Chief Investment Officer
Seth H. Fischer is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Oasis Management, an international investment manager headquartered in Hong Kong that invests globally across capital structures. Mr. Fischer founded Oasis in 2002 following a seven-year career at Highbridge Capital Management, where he managed the firm’s Asian investment portfolio. A proponent of corporate governance reforms across Asia, he is a frequent speaker on economic and investment panels. Oasis is a signatory to Stewardship Codes in Japan, Korea and Hong Kong, and is a member of the HFI’s Hedge Funds Advisory Committee. He is also a member of the steering committee of the 30% Club Hong Kong Chapter, the chair of the Investor Group and a Board Director of the Asian Corporate Governance Association. Mr. Fischer graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Economics.
General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer
Phillip Meyer joined Oasis in 2007 and serves as General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Co-Chief Operating Officer for Oasis. Based in Hong Kong, he is responsible for managing Oasis’s legal and regulatory affairs on a global basis across its Hong Kong, Tokyo and US offices, as well as overseeing all non-investment aspects of Oasis’s business, including infrastructure, IT and data security, business development and fund-administration, human resources, and co-leads the firm’s finance and trade operations teams. Mr. Meyer received a Master of Laws in Finance from Georgetown University Law Center, a Master of Business Administration in Finance from The Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School, and a Bachelor of Arts from The Johns Hopkins University. He is a member of the New York Bar.
Chief Risk Officer
Nasrine Ghozali serves as the Firm’s Chief Risk Officer, a position she has held since 2016. She was previously a Convertible Bonds Strategist and Equity Derivatives Trader for Oasis between January 2006 and March 2010 in Tokyo and Hong Kong. Prior to re-joining Oasis, Ms. Ghozali co-founded Silver Tree, an Asia-focused event driven hedge fund, in June 2010, and served as Principal Portfolio Manager and Responsible Officer until January 2016. Prior to joining Oasis, she was Co-Head of Convertible Bond Arbitrage at Natixis Arbitrage, Group Banques Populaires in Paris from August 2001 to December 2005. Before that, she was a Convertible Bond Trader with BNP Paribas Arbitrage in Paris between August 2000 and August 2001. Ms. Ghozali received a Master of International Finance & Economics, a Master of Economics majoring in Bank Finance Insurance, and a Bachelor of Economics majoring in Applied Economics from University Paris IX-Dauphine. Ms. Ghozali co-founded the Hong Kong Investors Initiative, which aims to improve gender diversity of the boards of Hong Kong-listed companies. She is also a member of the steering committee of the 30% Club Hong Kong Chapter, the chair of the Investor Group and a Board Director of the Asian Corporate Governance Association. Ms. Ghozali serves as a member of the HFI’s Hedge Funds Advisory Committee, and a member of the Women in Finance Awards Asia’s Advisory Board. She is a regular speaker on topics relating to risk management, board diversity, and ESG.
Chief Financial Officer & Co-Chief Operating Officer
Sherif Elmazi re-joined Oasis in 2019 and serves as Chief Financial Officer and Co-Chief Operating Officer, based in Hong Kong. He manages the firm’s fund accounting, corporate accounting, tax, treasury, and trade operations. Prior to joining Oasis, Sherif was the Director of Operations with Nine Masts Capital in Hong Kong since 2013. He was previously Head of Operations and Fund Administration for Pulse Capital Partners in New York for three years. Prior to his time with Pulse, Sherif spent over eight years with Oasis in Oasis’s US office, where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Sherif is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Certified Public Accountant, and he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Rutgers University.
Head of Investor Relations
Taylor Hall joined Oasis in 2017 and serves as Head of Investor Relations. Based in Austin, she manages the firm’s marketing, investor relations and communications strategies. Prior to joining Oasis, she was a markets reporter for Bloomberg News, first in New York, and subsequently in Hong Kong. She holds a Master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University, a Master of Arts from the University of Chicago Divinity School, and a Bachelor of Arts from Rice University.