Mahmoud Fathi Atta Ullah

Mr. Mahmoud F.
Atta Ullah is a Chairman & Co-Managing Director at CI Capital Holding for Financial Investments, a Chairman & Managing Director at CI Capital Research, a Group Chief Executive Officer & Chairman at CI Capital Asset Management, a Group Chief Executive Officer & Vice Chairman at CI Capital Holding (Private Equity) and a Group Treasurer at Interarab Cambist Association.
Since joining the firm in mid- 2011, his leadership efforts along with CI Capital team have been instrumental in transforming the franchise into a full-fledged financial services group serving the expansion of both arms, the investment bank and the non-banking financial services platform.
Mr. Atta Ullah spearheaded the inorganic growth of the franchise to include its non-banking financial services platform by acquiring a majority stake in both Corplease, Egypt’s leading financial leasing company and Reefy, the premier microfinance institution in Egypt.
Before joining CI Capital, he had a long and successful banking career that goes back to 1977, where he spent 20 years in Arab African International Bank (AAIB), rising to become Deputy General Manager and Group Treasurer.
His track record includes establishing and managing the first international dealing room at AAIB.
He then joined as Managing Director at HSBC Investment Banking where he launched the first international securities brokerage house in Egypt, which he led to become the third-ranked firm in the business.
Mr. Atta Ullah was later Vice Chairman of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) from 2004 until 2007.
At GAFI, he was responsible to promote Egypt as an investment hub which in turn witnessed a high growth rate of FDI during that period reaching USD11bn per annum.