Omar Kariuki (Past Speaker)

Omar Kariuki is the Head of US Emerging Markets Fixed Income Sales at Banco Santander, where he leads a team of ten focused on LatAm and Europe.  

Prior to joining Santander, Omar worked on the Emerging Markets sales desk at Morgan Stanley with a focus on rates, FX and credit. Additionally, he was the co-head of Morgan Stanley’s Sophomore Intern Program.  

His focus on Emerging Markets began on the sales desk at UBS in 2007. While at UBS, Omar earned Volunteer of the Year in 2011. Prior to that, Omar spent seven years at Citigroup Asset Management. While there, he served in a variety of roles, including the management of two money market portfolios on the liquidity trading desk and covered the consumer products and beverage and spirit sector as a credit research analyst. 

Omar received his BS in Finance from Hampton University and his MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. While doing his undergraduate course work, Omar was published in the Allied Academy for Case Studies where he co-authored an article with his professor titled “The Nature of a Bank Merger."   

He resides in Connecticut with his wife and four children.