Societe Generale AM Alternative Investments (SGAM AI) has hired three Directors of Institutional Sales to cover Europe and the Middle East. Based in London and reporting to Alastair Smith, Head of Hedge Fund Sales Europe and Middle East, Karen Gabay, Marlene Francisco and Nader Salman will be responsible for marketing SGAM AI’s extensive range of products to institutional investors.
“We are delighted to have such high caliber professionals as Karen, Marlene and Nader join our specialist sales team as we build out our distribution capabilities internationally,” says Ari Assayag, the Global Head of Hedge Funds of SGAM AI. “Our acknowledged expertise in funds of hedge funds and portable alpha, as well as the recently launched SGAM AI Equity Fund in partnership with Renaissance, Highbridge and Caxton, form a solid basis from which to serve investors.”
Gabay (Northern Europe) joined the Socit Gnrale Group in 1997 where she was responsible for fixed income business with institutional accounts in Scandinavia and the Benelux. Most recently she was European Head of Credit Sales at Socit Gnrale Corporate & Investment Banking (SGCIB).
Francisco (Southern Europe) joins from Goldman Sachs Prime Brokerage as Executive Director. Prior to that Marlene worked as an Equity Sales Trader with BBVA and Morgan Stanley. She started her career in 1993 with Goldman Sachs in Mexico and holds an International MBA from Instituto de Empresa in Madrid.
Salman (Middle East) was previously a Director of Institutional Business Development for PlusFunds in New York. He started his career in 1998 and has had several positions in the finance sector in the Middle East and Canada. Nader holds a Master of Science in Business from Concordia University’s John Molson School of Business in Montreal.