Mohamed Attar

Mohamed Attar is managing director of institutional business development. Prior to joining First Eagle in December 2025, he was at KKR, where he led client coverage across the Middle East region and was chief executive officer for KKR Saudi Arabia. Before that, he managed BlackRock's family offices and foundations business for the Middle East and North Africa, responsible for managing existing relationships and developing new ones. He previously worked at Waha Capital in Abu Dhabi, where he launched their fundraising platform for capital markets. Before that, he worked at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, where he developed their client network and was responsible for distributing investment management products across all asset classes to regional institutional and family office clients. Mohamed started his career at Barclays Capital in London, dealing in fixed income products to Middle Eastern financial institutions. Mohamed earned a BS in finance and international business Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business and a MS in project management from George Washington University.