Alex Gemici

Alex Gemici is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Greenstone Equity Partners.

Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Dubai, Greenstone Equity Partners is the largest fund placement firm in the Middle East, raising capital for top-tier global fund managers from investors in the region.

Greenstone employs over 50 professionals across eight offices in the Middle East, enabling Greenstone to maintain its deeply rooted, long-term relationships with over 1,700 investors consisting of sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, insurance companies, financial institutions, family offices and UHNWIs.

In addition to receiving numerous awards, Greenstone was named top placement agent by Institutional Investor and is ranked #6 globally by capital raised in Preqin’s League Tables among 1,400 placement firms, even though Greenstone raises capital only in the GCC.

Mr. Gemici is a 37-year finance industry veteran with deep vertical experience in financial products, capital placement, debt structuring, commercial and residential real estate, asset management, and business strategy.

Between 2007 and 2011, Mr. Gemici was Managing Director and the Head of Deutsche Bank’s real estate finance, mortgage origination, trading and warehouse lending businesses in the Middle East and Africa.

Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Mr. Gemici’s entrepreneurial abilities as Founder and CEO were showcased in the establishment and management of Montgomery Mortgage Capital – a New Jersey-based mortgage banking firm with origination volume exceeding $1.2 billion annually.

Between 1999 and 2001, Mr. Gemici was a Senior Vice President at MortgageIT, Inc. (a top U.S. mortgage lender later acquired by Deutsche Bank) and was responsible for new business development and M&A.

During Mr. Gemici’s tenure, mortgage origination volume of the company increased from $10 million per month to over $1 billion per month.

Between 1997 and 1999, Mr. Gemici was Managing Partner of an investment firm which acquired and managed nearly 1,000 residential apartment units located in four states in the U.S.

Between 1995 and 1997, Mr. Gemici was Managing Director of the Clifford Companies and ran their $300 million multi-family property acquisition fund. Between 1983 and 1995, Mr. Gemici had a variety of roles at the LFC Group of Companies and, in 1992, was appointed Managing Director and Head of LFC Equities, the international investment arm of the LFC Group of Companies.

Alex graduated from University of California, Irvin.