Jamal Hammoud has been named managing director and senior investment strategist at Churchill Asset Management, an affiliate of Nuveen.
It is a new position, a Churchill spokesperson confirmed.
Hammoud will help lead fundraising efforts and support Nuveen Private Capital's presence in the Middle East.
Nuveen Private Capital was formed in March when Nuveen acquired London-based Arcmont Asset Management, which in combination with Churchill, created a $74 billion private capital platform, said a Nov. 27 news release.
Based in New York, Hammoud reports to Christopher Freeze, Churchill's head of investor relations.
"Private capital is emerging as a core part of institutional investors' strategic asset allocations globally both for the potential yield it provides and risk-adjusted returns," Freeze said in the news release. "Middle Eastern investors are seeing the value, and the region is becoming an increasingly important market."
Hammoud was most recently a managing director at Credit Value Partners. The firm could not be immediately reached for further details.
Churchill and Arcmont have $47 billion and €25 billion ($27.3 billion) in committed capital, respectively.
Nuveen has $1.1 trillion in assets under management.
