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WOMAN LEADER THE CHANGEMAKER Breaking stereotypes and misconceptions is Abu Dhabibased investment manager Asma Saeed Al Hamiz, an emotional wellness consultant who is giving women in the region a fighting chance By Varun Godinho The Sofia University, formerly known as the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, is located smack dab in the middle of Silicon Valley. Founded back in 1975, you’d imagine that this university would have already witnessed nationalities from nearly every country across the world studying in its corridors. But you’re wrong. Back in 2012, when Asma Al Hamiz – an Abu Dhabi-based investment manager – enrolled there for a Masters of Arts in Psychology, she was the very first Emirati to do so. Doing so, meant that she had to challenge perceptions and stereotypes about the region she came from in the otherwise progressive Palo Alto community that’s fostered tech giants from Tesla and Facebook to Pinterest and Hewlett Packard. “Many people who met me were surprised because they see Dubai and the UAE only on screens and I was bridging that gap between reality and fantasy. They would say, ‘Are there people who are actually natives of the UAE?’ ” But it worked the other way around too. The Emirati student also needed to shatter some of her own pre-conceived ideas about westerners. “It was an eye-opening experience for me despite my exposure to the West from my extensive travels, despite the UAE being a melting pot of cultures, despite my work in the hedge fund world. Going to California which is one of the most progressive states and also to a school which attracted creative exceptional students who are looking for transformative education experiences was an eye-opener.” THE FINANCE WHIZ Asma comes from a family that was already well-intertwined with the local investment field in the UAE. “My dad until very recently, he retired this year, was the assistant governor of banking supervision in the Central Bank of the UAE. He was always keen on my academic and professional development.” Meanwhile, her mother, the eldest of four women siblings, is responsible for her family business after she retired from her job as a teacher. Asma began her investment career in 2004 and was hired as the assistant vice president in the hedge funds department of the Abu Dhabi <strong>18</strong> EQUITY
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