Soraya Chabarek
The Navigator
Judgement in the fog, money, risk and the call others cannot make.
Soraya Chabarek emerges in this interview as a Navigator, someone who has consistently charted deliberate courses through complex, high-turbulence environments with skill and composure.
“To be fair, I mean, the lure was you graduated in the UK back then. And if you think about my generation, you know, we were seeing Margaret Thatcher on TV for a woman, a young lady seeing the art of possibility on TV right in front of you, a woman who was leading, who was saying to the country, it is possible if you try, you know, all of…”
“I was with one of such a principal for 14 years. And the flip side of the unusual investment talent is often extreme awkwardness, brittleness, low on EQ, if high on IQ, intolerant, uncompromising, exacting, infuriating. I've had a long list.”
“I said, I have covered the Middle East at Pearl, but always through intermediaries, you know, the likes of Merrill Lynch and so on that take you to the Middle East. And he said, oh, don't worry, you'll be fine. And I remember picking up the phone, you know, to get appointments. And, you know, keep in mind this was 25 years ago.”
“I hear from consultants and institutional clients I have to solve for ownership and succession and so on. And, you know, first of all, you get quite excited by, oh, well, let me try and solve for succession. But very quickly, you know, my sort of principle came back to, well, I don't think you can find another Michael.”
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