Omer Ijaz
InvestorSenior Managing Director, Portfolio Management at EJF Ventures
About
Omer Ijaz joined EJF in 2011 and oversees the firm's structured product strategy, focusing on specialty finance, insurance, and banking. He leads credit analysis and trust preferred CDO structuring for the Insurance and Bank Trust Preferred Securities team and handles structuring for bank subordinated debt CDOs, and has worked on numerous EJF-sponsored securitizations. Before EJF he held roles at Merrill Lynch, Citibank N.A., and Muslim Commercial Bank, and holds a BA in Business Economics from the College of Wooster.
Invests in
FintechInsurTech
Colleagues at EJF Ventures
Alexandra Lawrence LaFrankie
Chief Compliance Officer at EJF Ventures
Asheel Shah
Senior Managing Director, Head of Real Estate Development at EJF Ventures
Brett Nelson
Managing Director, Portfolio Management at EJF Ventures
David Gallagher
Director, Business Development at EJF Ventures
Derrick Preuss
Managing Director, Business Development at EJF Ventures
Elizabeth VanBiervliet
Senior Managing Director, Portfolio Management at EJF Ventures
Jason Ruggiero
Co-Chief Investment Officer, Senior Portfolio Manager at EJF Ventures
Jay Ghatalia
Managing Director, Global Head of Fund Accounting at EJF Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Omer Ijaz?
- Omer Ijaz joined EJF in 2011 and oversees the firm's structured product strategy, focusing on specialty finance, insurance, and banking. He leads credit analysis and trust preferred CDO structuring for the Insurance and Bank Trust Preferred Securities team and handles structuring for bank subordinated debt CDOs, and has worked on numerous EJF-sponsored securitizations. Before EJF he held roles at Merrill Lynch, Citibank N.A., and Muslim Commercial Bank, and holds a BA in Business Economics from the College of Wooster.
- Where does Omer Ijaz work?
- Omer Ijaz is Senior Managing Director, Portfolio Management at EJF Ventures.
- What does Omer Ijaz invest in?
- Omer Ijaz invests in Fintech, InsurTech.








