Atif A. Abdulmalik

Mr. Abdulmalik is the Chief Executive Officer and one of the founders of Arcapita Bank, a global investment firm with total assets of $4.4 billion. He established Arcapita in 1997 and the company now has more than 300 employees working out of Bahrain, Atlanta, London and Singapore. Mr. Abdulmalik has a BBA in Accounting, Finance and Management from Saint Edward’s University, Texas, and is a Certified Public Accountant from the State of Maryland. In 2007, he was awarded The Proficiency Medal First Class by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, in acknowledgement of his outstanding contribution to the Kingdom of Bahrain. Mr. Abdulmalik has led Arcapita through a ten-year period of rapid and consistent growth, developing an organization which has gained a reputation for undertaking innovative and ground-breaking transactions in Private Equity, Real Estate, Infrastructure and Venture Capital. Under Mr. Abdulmalik’s leadership, Arcapita has completed investment transactions exceeding $28 billion and in 2008 recorded net income of $362 million.