ABANA and the ABANA Foundation Announce Lotfi Karoui, Partner at Goldman Sachs, as its 2025 Chairman Following ABANA’s Annual Meeting
ABANA and the ABANA Foundation is pleased to announce Lotfi Karoui as its new Chairman. Karoui is a long-standing member of ABANA, first joining in 2020 as an institutional member with Goldman Sachs, then as a board member and as Vice Chairman. He has also been a frequent speaker and moderator at ABANA’s program events and is an active and engaging mentor to many young professionals. He was also instrumental in the creation of the ABANA Foundation as a public charity in 2023.
Lotfi is the Chief Credit Strategist of Goldman Sachs. He is responsible for research and views on global credit markets. He joined Goldman Sachs in 2007 and was named partner in 2024 and managing director in 2015. He publishes regularly on the state of fixed-income markets and asset allocation. Prior to joining the firm, Lotfi taught undergraduate and graduate-level courses in finance and operations research at McGill University and HEC Montreal.
Upon Karoui’s selection as the ABANA Chairman, he stated, “I am very excited to become the next ABANA Chairman. This organization has had an impact for over 40 years and represents first-class business intelligence as it pertains to the Middle East and North Africa region. ABANA also has a proud history as a bridge builder for business and financial leaders from both sides of the Atlantic. I look forward to building on the success of past ABANA Chairs.”
Born and raised in Tunisia, Lotfi graduated from the Institut des Hautes Études Commerciales in Carthage, Tunisia with a bachelor’s degree in finance in 2000. He earned a master’s degree in financial engineering from HEC Montréal in 2002 and a PhD in Financial Economics from McGill University in 2007. He is fluent in Arabic and French.
ABANA is a 501-c-6, not-for-profit business association focused on business excellence for those with an interest in the Middle East and North Africa region. We are an inclusive organization that hosts, curates, and shares with its members first-class business intelligence, through forums and events centered on networking, community building, and economic innovation.
The ABANA Foundation is a 501-c-3, not-for-profit public charity dedicated to education through nurturing, mentoring, and investing in the next generation of business professionals with an interest in the Middle East and North Africa region.
