Mr. Pankaj is a financial service professional with over 20 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 (AIP), a UAE-based investment banking company he contributed to build from inception in 2007, and was managing the assets of a number of prominent business families and leading members of the Abu Dhabi Royal family. In 2004, together with Terence Allen, Pankaj played an instrumental role in launching Union National Financial Consultancy (UNFC), an investment advisory setup (which changed its name to Gulf Islamic Investments (GII) in 2014) dedicated to assisting 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, for 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 the Investment Banking Division of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (now First Abu Dhabi Bank), where he was key to introducing diverse Indian investment opportunities to the bank’s investors. Pankaj is involved in multiple project and company start-ups, and is member of Management Board & Advisory Board for several companies. He is also the Ambassador & Strategic Advisor to Horasis (leading emerging market forum).

In addition to the above, Pankaj is the founder and investor of Agile Financial Technologies, and is associated with Valencell, Apus, and Prysm Inc., in the capacity of a board member, board observer or an advisor. Pankaj is also the director of GII Tech Fund, one of the leading GCC funds with Silicon Valley focus. Outside of work, Pankaj is actively involved in social & philanthropic work. Pankaj holds B.Sc (Mathematics) and an MBA Degree. He is also a Certified Private Equity Specialist (CPES).