Mr. Wael Bayazid
Retired Investment Banker
Mr. Wael Bayazid was the chairman of the Middle East at Nuveen Investment Management, which he joined in 2022 to help expand its institutional business in the region. Before joining Nuveen Investment Management, Bayazid was managing director and partner at The Carlyle Group for 26 years, in charge of business development in the Middle East and parts of Europe. Prior to that, he was global country head for Saudi Arabia in the Global Asset Management Group of the Chase Manhattan Bank, based in Geneva, Switzerland. He has an extensive history of working in the banking and financial sector. He was the vice chair of ABANA (Arab Bankers Association of North America), a U.S. organization for finance professionals and institutions with an interest in the Middle East and North Africa. Bayazid is a trustee of the International College, Beirut, Lebanon. He holds a bachelor's degree from the American College of Switzerland and a master's degree from the Kennedy School, Harvard University.