Badar Al Shanfari has over 20 years of experience in the field of Investments and Financial Services. Currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer for Ominvest. Throughout his career Badar has held various leadership positions including the CEO of Uzbek-Oman Investment Company, which is the leading private equity firm based in Tashkent. In addition to CIO (Private Equities) of Ominvest and the Deputy CEO of EastBridge Partners based out of Singapore to lead its South East Asian initiatives. Badar has served and is currently on multiple Boards of various companies, in different sectors and geographies.

Badar earned his Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Duquesne University and his MBA from Strathclyde University. In addition, Badar is a Certified Public Accountant from the United States of America - state of Delaware.