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Kasim Kutay

Kasim Kutay (born 13 May 1965) is a British fund manager who is the CEO of Danish Novo Holdings A/S, an investment company that manages the assets of the Novo Nordisk Foundation. He holds British citizenship and resides in Denmark.

Kutay was an investment banker, focusing on the healthcare sector. He assumed the role of CEO at Novo Holdings A/S in September 2016, following the departure of Eivind Kolding. Kutay joined Novo after more than two decades working in investment banking.

Kutay was born in Alexandria, Egypt, on 13 May 1965 to a Turkish father and Syrian mother.

The family moved to Lebanon and remained there until the Lebanese Civil War broke out in 1975, when they relocated to London, United Kingdom.

Kutay attended the American Community School in London. He studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where he earned a BSc in economics and an MSc in politics of the world economy.

Kutay began his career as a graduate trainee at Morgan Stanley in 1989, and spent 18 years there advising mainly healthcare companies. He rose to chairman of its European healthcare group.

Kutay then worked at the US investment firm Sun Group, before joining Moelis & Company in 2009. He worked at Moelis for seven years as co-head of Europe and a member of its management committee.

Kutay was appointed CEO of Novo Holdings A/S in June 2016, succeeding Eivind Kolding, and took up the role in September 2016. Before becoming CEO, he had advised Novo for a number of years on disposals and acquisitions, as well as other Danish healthcare companies including William Demant and Lundbeck.

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