Nicholas Levitt

Founder & CEO

Nicholas has twenty-five years of experience in international banking with HSBC. He has had global experience working in senior positions, including EXCOs and Boards, in Hong Kong, UAE, Qatar, India, Indonesia, the UK and Mauritius. His broad exposure took him across multiple disciplines of Corporate, Investment, Risk and Private Banking. The Entrepreneur’s Investment Office Limited (“EIO”) was established in 2016 and he joined the group in 2017 as CEO and Founder. EIO is owned by several entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals and is currently focused primarily on being the Investment Advisor to a number of real estate funds with assets under management of nearly two billion dollars. Nicholas was born in Lusaka, Zambia and is a citizen of the UK. He went to Emmanuel College, Cambridge University and Exeter School. His passions are work, family-friends and exercise -particularly when these activities involve spending time with great people, solving highly complex problems and growing businesses.

Mike Chehata

Non-Executive Director

Mike has over twenty years’ experience in the finance/auditing/consultancy industry and possesses vast knowledge of business in various areas, covering financial analysis, financial modelling, business consultancy, management, feasibilities, contract review/management/negotiation, project management, auditing, accounting, IT consultancy/ERP implementations. Became Financial Comptroller for a Company Group in Canada before settling in the UAE in 1998.

David Rice

David Rice has held senior leadership roles in private banking across the Middle East. His experience includes CEO of HSBC Private Bank UAE, COO of HSBC Private Bank’s MENA business, and Managing Director of Union Bancaire Privée’s UAE-based Middle East and Indian Subcontinent business. He was also Senior Executive Officer of UBP’s DIFC operation. He has advised on family governance for a Boston-based firm and currently chairs a family office investment advisory firm in Bahrain and advises a Zurich-based asset management advisory business.

Keith Bradley

Chief Financial Officer

Keith has over twenty years’ experience in banking, finance, and large-scale organisational transformation. He held senior leadership positions at HSBC, where he developed and executed the Group’s first global strategic plan for its Commercial Banking business, led major digital-transformation programmes across multiple regions, and served as Regional Head of Commercial Banking for the Middle East.

He later became Group Chief Business Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Barwa Bank in Qatar, where he built and managed the Corporate and Retail Banking businesses through a period of rapid expansion and led the bank’s digital and operational transformation.

Keith has also held CFO and COO roles in the private sector, overseeing financial strategy, financial controls, risk management, and operational restructuring across technology-enabled businesses in the UAE. His career has equipped him with deep expertise in commercial banking, strategic finance, digital transformation, and driving financial performance in complex, multi-market environments.

Parastu Aghai

Compliance Officer and MLRO

Parastu has over 15 years’ experience as a legal and compliance officer, with a deep understanding of corporate and commercial transactions within the Middle East and Europe.

Master of Laws (LLM) and Bachelor’s Degree in Public International Law – University of Hamburg, Germany; Certificate in Compliance – ICA.

Core Focus:

• Governance, Risk, and Compliance
• AML/CFT and Financial Sanctions
• Corporate and legal structuring
• Funds structuring and compliance (UAE)

Ameet Saldanha

COO-CRO

Ameet Saldanha has 18 years of experience in insurance and financial services with Prudential, Capita and Nexus group with exposure to the UK & UAE markets. He has worked in supervisory and operations management roles for the last 14 years in the life insurance, medical insurance, savings & investments and pensions areas.

Charles de Boissezon

Chairman

Charles has over forty years of experience in international banking starting with HSBC in London in 1971 and other senior positions in New York, Hong Kong, Chile, Jersey and Switzerland. His focus on private banking started in 1985 as a founding member of HSBC’s nascent private bank in Hong Kong. He was appointed CEO of HSBC Private Banking in Hong Kong in 1990, CEO of HSBC Private Bank (CI) Ltd and HSBC Trustee (CI) Ltd in Jersey in 1993. He became CEO of HSBC Private Bank/British Bank of the Middle East in Geneva in 1995. He joined Switzerland’s Banque Piguet & Cie SA as CEO in 2003. He was appointed CEO of India’s Hinduja Group’s banking arm, Hinduja Bank (Switzerland) Ltd, in 2011.

Indranil RC

Chief Sales Officer, GCC

Indranil is looking after growth and development for EIO Group based out of the Dubai office. He is a seasoned professional with over 22 plus years of experience across the entire spectrum of Investments, M&A, Fund Raising, Corporate Strategy and Risk Management.  He had a long tenure working at high performance environments of Government owned Investment Vehicles (GRE) of Dubai Holding and Emaar across both listed and privately owned entities in the UAE. He has also spent substantial time working with a major UAE based Family Conglomerate looking after Investments and Strategy. He is well exposed to the tech sector via his role at Nokia Oyj and subsequent stints at the Founder’s institute and TechStars. He has a wide industry investment and asset management experience across Real Estate Development, Hospitality, Retail, Logistics & Marine, Automotive & EVs, Energy (Conventional and Renewable), SoCom sectors (Education & healthcare), Agriculture & Food Production, Mining and Minerals, B2B Equipment & Machinery Trading, Banking & Insurance and Heavy Industrials. He has initiated and closed several multi-billion dollar opportunities in the above sectors. He is a summa cum laude from the prestigious XLRI – Xavier School of Management, India with a Postgraduate Diploma in Management specialising in Strategy and Finance and a magna cum laude from the prestigious Visvesvaraya Technological University, Bangalore, India with a Bachelor of Engineering Degree specialising in Electronics and Communication. He is also a standing member of CFA Institute, USA , the Indian Business & Professional Council (UAE) and the Brookings Institute, USA.

Cherry Sun

Head of Transaction Management

Cherry has fifteen years of international banking experience with HSBC, having held a variety of roles in Corporate Banking and Private Banking. Her core skills spread widely across relationship management, wealth management and capital markets. Born in China, Cherry has spent her entire career living and working in Hong Kong, UK, South Korea, Jordan, Algeria and UAE. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst and holds a Master of Science in Economics from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Outside of the professional world, Cherry enjoys skiing, yoga, traveling and reading crime fiction.

Darragh Monaghan

Operations Manager

Anu Davis

Accountant

Anu has over 7 years of accounting experience, specializing in accounts payable, receivable, credit control, and auditing in India and the UAE. She is based in the UAE and has experience in financial reconciliation. Proficient with accounting software such as SAP, Microsoft Navision, and Tally. She has a successful track record of assuring financial correctness and compliance in a variety of roles. Anu holds an MBA with a focus on Finance and Marketing and a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the University of Calicut.