Muhammed Yesilhark

Muhammed Yesilhark is an entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist born in Germany and living in Dubai. He is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Q2Q Capital, a tiny family office based in Dubai. Until April 2016, Muhammed was the Head of European Equities at Carmignac, one of Europe’s leading asset managers with close to $55bn of AuM. Muhammed was a Partner of the firm and Head of European Equities responsible for the company’s European funds as well as the European exposure of the global funds adding up to approximately $8bn exposure. Muhammed Yesilhark started his career as an Analyst at Lazard's Frankfurt office in their Mergers & Acquisition practice and was trained in areas such as Corporate Finance and Equity Capital Markets. Muhammed, of Turkish origin, but born and raised in Germany, studied finance and management at European School of Business and graduated with a first-class honours’ degree both from Reutlingen University of Applied Science in Germany and Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. Muhammed enjoys sports, travelling, and philanthropy. Muhammed Yesilhark is currently a trustee of National Zakat Foundation (NZF), the UK’s ground-breaking initiative which aims to utilise Zakat funds and voluntary donations collected in the United Kingdom for the benefit of local, deserving recipients. Muhammed Yesilhark is fluent in English, German, Turkish and well versed in Spanish. He is married and has two children.