Ali Akay
Chief Investment Officer & Founding Partner

  • 25 years experience

  • Portfolio Manager, Financials, GEMS

  • BSc, Economics, BA German Literature and International Studies, Wharton School of Business

  • Languages: Multiple

Ali Akay founded Carrhae Capital in 2011 after securing a seed investment from Blackstone.

Prior to founding Carrhae, Ali worked at SAC Global as a portfolio manager and partner from 2008 until June 2011. At SAC Global he managed the emerging market equities long/short portfolio from the London office. He was also a member of the SAC Global Investment Committee.

Ali began his career in 1999 at McKinsey & Company as a business analyst in the corporate finance and strategy practice in New York. In 2001, Ali joined Goldman Sachs as an Associate in the Principal Strategies Group focused on Latin American investments.

From 2003 to 2008, Ali was an employee and later a partner at HBK Investments. He initially focused on emerging market investments from the New York office, and subsequently became a partner and portfolio manager, managing the emerging market equities long/short portfolio from the London office. He also founded HBK's Istanbul office in February 2008.