Muzaffar Khan

Early life and education

Khan grew up in London attending Dulwich College, where he was a horseback rider and played rugby for the school. He graduated in 1987.

In 1991 he graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Business Economics.

In 1992 he graduated from King's College London with an MA in English Literature.

In 2007 he graduated from the LSE with an MSc in Development Studies.

Early career

Khan started his career in the Middle East and Africa department in Citigroup's private banking division, before joining Barclays Capital as a Foreign Exchange trader in Emerging Markets. He also worked for the English Trust Company Ltd, helping with corporate finance deals in Asia.

Moore Capital Management (from 1998 to 2003)

In 1998 Khan joined Moore Capital Management’s Emerging Market Division (MEM), and later he became the team’s senior strategist. The team was primarily focused on macro strategies. Assets under management grew from $250 million in 1998 to $1 billion in 2003.

ACOPS, Man ECO and Man Global Securities (from 2003 to 2008)

Following his departure from Moore Capital, Khan became the Vice-Chairman of ACOPS, which had received a $30 million grant to address environmental challenges in the Russian arctic . At ACOPS he was in charge of policy setting and strategic direction. In 2006, Khan joined Man Global Securities (Man ECO) as a consultant.

Space Energy, Alchemy Ventures and Academia (2008 to present)

Between 2009 and 2012, Khan was a board member at Space Energy AG, a firm which was developing Space-based Solar Power.

Khan founded Alchemy Ventures in 2004 as a social enterprise with the mission to increase social mobility and reduce aspirational poverty in the world’s youth. In his role at Alchemy Ventures, Khan tours universities and mentors young people.

More recently, Khan has been a lecturer at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, teaching the BSc course Corporate Social Intelligence. He joined the Centre for Climate Finance and Investment at Imperial College as a Research Fellow and Head of Strategic Initiatives in 2017. He also is an advisor and strategic consultant to individuals, governmental organizations and corporations.

Academic Positions and Publications

Khan is currently a Research Fellow and Head of Strategic Initiatives at Imperial College in the Centre for Climate Finance and Investment. He is also a lecturer in Corporate Social Intelligence at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga where he uses his book Racing Towards Excellence as a course book.

He co-authored Racing Towards Excellence with Jan Sramek, a former Goldman Sach's trader andmentee of his, in 2009. The foreword was written by Sir Howard Davies.

Proceeds from Racing Towards Excellence's book sales originally funded the non-profit website Oxbridge Admissions Info, which provides advice to students looking to apply to Oxford and Cambridge Universities and has been used by over 100,000 students.

About ‘Racing Towards Excellence’

Racing Towards Excellence tries to approach the gap between school, university and employment by analyzing the things that drive an individual.

Mentorship, Philanthropy and Public Speaking

Khan has mentored a large number of students over two decades. His first mentees were his two younger brothers, for whom he was a custodian while they were in England. This is where he discovered his love for mentorship , helping his brothers get into top UK universities. He later went to Tibet to study eastern philosophies

Alchemy Ventures

In 2004, following his departure from Moore Capital, he founded Alchemy Ventures, a social enterprise which aims to increase social mobility and reduce aspirational poverty in young people. He is the managing director.

In 2006 Khan started visiting schools and universities lecturing on outperformance and career progression. These programs are structured as a series of lectures and one-on-one CV sessions. He has also helped to create a career mentorship program for the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga.

Entrepreneurship

He was board member at Space Energy AG between 2009 and 2012. The aim of Space Energy is to develop space based solar power: creating solar power satellites and trying to get that energy to Earth.

Film Producer

Khan became involved in film production working with some of his mentees in the industry. He has been as an executive producer on Is This Free? a British short comedy completed in 2011.