Our Profile

Track Record* of Managing

$2.5

Billion in Assets

Syndicating

$5.5

Billion in Debt

Raising

$1.0

Billion In Equity

PROFILE
LEADERSHIP'S VISION
ISLAMIC FINANCE
OUR MARKETS

Track Record* of Managing

$2.5

Billion in Assets

Syndicating

$5.5

Billion in Debt

Raising

$1.0

Billion In Equity

*Includes both Sharia’h compliant and conventional (pre-2014) transactions

Aseel Islamic Finance Service is a UAE-based financial services company regulated by the Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority (ESCA).

Aseel Islamic Finance Service is committed to providing a diverse set of unique, duly researched, well-structured and risk-mitigated investment opportunities to its clients, with a view to achieve consistent and superior returns in the fields of private equity, venture capital, infrastructure and real estate.

Under the leadership of a committed group of prominent shareholders and investors, GII’s team enjoys collective investment, strategic management, finance and accounting experience. GII and its team enjoy a track record of managing $2.5 billion in assets and securing $5.5 billion in debt and in excess of $1.0 billion in equity.

"Gulf Islamic Investment is an established company with more than a decade of operating history advising leading Middle Eastern and global investors across multiple assets classes. In May 2014, our Board of Directors decided to focus our investment activity on Shari’ah-compliant investments only. We set-off on an ambitious journey to become the pre-eminent Shari’ah-compliant investment organization, leveraging the unique competitive advantage of the UAE and the GCC to attract and secure capital, innovation and entrepreneurship. We allocate capital towards well-structured, duly researched and risk-mitigated investment opportunities with a view to achieve consistent and superior investor returns”. Mohammed Al-Hassan, Director and CO-CEO, and Pankaj Gupta, CO-CEO.

Investing in Compliance with Islamic Principles

Shari’ah-compliant investment is a time-tested and increasingly popular form of ethical investing. GII has developed expertise and capabilities to source, assess, structure and certify investments for compliance with Islamic finance.

The core principles of Islamic finance include the following:

Humans are merely the ‘custodians’ of wealth, which belongs to God;
Material pursuits must be balanced with an individual's spiritual needs;
An individual's needs must be balanced with society's needs; and
Economic transactions should take place within a just, responsible free-market economy

GII focuses on “GCC-relevant” investment opportunities, on a global basis, based on its shareholders’ and investors’ investment requirements.

The 6 countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council offer robust macro-economic fundamentals because of the region’s geostrategic location, its access to capital, affordable labor costs, business friendly environment, ambitious but sound government policies based an exceptionally strong public fiscal position and ongoing income from oil extraction, which is rapidly being converted into investment in a diversified economy.

Long term GDP growth in the GCC is expected to continue at robust rates, with a decreasing reliance on the oil sector. Non-oil growth will expand as real estate and infrastructure spending continues to rise, and other sectors, like logistics and transportation, manufacturing, renewable energy, retail and trading, financial services, tourism and healthcare further develop across the region.

People

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
LEADERSHIP TEAM
Strategic Advisors
Placement Team

Under the leadership of a Board of Directors composed of prominent entrepreneurs from across all corners of the GCC, Aseel Islamic Finance Service enjoys exceptional visibility and respectability as an organization. Further, the quality of our leadership helps us reach the right centers of power and decision throughout the region and beyond.

H.E. Mohammed Rashed Alnasri

Chairman, Aseel Islamic Finance Service
Director General, Office of H.H Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE

Mr. Ali Mohamed Saeed AlBadi AlDhaheri

Vice Chairman, Aseel Islamic Finance Service
CEO, Al Fajer Securities

Mr. Ali Abdulla Taha Al-Khawari

Director, Aseel Islamic Finance Service
Chairman,Tayseer Group, Kuwait

Mr. Fawaz T. Tamimi

Director, Aseel Islamic Finance Service
SVP Finance and Investments, Al-Tamimi Group, Saudi Arabia

Shk. Mohammed Assad Ameen Said

Director, Aseel Islamic Finance Service
Chairman, Assad Said Contracting Company, Saudi Arabia

Mr. Mohammed Al-Hassan

Director, Aseel Islamic Finance Service
Co-Founder, CEO GCC, Aseel Islamic Finance Service, UAE

Mr. Hesham Al Emadi

Director, Aseel Islamic Finance Service
CEO, Energy City Qatar

The Aseel Islamic Finance Service executive team enjoys in excess of 230 years of collective experience in investments, strategic and operational management, finance and accounting. Deeply rooted in the GCC, our team draws experience working globally, with companies such as Gulf Finance House, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, TDIC, First Energy Bank, Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas, PCG Asset Management, or Allied Investment Partners.

Mohammed Al-Hassan

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, GCC

Mohammed Al-Hassan

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, GCC

Mr. Mohammed Al-Hassan is the Co-founder, CEO-GCC and Executive Director of Aseel Islamic Finance Service (GII).

Mohammed co-founded Aseel Islamic Finance Service with a vision of creating a leading sharia compliant investment company with a diversified investment strategy and investment portfolio. Under his visionary leadership, Aseel Islamic Finance Service has mobilized and deployed more than a billion dollars of capital since mid-2014. Mohammed leads the Company’s strategy and operations, with special emphasis on business development, shareholders and investors relations and new initiatives.

In a short span, Aseel Islamic Finance Service has emerged into a leading sharia compliant investment company providing investors access to multiple alternative investment products such as landmark real estate, technology and private equity investments across the GCC, Europe and the US. Under his exemplary leadership, Aseel Islamic Finance Service has success developed a strong proprietary deal-flow across the globe and attracted a top-tier team with impeccable credentials and decades of financial services experience.

Mohammed has over 14 years of experience in Islamic investment banking across the GCC region. He currently sits on the boards of various regional companies in the fields of F&B, hospitality, real estate, waste management and technology. His investment expertise spans across several verticals, including Private Equity, Venture Capital, Infrastructure and Real Estate. He is an extremely well-networked individual with close ties to SWFs, banks & financial institutions, corporates, family offices, executive circles and VHNIs in the GCC region. Owing to his long standing relationships and investment track record, he has become a trusted advisor to a wide category of investors. His domain strengths include general management, investment management, M&A, deal sourcing, structuring and capital raising.

Prior to founding GII, Mohammed held the position of Vice President of Investments with EJ Capital. Prior to that he worked as a Team Leader (Director – Investment Placement, KSA & Kuwait) in Gulf Finance House where he was instrumental in raising several hundred millions of dollars of capital for various investment opportunities and played a stellar role in GFH’s growth in the region. He has also been a board member of Energy City Mumbai and Al-Areen Holding.

Mohammed holds a Business Administration degree, specializing in marketing, from NYIT, Bahrain.

Pankaj Gupta

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, UAE

Pankaj Gupta

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, UAE

Pankaj is a financial service professional with over 17 years of rich investment banking and asset management experience in the United Arab Emirates in various leadership roles. Prior to joining GII, Pankaj was Head of Investment Business Development at Allied Investment Partners, a UAE-based investment banking company he contributed to build from inception in 2007, to manage the assets of number of prominent business people and leading members of the Abu Dhabi Royal Family. Together with Terence Allen, Pankaj was also instrumental in starting Union National Financial Consultancy in 2004, an investment advisory company (which changed its name to Aseel Islamic Finance Service in 2014) dedicated to assist prominent members of the Abu Dhabi Royal Family in managing their assets.

During his time at AIP and UNFC, Pankaj was responsible, among other things, of the management of a $2.5 billion investment portfolio, in addition to a number of advisory mandates, which included well in excess of $4 billion in successful debt and equity syndication. Prior to AIP and UNFC, Pankaj was a part of Investment Banking Division of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi, where he successfully introduced Indian investment opportunities to NBAD’s investors. Pankaj has been involved in many project and company start-ups, and sits on Management Board & Advisory Board of many companies. He is also Ambassador & Strategic Advisor to Horasis (leading emerging market forum). Pankaj is actively involved in social & philanthropic work too.

Pankaj holds BSc (Maths) and an MBA Degree. He is also a Certified Private Equity Specialist (CPES).

Samson Checkove

Chief Financial Officer

Samson Checkove

Chief Financial Officer

Samson is a financial professional with over 39 years of experience as an internal auditor and operations manager. Together with Terence Allen and Pankaj Gupta, Samson was among the team that started Allied Investment Partners PJSC in 2007, a UAE-based investment banking company and an associate of UNFC, under the leadership of leading UAE government officials and business people. Samson operated for nearly 7 years as Chief Financial Officer of AIP. Prior to that, Samson served a total of 24 years at the National Bank of Abu Dhabi, where he oversaw the back and middle office operations of the Treasury, Merchant banking, International Banking Operations and Capital Market Divisions of the Bank. Samson started his career in Bombay at the Union Bank of India, before transferring to the Union Bank of the Middle East and then on to National Bank of Abu Dhabi.

Samson is a commerce graduate and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. In addition he holds the Operation Certificate of the International Capital Market Association.

Jonas Voelker

Head of Private Equity

Jonas Voelker

Head of Private Equity

Jonas is an investment professional with 15 years of experience, of which 9 years investing in mid-cap majority private equity transactions in the Middle East and minority (co-)investments in emerging markets. He is a generalist having worked across sectors, with a focus on healthcare and education.

Before joining Aseel Islamic Finance Service in 2018, he worked for 7 years at Gulf Capital in Abu Dhabi, as part of the investment team of its U$533m Private Equity flagship fund, making majority acquisitions across the GCC. For two years, he was a Senior Investment Manager at State General Reserve Fund (SGRF), the main Sovereign Wealth Fund of the Sultanate of Oman, executing direct Private Equity co-investments in developed and emerging markets, with a focus on infrastructure and Latin America.

He started his career within M&A at Lehman Brothers in Germany and the UK, and later worked at telecom- and media-focused M&A boutique Goetzpartners in Germany. He subsequently re-joined Lehman Brothers within Corporate Strategy in the UK, advising its European business heads on strategic initiatives.

A German national, Jonas has lived in 8 countries, and travelled around 60. He speaks German and English, as well as some French and Spanish.

Jonas holds an MBA of INSEAD in France and Singapore, as well as a Master in Business of University of Augsburg in Germany.

He received scholarships for exchange semesters at the University of Westminster in London, as well as the University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business (MBA) in the US.

Dr. Osama Mohammed Saad bahar

Head of Shari’ah Compliance

Dr. Osama Mohammed Saad bahar

Head of Shari’ah Compliance

Dr Osama brings several decades of experience in Islamic finance. His expertise includes drafting and reviewing Shari’ah contracts, including Morabaha, Modarabaha, Ijarah and Istisna’a agreements, structuring and reviewing investment opportunities to ensure Shari’ah compliance, disseminating and promoting the understanding of the Shari’ah investment rules by the broader investor community via publications, public speeches and conference attendance. Dr Osama is currently working with First Energy Bank as Head of Shari’ah Compliance & Advisory. Prior to that, he worked with several renowned Islamic banks, including Al-Salam Bank as Head of Shari’ah compliance, ABC Islamic Bank as a Shari’ah Compliance Officer, Shamil Bank of Bahrain as Manager, Shari’ah Department and Secretary of the Shari’ah Board. Dr Osama was also Librarian secretary of Ahmed Al-Fateh Islamic center library and officer at Ministry of Justice and Islamic affairs.

Other roles and positions of Dr. Osama include Member of the Shari’ah supervisory Board of Global Banking Corporation, International Investment Bank, Shari’ah adviser for Sakana Holistic Housing Solutions, Bahrain Bourse, International Tharawat, Family Bank, Alizz bank, Allianz Global Investors, Allianz Takaful (Bahrain); Shari’ah adviser for Reef (Real Estate Finance), Chairman of the Shari’ah supervisory Board for CAPINNOVA investment bank.

Dr. Osama has a PhD. at Lahaye University in the Netherlands, a Master Degree from Al-Emam Al Awzae University in Beirut, a Bachelor degree in Islamic Sharia’a from Prince Abdul Qader University of Islamic Studies in Algeria and a High School degree from the religion institute.

Mr. Guna R. Mahalingam

Founder & CEO of
Strategic Swiss Partners Group.

Mr. Robert Booth

Advisor to the Chairman of Emaar Properties.
Formerly, CEO of Emaar Dubai Real Estate, and Emaar North America

Mr. Ronald S. Barrott

Advisor to the Chairman of ALDAR Properties,
CEO and COO of ALDAR Properties

Mohammed Al-Muawda

Head, Investment Placement

Mohammed Al-Muawda

Head, Investment Placement

Mr. Mohammed Al-Muwada has 7 years of experience in Islamic investment banking and is currently responsible for fund raising activities in Saudi Arabia market. Prior to joining GII, Mohammed was a Senior Manager in the Placement Department at Gulf Finance House, covering the Bahrain and Saudi markets, where he spent his whole career. During the time, he was involved in raising capital for projects well in excess of $ 2 billion in private equity, infrastructure and real estate.

Mohammed has a Bachelors Degree in business administration from the American University of London.

Mohamed A. Sayyar

Senior Vice President, Investment Placement

Mohamed A. Sayyar

Senior Vice President, Investment Placement

A highly creative executive and Islamic investment banking specialist, Mohammed enjoys over 13 years of experience, during which he was involved in sourcing, structuring and fund raising for projects in excess of $ 1 billion in total value, in various sectors including real estate, energy, industrial, telecommunication, retail, and food, across various geographical regions. Prior to joining GII, Mohamed was Chief Executive Officer of Mega Holdings group in Bahrain, a private investment office of a prominent UHNWI in Bahrain. He also Held Positions of Executive Director at First Energy Bank in Bahrain, Head of Investment Placement in MENA Real Estate Co in Kuwait and Investment Placement Manager in Kuwait Finance House Bahrain office.

Mohamed holds a Bachelor Degree in Bank Management and Finance from the University of Bahrain and is a Certified Private Equity Specialist, "CPES", from the American Academy of Finance and Management.

Khalid Ahmed Al-Mahmood

Senior Vice President, Investment Placement

Khalid Ahmed Al-Mahmood

Senior Vice President, Investment Placement

Mr. Khalid Al-Mahmood joined Aseel Islamic Finance Service in October 2014. He is a highly experienced capital raiser, responsible for capital and fund raising and investors relations within UAE, Oman and South East Asia.

Prior to joining GII, Mr. Al-Mahmood was the Regional Director - Investment Development and Distribution at Barwa Bank in Qatar, where he was responsible for managing the firm’s investment activities and relationships within the GCC and South East Asia.

Before joining Barwa Bank, Mr. Khalid Al-Mahmood was the Senior Director and Country Manager of UAE, Oman and Asia within the Investment Advisory group at Abu Dhabi Investment house, where he was involved in sourcing, advising, structuring, raising capital and executing transactions in private equity, real estate and merger & acquisition. Throughout his carreer, Mr. Al-Mahmood has raised hundreds of millions of dollars for various investment opportunities.

Mr. Al-Mahmood holds an MA in Marketing practice from university of Bradford and a BA (hons) in business administration from university of Bradford, United Kingdom. He is also a certified Series 7 Investment Banker.

Ahmed Nass

Senior Vice President, Investment Placement

Ahmed Nass

Senior Vice President, Investment Placement

Ahmed has more than 15 years of solid experience in the fields of Sales, Business development and Information Technology. Prior to joining GII, Ahmed was a Placement Manager, handling the geographies of Kuwait and Eastern province in Saudi Arabia. His responsibilities included, promoting and developing short and long term strategies, identifying opportunities to attract inward investments and creating customer loyalty with more than 500 high net worth individuals and institutions .

Ahmed has a Bachelor’s Degree in MIS from the New York Institute of Technology, Bahrain.

Hamad Al Jumairi

Senior Vice President, Investment Placement

Hamad Al Jumairi

Senior Vice President, Investment Placement

Hamad Aljumairi has been a part of the Aseel Islamic Finance Service since March 2017. He comes with more than 20 years of professional experience under his belt, in the fields of Islamic investments and commercial banking.

Prior to joining GII, Hamad was a part of the placement team in the Wealth Management department in Venture Capital Bank, where he was responsible for fund raise and investor relations within Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

Hamad holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Information System from AMA University, Bahrain.

What We Do

Aseel Islamic Finance Service brings a life-cycle approach to unique, well researched, carefully-structured investment opportunities in private equity, venture capital, infrastructure and real estate.

Equity
Funding
Debt
Funding
Active Management /
Exit Management
Deal sourcing,
Project Incubation
Due Diligence,
Transaction
Structuring
Advisory

Investment Focus

Aseel Islamic Finance Service looks for original investment ideas, backed by strong management team, proven operating models and history. We look for ‘GCC-relevant’ investment opportunities, with a special emphasis on catering to the investment needs of our shareholders and investors.

Private Equity
Venture Capital
Infrastructure
Real Estate

Private Equity

AIFS looks for unique opportunities across all segments of the private equity spectrum: expansion capital, buyout, turnaround, special situations. We like to partner with strong operators, either the original management of target companies, or new management we bring in, or third party industry experts providing the required domain expertise to develop the investment value. We like to structure investments in a way that maximizes the downside protection and best aligns the incentives.

We favor sectors which are synergistic with the underlying growth trends in the GCC such as, industrial, manufacturing, retail, transportation and logistics, healthcare, education, conventional and renewable energy, technology, tourism and financial services.

We take a life cycle approach to our investments, by taking an active role from entry to exit, with a view to maximize the returns to our investors.

Venture Capital

AIFS sources opportunity to invest from an early stage in the company life cycle, in innovative projects and companies where technology has largely been de-risked or risk-reduced.

That can be the case in post-revenue, late stage venture transactions in companies which have the potential to rapidly reach on international scale. We typically prefer larger rounds of financing required to scale-up commercial operations overseas, either by setting-up strategic manufacturing plants overseas (we like to think that the GCC is an attractive location) or overseas commercial operations, distribution platforms, or franchises.

Also, we like to launch new ideas and projects from the ground-up (greenfield), when we have identified a compelling investment case, an arbitrage opportunity, a unique asset to be leveraged, a disruptive business model or a proven technology that is well suited and can be easily deployed in the markets we know.

Infrastructure

Infrastructure development underpins GDP growth across our target markets. Infrastructure, being an asset-based investment category also lends itself naturally to Islamic financing. We focus on the following infrastructure categories: transportation and logistics (roads, ports, and logistic hubs), conventional and reviewable energy (generation, transmission), touristic infrastructure, social infrastructure (schools, hospitals), water, sewage, cooling infrastructure.

In partnership with reputable institutional and private investors, Aseel Islamic Finance Service established the Africa Project Development Company, an early stage infrastructure project development company focusing primarily on Africa, through which we have access to a separate pool of capital, readily available for investment.

Real Estate

In a market characterized by ups and down in the real estate asset class, our focus is to look for opportunities with a steady cash yield and some protection on the capital. We seek to reduce tenant risk by investing in single-tenant assets with low tenant turnover. Greenfield development or not, we have interest in assets throughout the GCC, but also overseas.

We have developed a unique know-how in Education and Healthcare real estate, which offer both compelling economics and social impact. We like sale-and-lease-back opportunities in high yielding assets, where the tenant is known to us and is looking at permanent or temporary liquidity. We also can leverage our strategic relationships with some of the world’s largest developers to build large scale commercial and residential projects from the ground up.

Track Record

Aseel Islamic Finance Service inherits the track record of Union National Financial Consultancy (renamed as GII) and Allied Investment Partners, two companies established over the past decade to manage and advise on the management of private assets of members of the Abu Dhabi Royal Family. Our track record includes $2.5 billion of assets previously under management / advisory, $5.5 billion of debt syndicated and $1.0 billion of equity raised. Illustrated below are the transactions concluded after our board’s decision to focus on Shari’ah-compliance in May 2014, and the prior track record of conventional transactions (Pre-GII).

Transactions in progress
Transactions Closed
Pre Aseel Islamic Finance Service Transactions

zSpace: Learning Through AR/VR Experiences

Asset Class: Venture Capital
Location: California, USA
Type: Senior Secured Debt
Amount: $ 25 million
Status: Open for Subscriptions

UK Commercial Asset - Priory Court and Lewis Building

Asset Class: Real Estate
Location: Birmingham, UK
Type: Acquisition
Amount: Undisclosed
Status: Open for Subscriptions

Aseel Islamic Finance Service Islamic REIT (CEIC) Ltd

Asset Class: Real Estate
Location: UAE Focused
Type: REITS (DIFC Registered)
Amount: $ 1000 million
Status: Open for Subscriptions

Logistics Portfolio

Asset Class: Real Estate
Location: Dubai
Type: Acquisition
Amount: Undisclosed
Status: Closed

Realogy headquarters building

Asset Class: Real Estate
Location: New Jersey, USA
Type: Acquisition
Amount: $ 124 million
Status: Closed

Mumzworld

Asset Class: Venture Capital
Location: Dubai
Type: Direct Investment
Amount: Undisclosed
Status: Closed

Westhill Campus, Westhill Business Park

Asset Class: Real Estate
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
Type: Acquisition
Amount: GBP 44 million
Status: Closed

Amazon Distribution Centre

Asset Class: Real Estate
Location: Dortmund, Germany
Type: Acquisition
Amount: $ 144 million
Status: Closed

Pre-Leased Staff Accommodation Development

Asset Class: Real Estate
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Type: Development
Amount: Undisclosed
Status: Closed

Chelsea Police Station - Acquisition and Re-development

Asset Class: Real Estate
Location: Chelsea, London, UK
Type: Development
Amount: Undisclosed
Status: Closed

Heavy Haul Transportation and Manufacturing

Asset Class: Private Equity
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Type: Growth Capital
Amount: Undisclosed
Status: Exited

Costra Oasis - Luxury Retail Warehouse

Asset Class: Real Estate
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Type: Development
Amount: Undisclosed
Status: Closed

Dun & Bradstreet Office Building

Asset Class: Real Estate
Location: Pennsylvania, USA
Type: Acquisition
Amount: $ 48 million
Status: Closed

Aseel Islamic Finance Service TECH Tranche 1

Asset Class: Venture Capital
Location: US Focus
Type: Fund
Amount: $ 32.5 million
Status: Closed

Airbus Real Estate

Asset Class: Real Estate
Location: Newport, UK
Type: Acquisition
Amount: GBP 30 million
Status: Closed

Apttus

Asset Class: Venture Capital
Location: Silicon Valley, CA, USA
Type: Venture Investment
Amount: $ 148 million
Status: Exited

Staff Accommodation 1,2,3 & 4

Asset Class: Real Estate
Location: Dubai Investment Park, UAE
Type: Acquisition
Amount: $ 66 million
Status: Closed

zSpace Tranche 1

Asset Class: Venture Capital
Location: Silicon Valley, CA, USA
Type: Venture Investment
Amount: $ 20 million
Status: Closed

MORE Cafe

Asset Class: Private Equity
Location: United Arab Emirates
Type: Buyout
Amount: Undisclosed
Status: Closed

Tandem Fund III

Asset Class: Venture Capital
Location: Silicon Valley, CA, US
Type: LP Subscription
Amount: Undisclosed
Status: Closed

Prysm

Asset Class: Venture Capital
Location: Silicon Valley, CA, USA
Type: Venture Investment
Amount: $ 150 million
Status: Closed

CERT, Housing Project

Asset Class: Debt
Location: United Arab Emirates
Type: Term Loan
Amount: $ 55 million

Tourist Development and Investment Company

Asset Class: Debt
Location: United Arab Emirates
Type: Term Loan
Amount: $ 272 million

Tourist Development and Investment Company 2

Asset Class: Debt
Location: United Arab Emirates
Type: Sukuk
Amount: $ 1450 million

Tourist Development and Investment Company 3

Asset Class: Debt
Location: United Arab Emirates
Type: Note
Amount: $ 3000 million

ExCel by ADNEC

Asset Class: Private Equity
Location: United Arab Emirates
Type: Acquisition
Amount: $ 518 million

Emaar Properties

Asset Class: Debt
Location: United Arab Emirates
Type: Debt
Amount: $ 85 million

Trian Partners

Asset Class: Alternative Investment
Location: United Arab Emirates
Type: LP Interest
Amount: $ 250 million

Abu Dhabi Royal Family Member

Asset Class: Debt
Location: United Arab Emirates
Type: Debt
Amount: $ 20 million

HDFC

Asset Class: Debt
Location: India
Type: Structured Note
Amount: $ 100 million

Prysm

Asset Class: Private Equity
Location: United States
Type: Venture Investment
Amount: Undisclosed

Investor Relations

Our team of dedicated, experienced, Arabic-speaking senior investor relations professionals enjoys experience with Gulf Finance House, First Energy Bank, Barwa Bank, Abu Dhabi Investment House, Mena Real Estate Company, Kuwait Finance House, and relationships with thousands of private and institutional investors across the GCC and internationally.

Core group of shareholders committed to seed investments.

Strategic relationships with deep-pocket investors infrastructure, real estate development companies and banks.

Vast network of clients and investors, thousands of high net worth individuals and institutional and corporate investors across the GCC and internationally, including members of the GCC ruling families, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, defense contract obligors, private equity funds, strategic investors.

Media

Highlights

Oct 2018: "AIFS acquires a significant stake in Mumzworld."
Dubai: Aseel Islamic Finance Service announces the closing of a significant investment in Mumzworld, a leading e-commerce player in Middle East, specializing in products related to mothers, babies and children. The investment makes Aseel Islamic Finance Service the largest shareholder in Mumzworld, and officially marks AIFS's entry into the booming e-commerce sector in Middle East.

Oct 2016: "AIFS signs an exclusive agreement to deliver smart parking services at Dubai Parks and Resorts"
Dubai: Aseel Islamic Finance Service has signed an exclusive agreement to develop and invest in a state-of-art parking management system for Dubai Parks and Resorts, the region's largest integrated theme park destination, set to open on 31st October this year. More than 10,000 parking spaces will be developed by Aseel Islamic Finance Service across two parking facilities at the theme park destination.

Press Releases

April 2019: “Aseel Islamic Finance Service” to hold a significant stake in “Mumzworld”
April 2019: “Aseel Islamic Finance Service” provides support to Rashid Center for determined ones
April 2019: Aseel Islamic Finance Service acquires logistic assets in Dubai For AED. 250 M
October 2018: Aseel Islamic Finance Service acquires a significant stake in the middle east e-commerce player, Mumzworld
June 2018: Aseel Islamic Finance Service Islamic REIT maintains the momentum, signs USD 52 mn deal in Dubai.
June 2018: Aseel Islamic Finance Service Islamic REIT acquires office property in Dubai for USD 32 mn
April 2018: More Cafe announces franchisee partnerships in Kuwait, Bahrain and KSA
March 2018: Ajman Bank signs MoU with GII-REIT
December 2017: Aseel Islamic Finance Service officially launches GCC’s first monthly dividends REIT, out of DIFC, Dubai
May 2017: Aseel Islamic Finance Service announces launch of GCC's first Shariah Compliant monthly dividend REIT
May 2017: Aseel Islamic Finance Service Tech acquires minority stake in Nymi
May 2017: Aseel Islamic Finance Service expands into transportation and logistics sector
February 2017: Aseel Islamic Finance Service appoints Northacre as development manager for the former Chelsea Station Project
November 2016: Aseel Islamic Finance Service raises USD 145 million for Silicons Valley Technology Company
October 2016: Aseel Islamic Finance Service and DXB Entertainments sign an exclusive agreement to deliver smart parking services at Dubai Parks and Resorts
June 2016: Aseel Islamic Finance Service forays into US Real Estate market with acquisition of Commercial Property in Pennsylvania
March 2016: Aseel Islamic Finance Service Tech leads Series D financing round for Valencell, a leader in biometric sensor technology
May 2015: AIFS's yield generating portfolio touches USD 50 million.
December 2014: December 2014: Aseel Islamic Finance Service Concludes a Memorable Year with a Financing Round for Prysm Read More
November 2014: Aseel Islamic Finance Service Explores Foray into Islamic Private Banking Read More
October 2014: Aseel Islamic Finance Service Board Meeting Convened Read More
June 2014: Aseel Islamic Finance Service Closes AED 62.6 million Financing of Staff Accommodation Facility in Dubai Investment Park Read More

Aseel Islamic Finance Service provides access to unique, duly researched,well-structured and risk-mitigated investment opportunities in private equity, venture capital, infrastructure and real estate

Our Profile

Track Record* of Managing

$2.5

Billion in Assets

Syndicating

$5.5

Billion in Debt

Raising

$1.0

Billion In Equity

Track Record* of Managing

$2.5

Billion in Assets

Syndicating

$5.5

Billion in Debt

Raising

$1.0

Billion In Equity

Investing in Compliance with Islamic Principles

People

H.E. Mohammed Rashed Alnasri

Chairman, Aseel Islamic Finance ServiceDirector General, Office of H.H Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE

Mr. Ali Mohamed Saeed AlBadi AlDhaheri

Vice Chairman, Aseel Islamic Finance ServiceCEO, Al Fajer Securities

Mr. Ali Abdulla Taha Al-Khawari

Director, Aseel Islamic Finance Service Chairman,Tayseer Group, Kuwait

Mr. Fawaz T. Tamimi

Director, Aseel Islamic Finance Service SVP Finance and Investments, Al-Tamimi Group, Saudi Arabia

Shk. Mohammed Assad Ameen Said

Director, Aseel Islamic Finance Service Chairman, Assad Said Contracting Company, Saudi Arabia

Mr. Mohammed Al-Hassan

Director, Aseel Islamic Finance Service Co-Founder, CEO GCC, Aseel Islamic Finance Service, UAE

Mr. Hesham Al Emadi

Director, Aseel Islamic Finance Service CEO, Energy City Qatar

Mohammed Al-Hassan

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, GCC

Mohammed Al-Hassan

Pankaj Gupta

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, UAE

Pankaj Gupta

Samson Checkove

Chief Financial Officer

Samson Checkove

Jonas Voelker

Head of Private Equity

Jonas Voelker

Dr. Osama Mohammed Saad bahar

Head of Shari’ah Compliance

Dr. Osama Mohammed Saad bahar

Mr. Guna R. Mahalingam

Founder & CEO ofStrategic Swiss Partners Group.

Mr. Robert Booth

Advisor to the Chairman of Emaar Properties. Formerly, CEO of Emaar Dubai Real Estate, and Emaar North America

Mr. Ronald S. Barrott

Advisor to the Chairman of ALDAR Properties,CEO and COO of ALDAR Properties

Mohammed Al-Muawda

Head, Investment Placement

Mohammed Al-Muawda

Mohamed A. Sayyar

Senior Vice President, Investment Placement

Mohamed A. Sayyar

Khalid Ahmed Al-Mahmood

Senior Vice President, Investment Placement

Khalid Ahmed Al-Mahmood

Ahmed Nass

Senior Vice President, Investment Placement

Ahmed Nass

Hamad Al Jumairi

Senior Vice President, Investment Placement

Hamad Al Jumairi

What We Do

Investment Focus

Private Equity

Venture Capital

Infrastructure

Real Estate

Track Record

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Chairman, Aseel Islamic Finance Service
Director General, Office of H.H Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE

Vice Chairman, Aseel Islamic Finance Service
CEO, Al Fajer Securities

Director, Aseel Islamic Finance Service
Chairman,Tayseer Group, Kuwait

Director, Aseel Islamic Finance Service
SVP Finance and Investments, Al-Tamimi Group, Saudi Arabia

Director, Aseel Islamic Finance Service
Chairman, Assad Said Contracting Company, Saudi Arabia

Director, Aseel Islamic Finance Service
Co-Founder, CEO GCC, Aseel Islamic Finance Service, UAE

Director, Aseel Islamic Finance Service
CEO, Energy City Qatar

Founder & CEO of
Strategic Swiss Partners Group.

Advisor to the Chairman of Emaar Properties.
Formerly, CEO of Emaar Dubai Real Estate, and Emaar North America

Advisor to the Chairman of ALDAR Properties,
CEO and COO of ALDAR Properties

Al Mankhool, Dubai C2 Tower
Ground floor,P.O 94669 Dubai, U.A.E
Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
+971 58 825 9034
info@aifs-uae.com