Ahmed Tabaqchali

CIO of Asia Frontier Capital Iraq Fund & Adjunct Assistant Professor at AUIS

Ahmed Tabaqchali is the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of AFC Iraq Fund. He is also a Senior Fellow at IRIS and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the American University of Iraq (AUIS). He is a board member of The Credit Bank of Iraq, and of Capital Investments, the investment banking arm of Capital Bank of Jordan.

Biography

Ahmed Tabaqchali, an experienced capital markets professional with over 25 years’ experiences in US and MENA markets, is the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of AFC Iraq Fund. He is also a Senior Fellow at IRIS and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the American University of Iraq (AUIS). He is a board member of The Credit Bank of Iraq, and of Capital Investments, the investment banking arm of Capital Bank of Jordan.

He is a former Executive Director of NBK Capital, the investment banking arm of the National Bank of Kuwait, Managing Director and Head of International Institutional Sales at WR Hambrecht + Co., Managing Director at KeyBanc in London and Director & Head of Capital Markets & Institutional Sales at Jefferies Int’l in London. Ahmed holds an M.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Oxford in the UK, a B.Sc. (Hons, 1st class) in Mathematics from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand and a B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.