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A Panel Discussion on
Investing in the Middle East
Presented by ABANA and The Princeton Club
Investment Strategies Group
Tuesday, June 22 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
The Princeton Club 15 West 43rd Street
(Between 5th and 6th Avenues)
New York, NY
10036
Speakers included: Edward Burton, President, U.S.-Saudi Arabian
Business Council
Laura Osman, Senior Managing
Director, Concord International Investments Group
Mahmoud Salem, Managing Director, BNY
Mellon
Samer Solh, Managing Director, Amwal Asset Management Moderated by: Dilip Massand, Partner, McLaughlin & Stern, LLP
Event details and speaker profiles and presentations are available below. Event Description: While the world’s focus has been on the emerging economies of the BRIC’s countries—Brazil, Russia, India, and China—as the favored destination for investors and businesses seeking to explore new markets, this panel of esteemed speakers addressed investment opportunities in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf Cooperation Council and Egypt. This engaging panel highlighted the fact that not only is the Middle East a strategically important market but, given its population and demographics, it is an equally attractive destination for those seeking healthy returns on investment and new business frontiers.
Speaker Profiles: Edward Burton, President,
U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council
Edward Burton was appointed President and Managing Director
of the U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council in March 2006. In his position, he
works with the public and private sectors to promote the interests of the
U.S.-Saudi Arabian business relationship. The U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business
Council was established in December 1993 to improve the mutual knowledge and
understanding between the private sectors of the United
States and Saudi Arabia, and to promote trade
and investment between the two countries. The Council’s activities include
trade missions, conferences and seminars, and high-level networking events. The
Council also publishes documents including A
Business Guide to Saudi Arabia, a bi-monthly newsletter, the U.S.-Saudi
Business Brief, and specialized industrial sector reports. These activities are
now focused on highlighting the more than $1 Trillion in Saudi earmarked
projects and market opportunities in Saudi Arabia over the next 20
years.
Dilip Massand, Partner, McLaughlin & Stern Dilip Massand is a partner at McLaughlin & Stern, LLP, where
he concentrates on the firm’s Emerging Markets practice with an emphasis on cross-border
transaction between the U.S.,
Middle East and South Asia.
Laura Osman, Senior Managing Director, Concord International Investments Group Laura
Osman is a Senior Managing Director of Concord International Investments Group,
LP. She is also the portfolio manager of the Concord Group’s
international Egyptian public equity funds and is a member of its various
Investment Committees. In addition to managing the Nile Growth Company, she
manages Egypt’s first closed-ended offshore fund, the Egypt Investment Company
Limited, Egypt’s first open-ended country fund, the Egyptian Growth Investment
Company Limited, Egypt’s only European Undertaking for Collective Investments
(UCITS) fund, the Concord Egypt Fund as well as the Concord Egyptian Growth
Fund for Humint, which was developed exclusively for Japanese investors.
Mahmoud Salem, Managing Director, BNY Mellon Mahmoud
Salem is a Managing Director in BNY Mellon’s Financial Market sector. As the
New York-based Depositary Receipts Middle East regional manager,
he is responsible for developing
and managing global issuer services in the region. Mahmoud has helped numerous
governments, companies and financial institutions structure and execute IPOs,
secondary offerings, mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions
involving depositary receipts. Mahmoud structured the first depositary receipts
program for the following countries: Kuwait,
Qatar, Oman, Jordan,
Tunisia
and UAE. He also has worked on a number of key NYSE and NASDAQ listings for
foreign issuers from Europe and South
Africa. Furthermore, he helped structure
some of the largest cross-border acquisitions in the Middle
East region.
Samer Solh, Managing Director, Amwal Asset Management (Click here to view Mr. Solh's presentation) Samer Solh is a Managing Director of Amwal Asset Management, a unit of Doha, Qatar-based Amwal Q.S.C. Mr. Solh oversees alternative investment strategies and investment advisory covering the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey. Prior to joining Amwal in 2009, Samer spent a 14-year career with Citigroup in New York where his most recent position was portfolio manager with the Global Special Situations Group. He also held roles with Citi Alternative Investments and investment banking. Samer holds an MBA degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management and undergraduate and graduate engineering degrees from Cornell University. He speaks French and Arabic fluently.  
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