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NBAD's Asset Management Group appoints Associate Fund Manager

  • United Arab Emirates: Thursday, December 18 - 2008 at 14:45

National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), The Number One Bank in the UAE, announced the appointment of Mr. Zeki Muderrisoglu as an Associate Fund Manager to further strengthen its Asset Management Group.

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  • Mr. Zeki Muderrisoglu, Associate Fund Manager, NBAD's Asset Management Group.
    Mr. Zeki Muderrisoglu, Associate Fund Manager, NBAD's Asset Management Group.
Mr. Muderrisoglu holds a BA in Economics from Bilkent University, Turkey and an MA in Economics of Money, Banking and Finance from the University of Sheffield, UK.

Prior to joining NBAD's Asset Management Group, he was a Technical Analysis Instructor with Smartline Investment Training Institute in Cyprus.

He has several years of experience as a Fund Manager having been a Senior Portfolio Manager with Standard Unlu Asset Management, and a Fund Manager with Is Asset Management in Istanbul, the largest asset management company in Turkey.

Mr. Muderrisoglu worked in the volatile Turkish financial markets; his work experience spans two emerging markets crisis episodes followed by a long bullish period with minimum losses and a good/stable return profile.

The performance of funds under his management consistently beat strong fund peers and also broadly outperformed benchmark targets.

He has hands on experience in the FX market and Technical Analysis.

Commenting on the appointment of Mr. Muderrisoglu, Dr. Gıyas Gökkent, NBAD's Head of Economic Research & Chief Economist said:
"I welcome Mr. Muderrisoglu to the NBAD family at this turbulent time in international equity markets. The Asset Management Group (AMG) is proud to have recruited another top caliber individual to its fund management team. This appointment has further strengthened AMG and will be invaluable in our pursuit to provide the best asset management capability in the region."


"I am delighted to have the opportunity to particularly come to Abu Dhabi and NBAD. The UAE is one of the most exciting places in the world to be and NBAD has a special place in banking industry in the region. I look forward to joining a winning team which is committed to growing the asset management businesses at NBAD to be an even greater force in banking and one which has a great reputation for customer service and innovation." said Mr. Zeki Muderrisoglu, Associate Fund Manager, NBAD's Asset Management Group.
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About NBAD

The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), The Number One Bank in the UAE, was incorporated in 1968. NBAD has a network of more than 80 branches in the UAE in addition to Cash offices that are spread out at remote locations to provide banking services to customers stationed at offshore oil operations and in desert locations as well as other government organizations. NBAD also has three Shift offices inside the security areas of the Abu Dhabi International Airport providing currency & traveler's cheques exchange services.
The branch network is widened further with 223 ATMs through which customers perform a variety of transactions.
Besides brick & mortar branches, NBAD provides 24 hour internet banking accessibility through NbadOnline and NbadDirect, as well as account access and personalized customer support through the 24-hour Call Centre.
NBAD's overseas network stretches from Oman, Kuwait, and Bahrain in the G.C.C., Egypt and Sudan in Africa, London, Paris, and Geneva in Europe to Washington D.C. in the U.S.A.
The bank provides its customer with a wide variety of financial services targeted at all segments of the retail and corporate market in addition to Fund Management, Brokerage, Leasing, Property Management businesses and Private Banking.
NBAD is rated senior long term/short term A+/A-1 by Standard and Poor's, Aa3/P1 by Moodys and AA-/F1+ by Fitch giving one of the strongest combined rating of any Middle Eastern financial institution.
NBAD is an award winning leader in the UAE and GCC financial services industry. Awards won by the bank include the Middle East Excellence Award 2008, the Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Business Award 2007, the Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award, Dubai Quality Award, 'Best Bank in UAE' from Euromoney and Banker publications, 'Human Resources Development Award' from the Emirates Institute for Banking & Financial Studies, the 'Middle East e-Banking Country Award', the 'Outstanding use of IT in Financial Services Award, and excellence award for 'Best use of Technology' from Banker Middle East.

For more information, please contact:

Ehab Khairi
Media & PR Manager
National Bank of Abu Dhabi
Tel: +97126111190
Mob: + 971508126799

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