Our Core Team

Aleem Siddiqui

Chief Investment Officer


Aleem’s background is in institutional asset management with 20 years of experience managing investments in multi asset class portfolios. He has built and led investment programs in the US, UK, Asia and Middle East for family offices and sophisticated institutions. Aleem has undergraduate and graduate degrees in Mathematics and quantitative finance from the US and UK.

Mazen AbualHaija

Head of Real Estate Development


Mazen is a dynamic professional with 25+ years’ experience in real estate development, real estate investment, and asset management. He started his career in real estate field in the USA, where he developed, and acquired, multifamily and mixed-use properties in various States around the country. Mazen holds a degree in Business Administration with advanced courses in real estate development from Portland State University, USA.

Daison D’Silva, FCCA

Head of Finance


Daison's professional career spans a wide range of businesses, with over 30 years of working experience in Finance, Accounting and Business Administration covering Asian countries, mainly Singapore, Malaysia and the Middle East. He has led the business support teams in senior positions in public accounting firms and multinationals in those regions, and currently at the helm of Al Nahdha Investment’s Finance Department since 2009.