Mark Friedenthal

Mr. Mark Friedenthal, CFA, is a Chief Investment Officer at Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC and at ABCD Asset Management Ltd.
He has over two decades of financial services experience across various facets of the asset management spectrum.
He is responsible for overseeing the Asset Management activities of the bank including in-house managed funds, external fund manager selection, trading and execution, advisory and discretionary portfolio management.
After completing his Bachelor’s degree he joined the asset management business within Rand Merchant Bank, one of South Africa’s top investment banks.
He was subsequently involved the early development of Investment Solutions, the multi-manager asset manager within Alexander Forbes Group (a global insurance and employee benefit consultancy).
In 2005 he joined the newly established Assets Management Unit of Emirates Bank.
He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg as well being a CFA Charter holder and a member of the CFA Institute.