Our people

Farah Foustok
CEO/CIO

Farah joined ING Investment Management Middle East, as the Chief Investment Officer responsible for building the investment team, across various asset classes. She became the CEO at the beginning of 2009. She has over eighteen years experience analyzing and valuing companies in the UK, Europe and most recently in the region. Previous to joining ING IM she was the Head of Asset Management at NBD Investment Bank, managing a team of ten investment professionals and approximately US$2bn of assets under management. Farah was a senior fund manager at EFG-Hermes prior to NBD IB, responsible for managing GCC and MENA funds and portfolios. Farah spent five years at Deutsche Bank in London, within the Equity Strategy team, developing the in-house valuation model, CROCI, and implementing it across the regional offices. She has also worked at Morgan Stanley within Equity Sales, covering European Institutions, followed by three years in commercial real estate advisory in Europe. Farah is also involved with the DFSA as a member of their advisory board panel to improve and promote international best practice and be involved in potential reforms in the regulatory environment of the funds regime in the region

Farah also has Private Equity exposure through a private venture in Argentina and an internet start-up in the UK.

Farah holds a BSc Honours in Mathematics from King’s College in London and an MBA from Imperial College, specializing in Finance.

Relevant experience since: 1993

Fadi Al Said, CFA
Head of Investments

Fadi joined ING Investment Management Middle East, as Director of Equities and the senior fund manager. Most recently, Fadi was a senior fund manager in the Asset Management division at NBD Investment Bank where he managed the two flagship funds (MENA equities and GCC balanced funds). Fadi was previously at Noor Capital where he was a Senior Vice President heading up the Asset Management division. He also worked for Damac Invest as a Senior Investment Manager, where he co- managed a multi billion Dirham portfolio invested in the MENA region. He was responsible for leading a team covering Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE and other emerging markets. Prior to that, Fadi was the Head of Research at Al Jazira Bank in Saudi Arabia.

Fadi brings more than thirteen years of experience in portfolio management, research & asset allocation, and holds a Bsc in Economics from the University Of Jordan. Fadi became a CFA charter holder in June 2010.

Relevant experience since: 1998