Senior Advisor, KAUST
Sanjay Tikku is Senior Advisor to KAUST Investment Management Company, the endowment arm of KAUST. Mr. Tikku was previously Managing Director, Alternative Investment Solutions within UBS Global Asset Management A&Q, where he served on the global investment committee in addition to heading the London and Asian investment offices of the group. Mr. Tikku graduated from Princeton University, where he was awarded the Peter F. Crossman, Class of 1911, Scholarship, and the James H. McGraw Scholarship. He was later a doctoral candidate and Teaching Fellow at Harvard University. He has also been a Visiting Professor in the School of Economics and Finance at the University of Hong Kong where he taught graduate courses in Alternative Investments (2015-19).
KAUST is an international graduate research university dedicated to advancing science and technology through interdisciplinary research, education, and innovation. Established in 2009 and located in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, the university pursues breakthrough research to address challenges of global significance in the areas of water, food, energy, and the environment.