TFO employs investment advisors, fund managers, traders and economists with proven track records at leading private equity firms, investment houses and hedge funds in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Abdulmohsin Al Omran
Abdulmohsin is the Chief Executive Officer of TFO. Prior to founding TFO in 2004, Abdulmohsin was with the Private Wealth Management team of Goldman Sachs based in London. He started his financial career at Gulf International Bank in 1988, after which he worked in Saudi International Bank, Riyadh Bank, and Investcorp. Abdulmohsin holds a BS in Industrial Management with a Finance major from King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals, and an MBA from City University in London.
Jon P. Hedley
Jon opened TFO's New York Office in 2009. He is the co-head of the TFO's Real Estate Co-Investment Program and he also oversees many of TFO’s private equity investments. Jon has been a member of TFO's Board of Directors since its founding. Prior to his affiliation with TFO, Jon was a co-founder and co-Chief Executive Officer of OneCapital Management Partners, an alternative investment management company based in New York. Prior to that, Jon was a member of Investcorp’s Management Committee where he was responsible for private equity origination out of New York and later, co-founded and co-managed the firm’s fund of hedge funds. Jon started his career at Bankers Trust Company in New York providing acquisition financing to private equity sponsors in the early 1980's. In between years at Harvard Business School, he worked as an investment banker at Drexel Burnham Lambert. After receiving his MBA from Harvard in 1987, he rejoined Drexel in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group and was there until joining Investcorp in 1990.
Edward Lord
Edward Lord is the co-Head of TFO’s Real Estate Co-Investment Program at TFO. Prior to becoming an advisor to TFO, Edward served as the Senior Advisor, Real Estate, to Rhodes Associates in New York. From 1994 to 2005, Edward was the Head of Real Estate at Investcorp. Prior to this, he was a Managing Director at Dean Witter Realty. Over the course of his career, Edward has executed in excess of 200 real estate transactions totaling approximately $4.2 billion.
H. Christopher Frigon
H. Christopher Frigon is a Private Equity Director at TFO. Prior to joining TFO, Chris was a Principal with SCIP Capital Management, LLC where he was responsible for sourcing, evaluating and executing private equity co-investments with middle market private equity sponsors. Chris brings 20 years of principal investing experience with established private equity firms including Morgan Stanley, Investcorp, McCown DeLeeuw and LNK Partners. Chris earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and holds a BA in Economics and Computer Applications from the University of Notre Dame.
Arup Asadullah
Arup is a Portfolio Manager specializing in the credit and equity markets. Previously he was responsible for the European Capital Structure business for a global hedge fund in London, trading multiple asset classes across credit, equities, rates and derivatives. He also worked for Lehman Brothers in both New York and London. Arup holds an MBA from the London Business School and a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Queensland.
Naji Nehme
Naji is a Portfolio Manager specializing in evaluating third party investment managers. Prior to joining TFO, he worked at a multi-family office in Canada, where he was responsible for sourcing, evaluating and recommending external fund managers to clients. Prior to that Naji worked with Ernst & Young Investment Advisory Services and with CDP Capital. Naji holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia University, and a Masters in Financial Engineering from École des Hautes Études Commerciales. Naji is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Philip Ng
Philip Ng is a Portfolio Manager and Head of TFO’s Hong Kong Office. Prior to TFO, Philip was the Investment Director of AGIFEL International, a Hong Kong based joint venture between Middle Eastern high net-worth individuals and U.K. based HSBC Group. Philip is a fellow member of CPA Australia and a Chartered Public Finance Accountant of U.K.’s The Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy. He holds specialist designations in Securities, Derivatives and Asset Management awarded by Hong Kong Securities Institute. Philip received a Master of Applied Finance degree from Macquarie University and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University of Wollongong in Australia.
Mohammed Omran
Mohamed Omran is an Investment Analyst. Mohammed started his career with The Arab Investment Company (TAIC), Bahrain as an Officer in the Money Market department in 2004. Mohammed holds a B.Sc. in Business Information Systems with First Class of Honor from University of Bahrain. Mohammed is a Chartered Financial Analyst.