic asset allocation and investment policy frameworks, designing multi-asset investment strategies, establishing manager selection and monitoring processes, restructuring public equity portfolios, and working with a wide range of international investment managers and advisers. As CEO, I have also focused extensively on corporate governance and organizational transformation. This has included developing and implementing governance frameworks, policies and procedures, strengthening Board and committee processes, restructuring organizational functions, and leading a major legal and ownership restructuring involving Trust and Waqf structures. I have served on Boards and a range of Investment, Management, Asset Management and Asset Allocation Committees, and I particularly enjoy contributing where investment judgment, governance, strategy and long-term thinking come together. I believe good investment outcomes are rarely the result of investment selection alone. They also require sound governance, clear decision-making processes, capable people and the discipline to continuously review and improve the way an organization operates. Areas of interest: Institutional Investment | Strategic Asset Allocation | Corporate Governance | Board & Investment Committee Oversight | Strategy | Multi-Asset Investing | Public & Private Markets | Real Estate | Shariah-Compliant Investing | Organizational Transformation | Family Investment Structures

Experience

  • Methak Holding (5 yrs 7 mos)
    • Chief Executive Officer
      Apr 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 8 mos

    • Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia · On-site
      Present

      Leading Methak Investment Holding across strategy, investments, governance, organizational development and execution. My current focus includes: • Overseeing a diversified global multi-asset investment portfolio, spanning Saudi and international markets across public and private markets and real assets. • Developing and implementing the company’s corporate governance framework, policies and procedures, including decision authorities and Board and committee processes. • Leading a major legal and ownership restructuring involving Trust and Waqf structures. • Institutionalizing investment processes, including Investment Policy Statements (IPS), Strategic Asset Allocation (SAA) and portfolio governance. • Developing investment strategies across public equity, real estate, infrastructure and multi-asset investments. • Leading organizational restructuring and the development of new capabilities and functions. • Driving long-term value creation through investment strategy, real-estate development, asset repositioning, manager selection and cost optimization.

    • Deputy Chief Executive Officer
      Jan 2023 - Mar 2023 · 3 mos

      Supported enterprise-wide strategy, investment activities, organizational development and management before assuming the role of Chief Executive Officer.

    • Chief Investment Officer
      May 2021 - Dec 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Led Methak's investment activities across multiple asset classes, with responsibility for investment strategy, strategic asset allocation, portfolio construction, manager selection and monitoring, risk assessment and recommendations to the Investment Committee and Board.

  • SEDCO Capital | سدكو كابيتال (11 yrs 4 mos)
    • Head of International Business Development and Clients Advisory
      Dec 2017 - Apr 2021 · 3 yrs 5 mos

    • Dec 2017 - Apr 2021 · 3 yrs 5 mos
      Led strategic relationships representing more than SAR 12.5 billion in AUM across institutional clients and shareholders, while contributing to the firm's strategy and international business development. Key areas of contribution included: • Developing relationships with sovereigns, institutions, family offices and international partners. • Growing international AUM and onboarding international institutional clients. • Developing strategic partnerships and new investment opportunities. • Originating the transformation of SEDCO Capital's Luxembourg platform into a UCITS structure. • Contributing to organizational strategy, operating frameworks and business-development strategy.

    • Head of International Liquid Assets
      Jan 2014 - Dec 2017 · 4 yrs

      Led international and domestic liquid-asset portfolios across internally and externally managed strategies. Selected contributions: • Designed and implemented a core-satellite approach for international public equities, reducing costs and improving the stability of alpha. • Developed institutional processes for the selection, appointment, monitoring and replacement of external investment managers. • Led manager selection and due diligence across a broad range of international investment strategies. • Contributed to Strategic and Cyclical Asset Allocation frameworks and investment-policy development. • Led portfolio construction, monitoring and rebalancing across international liquid assets. • Participated in the development of new investment strategies and products.

    • VP-Global Liquid Assets
      Jun 2013 - Dec 2013 · 7 mos

      Supported the CIO across strategic asset allocation and externally managed portfolios, led manager-selection and monitoring initiatives, and contributed to global market analysis and the development of new investment strategies. Led Global Liquid Assets division which included Public Equity, Real Estate Securities, Commodities and Shariah Fixed Income Assets. My main areas of responsibilities are as follow: Long term strategies and plans Short term goals and targets Budgets Return Forecasts Asset Allocation (Strategic and Tactical) Exrternal manager selection Portfolio management Training team members Existing clients updates Prospect clients meetings Exploring new investment ideas/markets/products

    • Assistant Vice President
      Dec 2011 - Jun 2013 · 1 yr 7 mos

    • Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
      •Analyzing Global Equities (Drivers, Forecast, Performance, risk, etc.) •Meeting managers and exploring new products, ways of investing, regions, managers, etc. •Handling relationships with existing fund managers. •Responsible for reporting to clients (performance, commentary, attribution analysis and outlook, etc.) •Portfolio optimization and tactical asset allocation •Manager search and selection (interviews, performance analysis, investment strategy assessment, due diligence etc.) •Investment recommendation memos and presentations. •Investment research on macro and micro level. •Leading an in-house strategy for investing in Saudi Public Equity. •Managing commodity product (manager of managers style) with focus on performance monitoring and allocation decisions. •Assist in other asset classes such as real estate and fixed income.

    • Investment Manager
      Jan 2011 - Dec 2011 · 1 yr

    • Senior Investment Analyst
      Jan 2010 - Dec 2010 · 1 yr

  • SEDCO (2 yrs)
    • Investment Analyst
      Jan 2009 - Dec 2009 · 1 yr

    • Associate investment analyst
      Jan 2008 - Dec 2008 · 1 yr

  • Saudi Telecom Company (5 yrs)
    • Project Manager
      Jul 2006 - Oct 2007 · 1 yr 4 mos

    • Planning Engineer
      Jul 2005 - Dec 2006 · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Designing Engineer
      Nov 2002 - Jul 2005 · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • Sales Engineer at Olayan Group - GCC
    Jul 2001 - Aug 2002 · 1 yr 2 mos