President
ABANA

Mohannad Aama is a finance professional and frequent commentator with more than two decades of experience. He previously served as a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager at Beam Capital Management, a New York-based investment management and advisory firm. More recently, he assumed a senior role at Rutgers University as Managing Director of Professional Programs.

Mohannad has been an invited speaker at numerous asset management and investment conferences across the Middle East and North America, including MEED Conferences, IMN/Euromoney, Inside ETFs, Aspen Institute, ABANA, and REDmoney.

He often shares his insights on the global economy and financial markets with various media outlets. He has appeared on or been quoted in BBC, Bloomberg, Reuters, NY Times, The Guardian, PBS, France24, Al Arabiya, CNBC Arabia, LBC, Alhurra, Fortune, CNN Money, Nikkei, Radio Monte Carlo, and other TV and print media in North America, the Middle East, Europe, and Australia.

Mohannad is a former Board member of ABANA, where he served on its Executive Committee and as Treasurer, Chair of Communications, and Chair of Programs.

Mohannad is fluent in Arabic. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Brooklyn College and an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester. He also holds the CFP® certification and the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) designation.