Mr. Bargouti started off as a fund of funds analyst before moving into portfolio management.  He gained portfolio management experience in the UAE where he worked for Amanah which is a private company owned by a member of the Abu Dhabi Royal Family. Mr. Bargouti has also managed US$ 1.5 billion at the Saudi Investment Bank and US$ 3.5 billion at Integra Capital Management. Most recently at Samba Capital, he managed in excess of US$8.5 billion in asset under management. Mr. Bargouti has been responsible for the management of government discretionary portfolio’s and structuring several mutual funds across global markets and the GCC raising US$ 2 billion.  His expertise also includes structuring an array of Shari’a compliant funds, including a US$ 2 billion infrastructure fund.