Omar Karim

Biography

Omar Karim is the Group Chief Investment Officer of Dubai Holding and is responsible for driving the overall investment strategy and capital allocation for the group as well as overseeing the execution and management of its strategic and financial investments. He is also responsible for the group's strategy and value creation mandate, involving leading the group's strategy planning and development and execution of group-wide value creation initiatives and strategic projects. He also leads Dubai Holding Investments as its Chief Executive Officer. Since joining the group in 2017, Omar has successfully led several major transactions including the merger and integration of Nakheel and Meydan into Dubai Holding, acquisition of a strategic stake in Emirates NBD whereby the group became its second largest shareholder, the initial public offering of TECOM Group and Empower, merger and integration of Meraas into Dubai Holding, formation of joint ventures with Brookfield Asset Management and Aldar Properties, and the acquisition of a strategic stake in Emaar Properties. He actively serves on the boards of several companies including Emaar Properties and TECOM Group (both listed on Dubai Financial Market), Azadea Group, Certares Holdings, Aurora Holding Company Limited, and Merex Investment Group. Prior to joining Dubai Holding, he worked as an investment banker at UBS Investment Bank and with KPMG in Australia as part of their corporate finance and valuations practice.