Karine Kheirallah

Karine Kheirallah is a Managing Director, Head of Investment Strategy and Research, Middle East & Africa at SSGA in Dubai. Karine brings 25 years of financial services experience in Canada, Switzerland and the Middle East, having filled a variety of investment research, portfolio management and investment solutions roles at leading institutions. Most recently, Karine was a senior investment advisor to UHNWI and family office clients at Liechtensteinische Landesbank and at Barclays Private Bank (Dubai), and Head of Portfolio Management at Falcon Private Bank in Zurich and UAE. Karine has also held investment management and advisory roles at KIPCO (Kuwait) and Rasmala Investment Bank and she has significant experience in advising and managing MENA bond and equity portfolios. Karine started her career at Royal Bank of Canada and Laurentian Bank of Canada in Liquidity Management and Capital Markets and she is a regular speaker at industry conferences in the Middle East. Karine holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance and Information Systems from McGill University in Montreal.