EMVirya Ltd, is a privately held financial services firm with extensive experience in global emerging markets that is positioning itself at the cross road of Emerging markets and renewable energy.

Prior to Starting EMVirya, Karim was a Partner at Temporis Capital in London responsible for the firm’s international investments business where he developed renewable energy project in Emerging Market jurisdictions including extended focus in Morocco and Argentina where the firm participated in the Renewable Energy tenders.

Before that, Karim was a Managing Director at Barclays Investment Bank where he held various senior positions over his 10-year tenure at the bank. In his last position, Karim was responsible for the Global Emerging Market business for the investment bank. Prior to Barclays, he spent five years at Deutsche Bank where he was a Managing Director and Head of Emerging Market Structuring for the Americas in New York. He started his financial career and spent six years at Goldman Sachs, in both New York and London, where his last position was Executive Director in EEMEA Trading.

Karim received an MSc and a BSc from Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in Operation Research and prior to that a BA in Physics from Columbia College.