Signature Group appoints diverse renowned group to its Board of Directors

Signature Group, a prominent Dubai-based asset management company, has appointed several distinguished leaders in their respective financial fields to be members of its Board of Directors.

The Group, a Silver sponsor of this year's Funds Summit 2006 in Dubai, has appointed Emmanuel Drujon, Mohammed Khan and Rafat Rivzi to hold key positions on the board.

With over 16 years of experience in proprietary-trading on the financial markets and investments management with Investment Banks and Hedge-Funds, Mr Drujon will act as Executive Director for Signature Group and the representative for Europe, while being based in Paris. He is formerly the CEO of the Operation and CIO of the Constans Funds for Argent Financial Group International in London.

Mr. Drujon has been attracted by the unique range of products offered by Signature Group in the Middle-Eastern, Sub-continent and Central Asian regions, as well as the Group's ability to secure landmark real-estate development projects, and the interest marked by international investors.

"Signature Group is a growing presence in the rapidly expanding asset management field in the Middle East," said Emmanuel Drujon.

"It is quite an honour to be selected to be a member of their Board. I hope I can play the part of a guiding hand that makes the best use of my expertise to help achieve the goals of this innovative and ground breaking company."

In addition to Mr. Drujon, Signature Group Board Member Mohammed Khan is the founder and CEO of Allied Investment House. He is also the founder of Allied Consulting Partners-Pakistan, Allied Energy and Allied Technologies. He is the founder of Morgan Gulf Asset Management and a partner at N.M. Rothschild Gulf. His previous experience includes working at entities like Lehman Brothers as an analyst, and Price Waterhouse as a management consultant. He is a US national and resides in the UAE.

And finally, Singapore based Rafat Rizvi is a co-founder and Managing Director of First Capital Limited (FCM). Mr. Rizvi is primarily responsible for strategic developments and client organization and has overall responsibility for managing the First Global Funds family of funds. Before establishing First Capital Management, Mr. Rivzi spent several years with PaineWebber in London and Singapore where he was appointed Managing Director and Head of non-Japan Asia Fixed Income Businesses.

Said Ghazanfar Sadiq Ali, CEO of Signature Group, "The growth of Signature Group regionally and internationally is assured with the involvement of this formidable group of highly respected and credentialed individuals".
Signature Group is on the verge of launching several of its real estate funds targeted for investment in the UAE and India and totalling in excess of 650 million USD.

Along with the news of the establishment of the company's Board of Directors, Signature Group is a Silver sponsor of this year's Funds Summit 2006 in Dubai. The Summit will feature more than 40 world class speakers who will lend insightful assessments of regional and global economic scenarios. This year's Funds Summit will be held at the Dusit Hotel on December 9th-12th.