Angus Blair

A long career in investment banking and financial services, in the City of London, at Barings and ABN AMRO, and in Riyadh and Cairo, with an award-winning expertise of the Middle East and North African economies and capital markets. He helped to lead many of the major equity capital market (ECM) transactions which aided in the opening-up of the MENA region’s capital markets to international investors, including listing the first GDR in Egypt (CIB) on the London Stock Exchange and also the listing of the first fund to allow foreign investors into Saudi Arabia (the $250m SAIF Fund), amongst others. For his country and company research he won Institutional Investor number one analyst for the MENA region writing and was rated “Emerging Markets Superstar” by Global Finance magazine. He has long working relationships with global institutional investors and IFIs, as well as multinational direct investors. He gives regular talks and advice on the regional capital markets, commercial and economic trends and risks internationally. His focus at AUC is Corporate Governance and ESG with a goal to improve Board governance and risk strategies.