Mr Van Surell, based in Kuala Lumpur, is Director, Institutional Business and Product Development at Guidance Investments with over 20 years’ experience. Most recently, he was Head of Corporate Finance with Shariah-compliant Unicorn Investment Bank (UIB), where he worked for six years on a wide range of investment and corporate finance assignments. During 2010-2011, he was seconded to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as Chief Executive Officer of Unicorn Capital Saudi Arabia, the investment banking subsidiary of UIB. Prior to 2005, Mr Van Surell was Vice President with Swicorp in Jeddah, where he advised GCC and European investors on mergers & acquisitions, joint-ventures, equity and debt raising, restructuring and private equity investments. Before moving to the Gulf, he was Vice President Mergers & Acquisition at JP Morgan in London, UK, where he initiated and closed numerous M&A and equity transactions. Prior to this he worked as a corporate finance professional at Credit Agricole Indosuez, Credit Suisse First Boston and Barclays de Zoete Wedd. Mr Van Surell started his career as a corporate lawyer with Berlioz & Co in 1991, first in Paris, France then in London, UK. He has a MA in Corporate & Tax Law and a BA in Corporate Law both from University Pantheon Sorbonne, Paris, France.