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Ghassan Ayoub

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Global Head of Convertible and Derivative Arbitrage
Executive Managing Director
Portfolio Committee

Ghassan Ayoub

Ghassan Ayoub is an Executive Managing Director and Global Head of Convertible and Derivative Arbitrage at Sculptor Capital. Mr. Ayoub is also a member of the Portfolio Committee.

Since joining Sculptor Capital in 2001, Mr. Ayoub has spent time in both the London and Hong Kong offices. After three years in London, he relocated to Hong Kong, where he spent 10 years building the Firm’s Asian convertible bond business. He also facilitated the business’s diversification into other volatility strategies. Mr. Ayoub relocated to the London office, where he now oversees the Firm’s global Convertible and Derivative Arbitrage strategy.

Prior to joining Sculptor Capital, Mr. Ayoub was a Vice President in the Asian and Japanese Convertible Bond Trading Department at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. Mr. Ayoub began his career at Morgan Stanley.

Mr. Ayoub holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the London School of Economics and a Master of Philosophy in Economics from Oxford University.

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