With over 1,000 investment professionals ASI manages $800 billion of assets worldwide. ASI has clients in 80 countries supported by 50 relationship offices. ASI has been active in the Middle East and Africa region for over 20 years.

ASI has one of the most extensive product ranges of any asset manager, covering a full spectrum of strategies across bonds, equities, real estate, private markets alternatives and quantitative investments.

As part of ASI’s long-term strategy to build its presence in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), Edris has been recruited and will be based in the company’s Abu-Dhabi office. Edris will lead a strong team that covers the MEA region. Edris was most recently Chief Executive Officer at Dubai Holding LLC & Prior to that he was at Goldman Sachs. Edris has more than 13 years of experience in industry, investment banking, private equity & Real Estate.

Campbell Fleming, Global Head of Distribution, comments:“Our ability to attract people of the calibre of Edris reflects the strength and appeal of Aberdeen Standard Investments. Our global reach and broad range of investment capabilities, encompassing equities, fixed income, private markets, real estate and solutions – means we are well placed to better assist clients to meet their long-term financial goals as our recent improvement in gross, and mix of our, sales evidence. I am very confident that Edris can further build on these efforts as we invest in our presence across the globe and in particular Middle East and Africa.”

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Aberdeen Standard Investments is a leading global asset manager dedicated to creating long-term value for our clients, and is a brand of the investment businesses of Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life Investments. 

  • Aberdeen Standard Investents’ Private Markets division manages over £18 billion globally, across private equity, infrastructure, real assets, fund financing, strategic credit and private market solutions
  • We are high-conviction; long-term investors who believe teamwork and collaboration are the key to delivering repeatable, superior investment performance. We are resolute in our commitment to active asset management.
  • Aberdeen Standard Investments is the asset management business of Standard Life Aberdeen plc, one of the world’s largest investment companies.
  • Standard Life Aberdeen plc is headquartered in Scotland. It has around 1.2 million shareholders and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. The Standard Life Aberdeen group was formed by the merger of Standard Life plc and Aberdeen Asset Management PLC on 14 August 2017.

Standard Life Aberdeen AUM/AUA is £610billion as at 30June2018.

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