Ali Shafqat

CEO, Qbera Capital

^{Ali founded Qbera Capital in 2017 having worked for 19 years in banking and financial services, primarily with HSBC and KPMG. Ali has completed transactions in over 6 different jurisdictions across Europe and MENA and has extensive experience in deploying capital across Asset Finance, Structured Debt and Structured Commodity Financing. Ali has worked across various sectors predominantly in oil and gas, metals and mining, agri, infrastructure and transport. Prior to founding Qbera Capital LLP, Ali was based in Dubai with HSBC Middle East heading up their Commodity and Structured Trade Financing, building relationships and executing multi-billion dollar deals across MENA and Africa. With the full P&L responsibility, Ali has experience of actively working with work-out teams for legacy non-performing loan portfolios. Ali spent 6 years of his career working extensively in credit and portfolio management in global roles in HSBC which provided him with a solid risk and operations foundation that has been his strength when structuring and executing complex deals in emerging markets. Ali has demonstrated his ability to develop high performing teams in his senior roles in Saudi Arabia, UK and Dubai. Ali is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and has a BA in Economics and Statistics. He has taken various courses for professional development in the areas of risk management (Cambridge University Judge Business School), Trade Finance, Advanced Financial Modelling, Corporate Finance and Funding and International Treasury Management.}