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Amir Saleem
Director
Amir is a Director at bfinance focussed on developing relationships in the Middle East & Asia. He joined bfinance in 2015 initially working closely with both the CEO and Global Head of Client Consulting on a range of strategic initiatives. Prior to this, Amir was Head of Investor Relations for Institutional Investor’s Sovereign Investor Institute since 2010, working with senior officials and investment heads from sovereign wealth funds, state pension/social security funds and central bank reserve managers globally, covering a wide range of investment management, strategic and governance issues. Amir graduated from University College London (UCL) with a BSc (Hons) in Economics.
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