Kaveh Samie

Kaveh Samie （Dubai/London） joined KKR in 2011 as Head of KKR Middle East and North Africa. Prior to joining KKR， Mr. Samie was a Managing Director and Global Head of Equities for HSBC Middle East and North Africa. Prior to joining HSBC in 2009， Mr. Samie spent 16 years at Citigroup， most recently as Regional Head of Equities for Middle East and North Africa， covering sovereign wealth funds， government entities， and family offices. Previously， he worked for Oppenheimer & Co.， Prudential Securities and Bank Julius Baer. In his 24 years of experience covering the region， Mr Samie built an extremely strong relationship-based franchise across all investment products， and was responsible for many regional Sovereign Wealth Funds’ investments into global trophy assets.