Gulamabbas founded Providentia Capital LLP in London in 2004, and built a team of experienced professionals to provide global tactical asset allocation and risk management services to institutions ranging from large asset managers, to hedge funds and family offices.  In response to client requests, he established Providentia Analytics Ltd, a specialist advisory service based in Oxford, providing a suite of proprietary ‘big data’ models for identifying alpha from market dislocations, together with risk analysis based on quality of diversification.

Prior to establishing the Providentia group, Gulamabbas was at Baring Asset Management from 1998 in London and Boston, focussing on quantitative asset allocation, economics and global investment strategy.  Gulamabbas is actively engaged in academia, teaching at the University of Oxford, where he has undertaken a doctorate and served as Graduate Ambassador.  In addition, he holds four masters’ degrees and has been awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst and MSTA designations (with distinction). He shares his experience at conferences and lectures globally.

Amine is an Emerging Markets professional with over seventeen years of experience in Investment Management, Portfolio Management and Capital Markets’ Trading.  Prior to joining Providentia Capital LLP as a partner, Amine served as a Director at leading investment banks in the MENA region. He was part of their Portfolio managers specialised across multi-asset classes. Amine also served as the Head of Trading with a Pioneer Private bank in Dubai’s DIFC, creating with his team opportunities for GCC investors in the midst of the 2008 market meltdown. Amine kicked‐off his career in trading various MENA asset classes which naturally evolved to trading Emerging Markets. Amine holds a Bachelor of Economics from the American University of Beirut.

Sami has over 18 years of experience in trading Emerging Markets with a focus on fixed income and equities.

Prior to joining Providentia Capital as a partner, he was a director at one of the tier one investment banks in Lebanon where he helped set up the bank’s Fixed Income trading business.

Previously, he was the head of trading at one of the leading private banks in Dubai. Earlier in his career, he was an equity broker at a Dubai firm covering the GCC region. He began his trading career as an FX derivatives broker in Lebanon.

Sami holds a BS in Finance and Economics from the Lebanese American University.

Bassel gained considerable experience from his 18 years of trading the financial markets. His latest role as a director in a top tier investment bank in Lebanon culminates that experience as he helped set up the bank’s Fixed income trading business. Earlier in his career Bassel worked for SHUAA Capital in Dubai where he moved up the ranks from the equities execution desk to managing the company’s fixed income proprietary book. Before that, he started his career in equity sales trading in Lebanon. Bassel holds a B.S. in Biology and a B.S. in Business Administration from the American University of Beirut.