Mr. Ashok Aram joined Abraaj after a distinguished 15-year career at Deutsche Bank which took him to Singapore, Frankfurt, New York and London. He was a founding member of the bank’s telecommunications advisory and financing practice in Asia, and a member of the team which acquired Bankers Trust in the United States in 1998.

From 2001 to 2004, he was Head of Deutsche Bank’s Global Banking Division, responsible for the Corporate Banking & Structured Finance businesses, with operations in more than 60 countries. He was later involved in the successful build-up of the Global Principal Finance and Structured Credit Trading business of the bank. He joined the board of Abraaj in 2004, representing Deutsche’s stake in Abraaj. Immediately before joining Abraaj Mr. Aram was Managing Director with Deutsche in London as Head of Equity Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets, Corporate Coverage and Sales in Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Middle East and Africa. He serves on the Board of companies in India and the United States, and earlier served on the boards of Deutsche Bank Spain and Deutsche Bank Poland. Born in India, Mr. Aram completed his Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Telecommunications at the College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai. He went on to graduate studies in International Business & Comparative Culture at Sophia University, Tokyo.

He is a trustee of Shanti Ashram, a development foundation in Coimbatore, India, and has been involved with the Herbert Quandt Foundation, Germany, and the Confederation of Indian Industry. Ashok is married, and speaks English, German, Japanese, Hindi and Tamil.