Tavros Group appoints Kemal Arif as Chief Investment Officer and Head of Business Development

A highly experienced professional Kemal Arif has been appointed as Chief Investment Officer and Head of Business Development.

Kemal Arif was born in Kazakhstan in 1986. He graduated from British International School Istanbul in 2003 and from Koç University, Faculty of Business Administration, in 2005. Arif spent a year as an Erasmus exchange student at Ecole de Management, Bordeaux, France, and continued his undergraduate studies in London School of Economics and Political Science, graduating in 2007.

In 2010 Arif graduated with honours from Webster University St. Louis Missouri, USA, obtaining a master’s degree from the faculty of Leadership and Management.

Arif started his career in London, Merill Lynch Investment Bank in 2008, and worked at Hyde Park Hedge Fund and Morgan Capital Partners for the following 2 years.

Between 2011-2013 Arif was with private investment fund in London, UK where he managed investment & advisory teams as well as luxury real estate development.

In 2014 he joined Tavros Group team and was appointed as Chief Investment Officer and Head of Business Development.

Kemal Arif speaks fluent Russian, Turkish, English and French. He is married with two children.

• 

Back