AAjmal Rahman has served as the Chairman of the board of directors and Co-Chief Executive Officer since inception. Mr. Rahman is a seasoned executive with over 30 years of experience in global financial markets, corporate leadership, and board-level advisory.
Mr. Rahman began his career at Merrill Lynch in 1986, where he held senior investment banking roles across London, New York, and Hong Kong until 2003. During this time, he led the structuring and execution of equity and equity-linked transactions of which the top 13 deals were approximately $20 billion in transaction value. Among his most notable deals were a $7.5 billion equity and convertible bond offering for China Mobile, a $5.6 billion exchangeable convertible bond issuance by Hutchison Whampoa into Vodafone Plc, and the $1.5 billion initial public offering of China National
Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC). Between 1996 and 2001 he was managing director and regional head of Merrill Lynch’s Asian Equity Capital Markets group. Prior to this appointment he worked in the ECM for Merrill Lynch in London and New York. During his tenure at Merrill Lynch, they were recognized by International Financing Review
as the top firm in Asia for Equity and Equity-Linked issuance.
Following his tenure at Merrill Lynch, Mr. Rahman held a number of executive and board positions across diverse industries. From 2016 to 2020, he served as Chairman of WElink Energy Investments (U.K.) Limited, a global renewable energy and infrastructure company. Between 2015 and 2020, he was Chief Executive Officer and Director
of Antev Ltd, a UK-based biotechnology firm focused on urological oncology. He later served as Chairman of Celex Oncology Innovations Ltd from 2020 to 2021. He continues to advise boards and leadership teams in sectors including healthcare, technology, and sustainable infrastructure.
Mr. Rahman holds a Master of Arts in Law from Pembroke College, University of Cambridge.
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Mr. Rahman is a seasoned executive with over 30 years of experience in global financial markets, corporate leadership, and board-level advisory.
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