Yusuf Alireza

Yusuf Abdulla Yusuf Akbar Alireza (born August 1970, Bahrain) is the chief executive officer (CEO) and co-founder of ARP Global Capital, a fund based in Dubai. In addition to his time spent at Goldman Sachs where he was a partner and co-head of the Asia-Pacific region, he was CEO of Noble Group, the Hong Kong energy conglomerate, and a Fortune Global 500 company, before resigning in May 2016.

Education Alireza received a joint master's and bachelor's degree from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He completed his bachelor's studies in international economics, pursuing a master's degree in international relations and affairs.

Career Alireza spent 20 years at Goldman Sachs, ultimately becoming co-president of Asia operations, excluding Japan, and a member of the firm's global management committee.

Alireza was made co-head of the Asia-Pacific region in January 2011, ex Japan. He spent 11 months in the position before resigning in November 2011. succeeding Ricardo Leiman as the head of the Hong Kong-based global supply chain manager of energy and agricultural products. Alireza transitioned the company to an asset-light model and sold the firm's Noble Agri business to the Chinese company Cofco Corp in 2014. Alireza resigned in May 2016 after Noble's share price fell by 76%. Though the author was initially not confirmed, Alireza published an open letter identifying Arnaud Vagner, a former Noble credit analyst who had been fired in 2013, allegedly for poor performance. In 2018 Vagner confirmed that he was the blog’s author. The blog claimed that the company booked profits on long term contracts. Noble hired PricewaterhouseCoopers, who announced that the accounting methods complied with international accounting rules, though they also advised that the trader needed to improve their governance and methodology. and had to restructure its debt.

Alireza is on various boards, including Bahrain's Economic Development Board, the National Bank of Bahrain, the Bahrain Ship Repairing and Engineering Company, Room to Read, and the Georgetown Center for Contemporary Arab Studies.