Our People

Michael Philipp

Director

Prior to joining SHUAA Capital as Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors, Michael Philipp was a Member of the Group Executive Board of Credit Suisse from 2005 to 2008, as well as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse Europe, Middle East and Africa. During his tenure as Chairman and CEO, he expanded Credit Suisse's commitment to Emerging Markets, particularly in the Middle East and Africa. Mr. Philipp was also the Chairman of the Environmental Business Group.

Mr. Philipp joined Credit Suisse from Deutsche Bank, where he was a Member of the Board of Managing Directors responsible for the Middle East and Africa Region from 2000 to 2002. At Deutsche Bank, he held a number of senior management positions from 1995 to 2002, including Chairman and CEO of Deutsche Asset Management, with responsibility for over $600 billion of client assets. He was a central figure in Deutsche Bank’s expansion into global investment banking with the acquisition of Banker’s Trust. He also served as Head of Global Equities and Head of Global Markets Sales.

Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Mr. Philipp spent over a decade at the forefront of the rapidly expanding global futures and options industry. At Goldman Sachs (1982 to 1990), he held a variety of positions in Fixed Income and the Futures Services Departments; and at Merrill Lynch (1990 to 1995) he was the Global Head of Futures and Options.

From 2000 to 2007, Mr. Philipp was on the Advisory Board of the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) and the Executive Board of the Dubai International Financial Exchange (now Nasdaq Dubai).

Mr. Philipp is currently Chairman of Reykjavik Geothermal, Ltd., a geothermal power development company based in Iceland. He is also the Managing Partner of Ambata Capital Partners, an international advisory and investment firm based in New York, Atlanta and San Francisco.

Mr. Philipp is also on the Board of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in the U.S. and the Board of the Fisheries Conservation Foundation. Michael holds a B.A. in Fine Arts, an M.B.A. in Finance, and an honorary Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts.