Khalid Ghayur

Mr. Ghayur is Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Westpeak Global Advisors, L.P. Prior to joining Westpeak, Mr. Ghayur was employed by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Barra, in New York, where he was a member of its Global Executive Committee and Chairman of the MSCI Index Policy Committee. As Director of Research Policy, he was responsible for MSCI Barra’s global markets and benchmarking research, and new product development. From 1994 to 2000, Mr. Ghayur was Global Head of Quantitative Research and Strategy for HSBC Asset Management, in London, where he was responsible for supervising and coordinating the development and application of all quantitative research efforts globally. These research efforts concentrated in the areas of strategic and tactical asset allocation, fixed income modeling, stock selection techniques, portfolio construction and analysis, and risk management. From 1992 to 1994, he was a Senior Quantitative Analyst at Credit Lyonnais Asset Management, in Paris, and from 1987 to 1991, he held the position of Portfolio Manager at Union National Bank in Abu Dhabi, where he was responsible for managing the bank’s U.K. and U.S. investment portfolios. Mr. Ghayur is a member of the FTSE Academic Advisory Board. He has served on the Board of Governors of the CFA Institute, the Board’s Nominating Committee, and as Chairman of the Board's External Relations and Volunteer Involvement Committee. He is also a former trustee of the CFA Institute Research Foundation. Mr. Ghayur was a member of the Editorial Board of the Financial Analysts Journal and was the founding President of the U.K. Society of Investment Professionals. Mr. Ghayur received an M.B.A. in Finance and International Business from the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris (1992), and an M.A. (1984) and B.A. (1982) in Economics from the University of Karachi. He is a CFA charterholder, a member of the CFA Institute, and a Fellow of the Society of Investment Professionals (FSIP). He is also a Diplomaed Associate of the Institute of Bankers Pakistan.