Nemir kirdar biography of michael

The College has received the sad news that Nemir Kirdar, an Honorary Fellow of the College, passed away in France on Monday 8 June following a long illness.

Professor Roger Goodman, Warden, writes:

A native of Iraq, Nemir left his homeland following the violent revolution that overthrew the Hashemite monarchy in and became a pioneer of private equity financing.

 He began his banking career in New York in , covering South East Asia and Japan for Allied Bank International, before moving to Chase Manhattan as Vice President in  In he founded Investcorp, a global investment group based in Bahrain, London and New York, and served as Executive Chairman and CEO until his retirement in

Nemir was introduced to St Antony’s by his daughter Serra, who came to the College to read for the MSc and DPhil in education, which she completed in  Following Serra’s graduation, he offered his generous support to commission the visionary architect Zaha Hadid Chase Alumni Association VIXYB