Executive Team

The company

Capital AM provides clients with superior investment solutions across various asset classes in partnership with world-class, top quartile asset managers.

Board of Directors

Dr. Nayef Alhajraf

Chairman and Co-Founder

Meshal Alothman

CEO and Co-Founder

Raed Alnusf

CIO and Co-Founder

Dr. Nayef Alhajraf

Chairman and Co-Founder

AlHajraf is a distinguished policy maker, regulator, and business leader. He is the 6th Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, serving from 2020 to 2023, and Kuwait’s 19th Minister of Finance and Chairman of the Kuwait Investment Authority, serving from 2017 to 2019. As Kuwait’s chief securities regulator he was instrumental in the development of Kuwait’s securities market when he served as Kuwait Capital Markets Authority’s Managing Director and Chairman of the Board of Commissioners from 2014 to 2017.

In addition to his primary roles, AlHajraf has served on various policy and corporate boards, including Kuwait’s Supreme Petroleum Council, Bahrain and Kuwait Bank, and the Arab Investment Company.

AlHajraf holds a Ph.D. in Accounting and Finance from the University of Hull, and served as an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Kuwait’s Gulf University for Science and Technology early in his career.

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Meshal Alothman

CEO and Co-Founder

Alothman is an experienced investment professional with more than 25 years’ experience in investment management, portfolio restructuring, and organizational turnaround. He served in key leadership roles throughout his career, including his most recent position as the Director General of Kuwait's Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS). Previously, he served as the Deputy Director of Investments and Operations of PIFSS and as the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) where he led the rebuilding and growing one of the region’s largest portfolios.

Alothman is a seasoned governance executive who has served on and chaired boards across different industries, including Chairman of AUB Group and Chairman of Wafra Intervest Corporation among other notable appointments. He holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of South Florida.

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Raed Alnusf

CIO and Co-Founder

Alnusf has over 25 years’ experience in investment management and is the former Deputy Director for Investments and Operations of Kuwait's Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS). He was part of the leadership team that steered the institution’s turn-around and, building on the works of his predecessors, he later led the reconstruction of the institution’s portfolio and grew it to new record levels. Prior to his tenure at PIFSS, Alnusf served as the Deputy Director for Investments at the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development.

He is also a veteran corporate governance executive, having served on various boards and board committees throughout his career. Notable appointments include Vice Chairman of AUB Kuwait, Vice Chairman of Wafra Intervest Corporation, and Chairman of Wafra International. He holds a BBA in Accounting from Kuwait University.

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Executive Team

Meshal Alothman

CEO and Co-Founder

Raed Alnusf

CIO and Co-Founder

Hiroo Hagiwara

Head of Client Relations

Narendra Kumar

Operations Manager

Meshal Alothman

CEO and Co-Founder

Alothman is an experienced investment professional with more than 25 years’ experience in investment management, portfolio restructuring, and organizational turnaround. He served in key leadership roles throughout his career, including his most recent position as the Director General of Kuwait's Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS). Previously, he served as the Deputy Director of Investments and Operations of PIFSS and as the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) where he led the rebuilding and growing one of the region’s largest portfolios.

Alothman is a seasoned governance executive who has served on and chaired boards across different industries, including Chairman of AUB Group and Chairman of Wafra Intervest Corporation among other notable appointments. He holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of South Florida.

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Raed Alnusf

CIO and Co-Founder

Alnusf has over 25 years’ experience in investment management and is the former Deputy Director for Investments and Operations of Kuwait's Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS). He was part of the leadership team that steered the institution’s turn-around and, building on the works of his predecessors, he later led the reconstruction of the institution’s portfolio and grew it to new record levels. Prior to his tenure at PIFSS, Alnusf served as the Deputy Director for Investments at the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development.

He is also a veteran corporate governance executive, having served on various boards and board committees throughout his career. Notable appointments include Vice Chairman of AUB Kuwait, Vice Chairman of Wafra Intervest Corporation, and Chairman of Wafra International. He holds a BBA in Accounting from Kuwait University.

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Hiroo Hagiwara

Head of Client Relations

Hiroo Hagiwara is an accomplished executive.  After starting out in the automotive industry in the US he quickly transitioned to the finance industry, where he has excelled for over two decades.  He has worked in London, Kuwait City and Dubai in various senior capacities in sales, trading, asset management, business development and client relationship management.

Mr. Hagiwara has worked for some of the top global banks including Bank Julius Baer among others.  He has a strong track record advising institutions, FOs and private clients on all matters relating to global markets and wealth management.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Eastern Michigan University and a Master’s degree in International Financial & Business from Columbia University.  

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Narendra Kumar

Operations Manager

Narendra is a back office expert in the financial services industry with over 30 years of experience in various leadership roles in Finance, Operations and IT. Prior to joining Capital Asset Management he spent 14 years at Citibank NA, UAE, 10 years at Rasmala Investment Bank Ltd, DIFC, UAE, and most recently 6 years at Kamco Investment Company, DIFC, UAE. He has setup numerous conventional and Sharia’a compliant mutual funds and collective investment schemes domiciled in Luxembourg, Cayman Islands, Jersey, the DIFC and the ADGM for investments in equity, fixed, income, trade finance, leasing, private debt and real estate.

He has been a member of the board of directors of many of these funds, participating in their operations as well their governance. Narendra holds a Master’s degree in Computer Applications from the National Institute of Technology in Tiruchirapalli, India.

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