Asif Karmally

Head, Portfolio Strategy Management
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB)

Asif Karmally

Biography

Asif Karmally is Head of Portfolio Strategy Management within Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank’s Wholesale Banking Division. He oversees the strategic direction of WBG’s portfolio of assets and liabilities, optimizing the portfolio and revenue mix for the Division as well as ensuring compliance with relevant banking ratios and regulations.

Asif started his banking career in 2004 in Deutsche Bank’s Global Markets division in London, working across various product lines including structured credit, debt capital markets and fixed income sales, and rising to co-head of financial institution sales for the GCC in 2012. Between 2014 and 2018 he was part of Goldman Sachs’ Securities Division in Dubai, responsible for structured finance distribution to financial institutions across the Middle East. Asif re-joined Deutsche Bank in 2018, as a Managing Director in the Institutional Client Group where he was responsible for advising the firm's clients on bespoke financing and investment solutions.

Asif is a CFA Charter Holder; he has a BA in Economics and Political Science from Northwestern University, and an MBA in Finance from the Stern School of Business at New York University.


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