Mohammed Abdulmalek

Head of Middle East & Chairman at PGIM International Limited

Speaker

Mohammed is Head of PGIM Middle East and Chairman of PGIM International Limited based in Abu Dhabi Global Market. Mohammed has over 30 years of experience in investment banking and asset management, having spent his entire career with blue chip banking groups. Mohammed started his career in 1993 with J. P. Morgan Chase, where he held various positions including Head of Islamic Banking Group and Head of MENA Financial Institutions Group. He then moved to be Managing Director at Lend Lease to establish and lead their regional business development in the MENA region. Later he became Executive Director and head of the GCC business development team at UBS Global Asset Management. Before moving into regional banking in 2008, Mohammed was the Managing Director of Alternative Investments for the Middle East at Deutsche Bank Asset Management.

Regionally, Mohammed has worked on establishing, managing, restructuring and merging a number of regional institutions. During that period, he assumed the role of CEO at Capivest Investment Bank through which he led merging the operations of three investment banks in the region’s first M&A transaction involving three banking institutions. Before joining PGIM to lead their Middle East expansion program, Mohammed ran his private practice advising several key family groups in the region on restructuring and managing their international alternative investment portfolios and strategic projects.

Mohammed has a BSc in Finance from Bahrain University, an MBA in Financial Management from Exeter University and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst.