MENA

Head of MENA

Tel: +971 2 672 6327

Craig has over 30 years’ experience in the financial services industry globally, having held senior management positions in fund management firms, investment banking and fund administration. He is keenly involved in the development of practices and the landscape of the financial services sector and his expertise and advice is often sought by major stakeholders in the sector.

Head of Business Development, MENA

Tel: +971 4 428 9221

Glyn Gibbs joined Apex Fund Services in October 2015 bringing with him over 30 years of industry experience in both Corporate and Institutional roles within the asset management industry. Glyn has extensive experience of managing relationships with sovereign entities, asset managers, pension funds, family offices, banks, brokers and corporates.

Non-Executive Director, Apex Group Boards in MENA and India (Strategic Development)

Email: bhaskar.dasgupta@apexfs.com

Dr. Bhaskar Dasgupta is a Senior Board Member & Business Executive with proven regulatory engagement, strategic business development, fund raising & business transformation experience deploying advanced analytical and pragmatic delivery skills in various regulated and unregulated sectors - banking, markets, crypto, asset management, technology. He is currently the Head of Strategic Development MENA at Apex Group assisting in the development of the region for Apex, a global financial services provider with more than $2.5T AUA – to asset managers, capital markets, private clients and family offices. Apex includes including fund services, digital onboarding and bank accounts, depositary, custody and super ManCo services, business services including HR and Payroll and a pioneering ESG Ratings and Advisory service for private companies.

Country Head - Bahrain

Tel: +973 3711 1357

Koshy has 30 years of operational and accounting experience and was appointed as Managing Director of Apex Bahrain in April 2020. He has been based in the GCC since 1996 and has worked with various banks and financial institutions primarily in the wealth management operations space and his previous position before joining Apex was with a consulting firm where he had been a Senior Director.

Country Head - Israel

Tel: +972 3 373 0407

Shmuel Menahem, CPA, is Head of Israel at Apex Group Ltd and overlooks the business strategy for the region & has years of experience in leading operations, while maximizing efficiency together with quality service. Apex is a Global Administrator for Hedge Funds, Venture Capital, Debt and Private Equity funds, delivering extensive range of single-source services across the full value chain, to asset managers, capital markets, corporates and family office.

Managing Director, Mauritius

Tel: +230 404 3939

Santosh K. Gujadhur is a licensed legal practitioner and is admitted to the New York State bar in the USA. One of his previous roles at Sidley Austin LLP, focused on capital markets and equity derivatives transactions and general corporate transactional work. He has represented financial institutions, broker–dealers, REITs, sovereign wealth funds and other corporate clients in equity, debt and hybrid capital transactions, fund formations, IPOs, tender offers, swaps and accelerated share repurchase transactions, investment transactions, regulatory matters, capital injections by the U.S. government and various other transactions. Santosh has extensive experience in interacting with lawyers, tax advisers and boards of directors of funds/SPVs in various jurisdictions to structure, close and maintain investment vehicles.

Client Relations Managing Director, Mauritius

Tel: +230 5253 2601

Tej Gujadhur is a Managing Director, Client Relations based in our Mauritius office. He is a UK qualified chartered accountant and he has spent 26 years in the financial sector in London, Dublin, New York, DC and Mauritius with Ernst & Young, as partner/CFO of The Children’s Investment Fund and the CFO of Apollo Management’s European distressed and principal finance business. He co-founded GFin Corporate Services Ltd in Mauritius and that is now fully integrated into Apex as from February 2021. Tej continues to serve several asset managers as a board director in Europe and India.

Head of Corporate Solutions, Mauritius

Tel: +230 404 8800

Pramod Nair holds an economics degree from the Mahatma Gandhi University, India and a law degree from the University of Pune, India. He joined Apex Group in 2007 and currently holds the role of Head of Corporate Solutions. Before joining Apex Mauritius, Pramod has worked in legal firms in India and Mauritius.

Head of Mauritius

Tel: +230 404 8800

Mahesh joined Apex Group in 2007 as the Head of Apex, Mauritius. He has over 20 years’ experience within the financial services industry. He is also a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.

Regional Head Mauritius and India

Tel: +230 467 3000

Rubina is Regional Head of Mauritius and India and joins Apex through the acquisition of Sanne where she has been since 1999. In her role at Apex, she is responsible for driving the strategic direction of the business with oversight of client services operations, outsourcing business and business development. Prior to joining Sanne, Rubina was a Senior Manager with PwC (Mauritius), with exposure in the financial, textile and tourism sectors, including management of overseas projects financed by international financial institutions. She had previously worked for KPMG (Manchester) for six years, where she specialised in the banking and finance sector and value for money audits. She has over 25 years’ experience in accountancy, auditing, tax and consultancy. Rubina's area of expertise is fund structuring and administration. Rubina is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and has a BSc (Hons) (University of Manchester).

Chairman, Mauritius

Tel: +230 467 3000

Rama is Chairman of the Mauritius branch of Apex Group and joined through the acquisition of Sanne where he was also Chairman since 2017. Rama is recognised for his role in establishing Mauritius as an International Financial Centre when he was Minister of Finance from 1991 to 1995. He is highly regarded for his economic reform that helped to re-position Mauritius as a diversified economy. He was also Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Economic Empowerment between 2005 and 2010. Dr Sithanen is the present Chairman of the Rwanda Development Board and advises the Government of Rwanda on taxes, competitiveness and financial services issues. Dr Rama has a BSc Honours in Economics, MSc in Economics (London School of Economics and Political Science) and a PhD in Political Science (Brunel University, UK).

Country Head - Abu Dhabi

Tel: +971 56 687 5057

Niall took over the position as Country Head and Senior Executive Officer of Apex Abu-Dhabi from December 2022. Prior to this Niall was Managing Director for Apex UK in 2017 following nearly two years as Operations Manager where he oversaw the management of the Apex UK Fund Accounting teams, prior to which he acted as a Senior Account Manager at Apex UK for four years. Niall has 20 years’ experience in Fund Accounting , with an extensive technical knowledge of Fund Accounting, Transfer Agency and Taxation and FCA Regulatory requirement. Before joining Apex Niall was previously Fund Accounting Manager at Sharefunds where he was lead Project Manager for an extensive fund transition project. He holds a Certificate in Investment Management and an Advanced Investment Administration Certificate.

Country Head - Dubai

Tel: +971 4 428 9221

Naveed Zamir has over 13 years’ experiences in the Financial Services Industry. Naveed joined Apex in 2012 and currently holds the position as Head of Apex, Dubai.