
Sophia Oumary
Global Head of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) & Financial Sponsors Coverage at FAB
The move
MoveWells Fargo → First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)
TitleGlobal Institutional Client Group → Managing Director, Global Head of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) & Financial Sponsors Coverage
LocationSingapore → Abu Dhabi
First time at this levelYes ★
Cross-border moveYes · Singapore → United Arab Emirates
UAE federal / sovereign destinationYes ★
Years in UAE10.4
Total experience17.4 years
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) headcount1,001-5,000 employees
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) industryBanking
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) HQAbu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) typePublic Company
Career arc
- Managing Director, Global Head of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) & Financial Sponsors CoverageJun 2022 — Present
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates· Full-time - Global Institutional Client GroupJan 2021 — Jun 2022
Wells Fargo· Singapore - Debt Capital MarketsJan 2017 — Jan 2021
Wells Fargo· Hong Kong - Sovereign Wealth Funds CoverageMar 2013 — Dec 2016
Wells Fargo· Dubai - Investment Banking Division - M&AJul 2010 — Mar 2013
Morgan Stanley· Dubai - Financial AuditorOct 2009 — May 2010
EY· Paris, Île-de-France, France - Capital MarketsJun 2008 — Aug 2008
Lehman Brothers· London, England, United Kingdom
- Structured Fund ManagementJan 2008 — Aug 2008
JPMorgan Chase & Co. - Private EquityJun 2007 — Dec 2007
PAI Partners· Paris, Île-de-France, France
Education
- ESCP EuropeMaster Degree - Grande Ecole · International Track - Major in Finance2005 — 2009
- University of Wisconsin-Madison - School of BusinessExchange program2008 — 2008
- Lycée Carnot - Classes Preparatoires (Paris, France)2003 — 2005
- United Nations Environment Programme – Finance Initiative ("UNEP FI")Certificate of Environmental and Social Risk Analysis · Sustainable Finance2020 — 2020
Languages
- English
- French
- Arabic