Jawad Qasim is an Associate Director for Global Equities, where he is responsible for the execution of strategic investments in publicly listed companies, with a key focus on analysing and structuring investments.

Jawad was involved in setting up the Global Strategic Equities Fund in 2006 through which investments in Global Fortune 500 companies are executed.

In addition, he is responsible for overseeing DIC’s investment in Jordan Dubai Capital, a country-specific fund managing over $1 billion of assets across key sectors in Jordan including infrastructure, energy, financial services and real estate. Prior to existing roles, Jawad was a member of DIC’s Private Equity team leading international buyouts and was involved in the £700m acquisition of Doncasters and £675m acquisition of Travelodge in 2006.

Prior to joining DIC in 2005, Jawad was an investment banking analyst in a Joint Venture between Doha Bank and United Gulf Bank (investment banking arm of Kuwait Investments Projects Company) in Qatar where he helped set up the corporate finance and advisory functions at Doha Bank.

Jawad holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree, with a major in Finance with distinction, from McGill University, Montreal, Canada; in addition to being a CFA Charter holder.