Damitha Pathmalal MBA

As the Chief Investment Officer with Nabo Capital, my expertise lies in formulating and implementing dynamic investment strategies in public equity and fixed income. I specialize in identifying investment trends, evaluating business financial reports, and interpreting data to make informed decisions. As a results-driven professional, I have a proven track record of success in portfolio management and buy-side equity, generating benchmark-beating returns. Key achievements in my current role include: • Surpassing benchmark by 44% with the creation and implementation of investment strategies for a key alpha portfolio as of Oct 2022. • Unlocking performance fees to enhance the firm's profit margins to 40%, resulting in the second most profitable period in the company's history. • Generating an 18.41% return on dollar-denominated risk-free and tax-exempt securities • Managing 3 of the top 5 unit trusts in Kenya, outperforming competitors by 200 basis points. • Pioneering and managing investments for a fintech collective investment app, resulting in a 46x growth in user base year to date. • Driving assets growth for the private wealth business by 110% and securing $100M in institutional allocations to the firm.