GFH names Tariq Al Samahiji as CEO of UK operations

TDT | Manama

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GFH Financial Group said it named yesterday Tariq Al Samahiji as the Chief Executive Officer of GFH’s UK operations, effective immediately. Al Samahiji will be responsible for driving further expansion of GFH’s international presence. He brings to the role more than two decades of experience in the global banking sector across Asset Management, Capital Markets, Islamic Finance and Credit.

Most recently, he co-founded Orpheus Partners, the fast-growing GP capital advisory partnership of which he remains non-executive chairman.

Before that, he was the CEO of BNP Paribas Najmah and the Global Head of BNP Paribas Islamic Finance and Investments. GFH currently has assets of over US$12 billion globally and looks to build its international portfolio through organic and inorganic growth.

The Group’s London operation will play a strategic role in further strengthening GFH’s pipeline of opportunities and partnerships while effectively managing and growing its blue-chip investments across key sectors that include real estate, logistics and warehousing, healthcare, technology and education, among others.