
Our Directors
This group represents the Company publicly, ensures adherence to standards, regulatory requirements and internal process and challenges the status quo to ensure continued development and desire for growth.

Chairman
Hussain is a leading member of the Islamic Finance community in the GCC and has held several senior executive positions in the industry for over 20 years. His Islamic investment experience encompasses capital arrangement, real estate securitisation, IPO's and merger activity throughout the MENA region. Leaving The International Investor (TII), as a Partner, Hussain founded SinoGulf in 2003.
Under his stewardship SinoGulf has developed into a successful regional fund/asset manager that adheres to and has at its core Islamic principals. Before joining TII Hussain worked for Abu Dhabi Investment Company.

Major Shareholder
Mr. Butti is a business man with wide experience who was previously holding positions of Executive Chairman of the Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC) and Director General of Dubai Customs. He was appointed as the Assistant Director General of Port Rashid Affairs by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum. He carries with him more than 20 years of solid experience in Ports and Free Zones Authorities and he is considered among one of the most influential socio-economic figures in Dubai.

Major Shareholder
Mr. Al Qassimi established the Abu Dhabi Co-Operative Society and holds the position of Chairman and Managing Director. He then established Modern Investment & General Trading, based in Abu Dhabi which under its umbrella, he built the Mega Mall in Sharjah, and holds 40 percent shareholding in Afkar Financial and Property Investment LLC which runs the supermarkets chain (Mega Mart) and the furniture store 2XL in the northern emirates. Mr. Al Qassimi is one of the directors of Al Wifaq Finance Company, Reem Investment and Emirates Insurance Company.

BSc Eng. (Hons) MBA, CFA
Founder, Director, Partner
CEO
Chris started his career with SinoGulf in 2006 as the Chief Operational Officer, responsible for the building of internal capability and operational performance. During his time as COO, SinoGulf attained its DFSA license, assets under management quadrupled, including the establishment of IndustRE a several hundred million USD real estate fund and the number of professional staff grew five fold. Promoted to Chief Executive Officer in 2009, Chris is now responsible for the continued health, operational performance and growth of the company. Prior to joining SinoGulf Chris worked in risk with PricewaterhouseCoopers in London and was a Senior Engineer with Hatch.

Non-Executive Director
Wael has 14 years experiences in financial services and investment management, with a focus on real estate sector. He joined SinoGulf’s Corporate Finance team in 2006 where his main role was to arrange required financing for the Company's projects and managing relationships with investors. In 2011 Wael moved to manage the company's expansion in the Saudi market and established Al Sakan Al Farid company. Prior to joining SinoGulf he was in charge of real estate advisory projects at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in addition to other sectors in the UAE. Wael holds a PhD from Liverpool Business School focusing on GCC foreign exchange policies, a Masters degree in Banking and Finance, as well as a Masters degree in political science.

FCCA, BSc
4 Years with SGI
CFO
Over 4 years of experience in Real Estate Corporate Finance backed with 6 years in Real Estate financial management and professional assurance of 4 years at KPMG.

BSc
COO
Over 30 years experience in real estate management and operational practices. Has worked for CBRE, JLL and Savills.

Head of Regulatory and Compliance
Nancy joined SinoGulf in 2008. She has over Over 18 years of experience in company secretarial and board and executive management/ administration. Prior to SinoGulf worked for Fedex.

Director, Compliance Officer
Rod has over 27 years' senior experience in Compliance in the UAE, Germany and the United Kingdom in Investment Banking, Private Banking and Retail Banking. He has previously worked at Citibank and HSBC. Rod was previously Head of Compliance at Barclays’ European Retail Operations, a Senior Manager in HSBC’s International Compliance and the Head of Compliance at Citibank Frankfurt. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte, Rod worked for Citibank in its Internal Audit, Treasury Operations and Financial Forecasting departments.
Contact Details
Office 36,Floor 26,
Central Park Office Tower,
Dubai International Financial Centre,
PO Box 49929, Dubai, UAE
Telephone : +971 4 447 0795
Facsimile : +971 4 447 0794
Email : info@sinogulf.com
Suite 103, Jarir Building,
Exit 10, King Abdullah Road,
PO Box 6795, Riyadh 11452,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Telephone: +966 11 246 9409
Facsimile: +966 11 246 9408


