Ifty Islam

Overview

Ifty was a founding partner of AT Capital establishing the firm in 2007. Since then Ifty has focused on macro, market strategy and sector research with a wide range of clients including leading international fund managers as well as large local corporates. In addition, Ifty has worked on consulting projects for the Government of Bangladesh in a number of areas, from PPP, to Capital Markets Development, Climate Change, RMG and the Energy Sector. Prior to moving to Dhaka, Ifty was a Managing Director at Citigroup, London from 2004-2007 where he was Head of Macro Strategy/Hedge Fund Research. From 1997-2004 Ifty spent 8 years at Deutsche Bank Securities in London and New York, latterly as Managing Director and Chief US Strategist. Ifty has also worked as a European Strategist at Merrill Lynch and began his career in 1989 in the corporate finance group at BZW Securities focusing on privatizations in Eastern Europe.