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.
[6] 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.
[1] He began working at Goldman Sachs New York in 1992, in the Fixed Income Industry Research Group, before transferring to the firm's London office in 1997 and becoming the head of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) sales and structuring efforts.
[4] Alireza became CEO of Noble Group in April 2012,[8] succeeding Ricardo Leiman as the head of the Hong Kong-based global supply chain manager of energy and agricultural products.
[11] Though the author was initially not confirmed, Alireza published an open letter identifying Arnaud Vagner, a former Noble credit analyst[12] who had been fired in 2013, allegedly for poor performance.