Management Team

Iqbal Ahmad Khan is the Chief Executive Officer of Fajr Capital. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Aster Healthcare, Cravia Group and MENA Infrastructure. Prior to Fajr Capital, he was the founding CEO of HSBC Amanah.

Rizwan Kherati is the Chief Financial Officer at Fajr Capital and focuses on corporate and investment operations.

Mhairi is a Managing Director, General Counsel and leads Fajr Capital’s legal and corporate affairs function. Prior to joining Fajr Capital, Mhairi was a Partner and Regional Head of the Projects and Corporate Group at Watson Farley & Williams.

Zahid Kamal is a Managing Director at Fajr Capital. He is actively involved in various aspects of Fajr Capital's transactions (including origination, execution and portfolio management) and strategic initiatives.

Atif Mahmood is a Managing Director at Fajr Capital and covers principal investments. He has led Fajr Capital's investments in the oil and gas (including the successful acquisition and subsequent exit of National Petroleum Services).

Manglam Jain is a Managing Director at Fajr Capital and focuses on principal investments. He joined Fajr Capital in 2011 and has over a decade of Investment Banking experience.

Hasli Hasan is currently responsible for human capital management and administration, and is Head of the CEO's Office at Fajr Capital. He joined Fajr Capital from Khazanah Nasional.

Pratul Jain is an Associate Director in the Investments team. Previously a Director at Rothschild & Co in the UAE, he specialised in M&A and private equity advisory. Earlier, he held roles at Moelis & Company and Standard Chartered Bank’s Investment Banking division in the UAE.

Noman Tahir oversees business development and communications at Fajr Capital as well as investment activities and is also responsible for spearheading the development and management of key industry and institutional relationships.

Cyril Samin is an Associate Director at Fajr Capital and focuses on principal investments. He joined Fajr Capital from Citi, where he was an Associate in the Middle East Investment Banking Team based in Dubai.

Abdur-Rafay Naeem works in the Finance & Risk function at Fajr Capital. He joined Fajr Capital from A.F. Ferguson & Co. (a member firm of the PwC network), where he was an Assistant Manager in the Assurance and Business Advisory group.

Abdallah Elsherif works in the Investments team at Fajr Capital. Prior to joining Fajr Capital, he was an Investment Banking Analyst with Citi’s Banking, Capital Markets and Advisory division in Malaga, Spain.

Muhammad Rafay is an Associate in the Finance & Risk team at Fajr Capital. Prior to joining Fajr Capital, he was an Assistant Manager, Deals (Transaction Advisory Services) at PwC (Karachi).

Maya Shaar works in the Legal & Corporate Affairs function at Fajr Capital. She has been working in the legal sector in Dubai for several years, including a secondment to a magic circle law firm.

Jacob Cherian is an Analyst in the Investments team after completing a one-year full-time secondment from SGA to the Company. Prior to this role, he was an Analyst at SGA, whereby he had over two years of experience working with offshore PE and IB clients.

Meleka Al Bahri works in the Legal & Corporate Affairs function at Fajr Capital. Prior to this, as part of her traineeship under Fajr Capital, she was part of the Legal team at Cravia Group, where she also served as Company Secretary.

Ben Sautelle-Smith is an Advisor at Fajr Capital. He joined Fajr Capital in 2012 and most recently served as Managing Director and Group Company Secretary until 2025.