Over 15 years of experience

Alaa has been a portfolio manager for the Emerging Markets Fixed Income team at BNP Paribas Asset Management since 2013. She is responsible for alpha decisions related to hard and local currency emerging market quasi-sovereign and corporate risk.

Alaa joined BNP Paribas Group in 2004 in Bahrain where she worked in the BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking group in relationship management, credit analysis and risk management. She joined FFTW in London in 2007 as a portfolio analyst, progressing to her current role in 2013.

She holds a BSc in Finance from Drake University and an MBA from Imperial College London. Alaa is based in London.