Fasanara Capital, a $4.5bn technology-driven global asset manager with a flagship asset-based private credit strategy, has appointed Fawad Tariq-Khan as Managing Director, Middle East. He will be based in Abu Dhabi.
Tariq-Khan is a former Group CEO of Shuaa Capital, which manages over $14bn, where he served successfully for 10 years investing in credit, venture, and private equity. During that time Shuaa Capital grew into one of the leading alternative investment managers in the Gulf region.
Tariq-Khan started his career in London with Deloitte in its advisory business before relocating to Dubai where he helped establish its Middle East debt advisory practice. He holds an MSc in Business Studies from UCD Smurfit Business School and a BSc in Computer Science from University College Cork. He also served with the Irish Reserve Defence Forces in the military police.