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Mohammad O. Azami

	Mohammad O. Azami
Biography	Born and raised in London, the 6th in a family of 7 children. Married in 2010 and became a father in 2013. Studied at state school and managed to graduate from the prestigious London School of Economics. Furthered his education in Finance with a Postgraduate Certificate from Birkbeck College and became a CFA Chartholder in 2008. Has a passion toward Asset/Investment Management, looking at less deprived countries that have the growth opportunity not seen in several decades. Strong believer in the Frontier Markets being the next big boom with growth in all sectors. Focused on building Ethical, Social, Impact and Islamic investment vehicles in the Frontier and Emerging Markets to help people build better lives for themselves and their families. Rather than giving money to eat, a strong believer in providing the means for people to building a living to help feed and educate their families. Helping Visionaries to build an education platform that can teach low-income individuals how to better work their savings and pensions. Results oriented individual, with proven expertise identifying and executing investment strategies that consistently increase profitability. Accomplished in a broad spectrum of financial instruments, including Derivatives, Fixed Income and Equities. Demonstrated success applying top-down and bottom-up fundamental analysis to maximize performance of portfolios. Excellent communication skills and accomplished at explaining new concepts to clients. Extensive knowledge and understanding of the end-to-end process from setting up a fund to front, middle and back office management to optimizing performance
Industry	Financial/Investment Management
Title	Fund Manager, Partner
Expertise	Investment/Asset Management, Start-ups, Hedge Funds, Alternative Investments, Islamic Fund Management, Wealth Management
Current Organization	Visionnaire Consulting
Type of Organization	Financial/Investment Management
Major Product	Wealth & investment management, investment education for nonprofits; Investing in Frontier Markets, Social Impact and Ethical Investing
Area of Distribution	International
University/Degree	B.Sc., Business, Mathematics, Statistics, London School of Economics, 1998; PGCF Finance and Mathematical Finance, Birkbeck College, University of London, 2000
Born	August 22, 1975, London, United Kingdom
Published Works	White Paper: Islamic Finance: Debt/Equity Ratio Filtering, Ratings Intelligence, 2001
Affiliations	CFA Chartholder, CFA Institute, CFA Society of the United Kingdom, CFA Society of South Africa
Hobbies & Sports	Skiing
Career Accomplishments	Numerous including-Initiated, researched, stock picked and provided Fund Management for an Absolute Return MEDA Region paper portfolio. Sample coverage list including Jazeera Airways, Cairo Amman Bank, Arabtec Holdings, Orascom Telecom, Dubai Islamic Bank, Air Arabia and Industries Qatar; Proposed an Islamic Investment Fund, which was under consideration by Insight Investment Management Innovation Team, delivering insight into new clients, products, and presenting market growth opportunities and new revenue streams; Designed and produced client facing marketing materials at Insight Investment Management to achieve credible document with current researched marketing information and statistics;
Children	Mohammad Ismael Azami
Spouse	Sarah Omar Azami
Married	2010
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