Ashok Aram

Position: CEO, Middle East and North Africa, Deutsche Bank

Biography: Germany’s Deutsche Bank appointed Ashok Aram as regional CEO in September 2010. He is responsible for the development of all the bank’s business lines across the Middle East and North Africa, overseeing nearly 200 staff, of which 160 are based in Dubai.

Aram originally moved to Dubai to head up local private equity firm Abraaj Capital in 2004, before returning to Deutsche Bank in 2010. He started his career at the bank in 1995, working in the telecoms advisory and financing practice. In 2000, at the age of 29, he became the youngest person in the lender’s history to hold the title of managing director. Aside from his time at Abraaj, Aram has spent his entire career with Deutsche Bank.

He also sits on the boards of several companies in his native India, and is a trustee of Shanti Ashram, an organisation that tries to tackle issues affecting the country’s poorer communities.

Contact Tel: (+971) 4 361 1700
Website: www.db.com