Adam Ismail Ebrahim was educated at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, where he received his B.Soc.Sc (Hons) degree. He then completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting and was admitted as a Chartered Accountant and Auditor in South Africa. Adam has also completed the CFA Institute’s Chartered Financial Analyst Programme.

Adam worked for Deloitte & Touche in South Africa and in London and has also held positions as analyst, portfolio manager, director, and partner of a prominent asset management organisation before he founded Oasis. He is a portfolio manager and registered as a key individual with the Financial Services Board and also serves as a member of the Finance Ministers Collective Investment Scheme Advisory Committee. Adam is a CFA Charterholder with twenty years of experience in the financial services industry and five years of experience within the Auditing profession.

He is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of Oasis Group Holdings (Pty) Limited and is the CEO and CIO of Oasis Asset Management Ltd, and Oasis Crescent Capital (Pty) Ltd. These two wholly owned investment management companies are regulated as Asset Managers in South Africa. Adam also serves as a Director of Oasis Global Management Company (Ireland) Ltd, an authorized Fund Administrator within the Republic of Ireland; and he is a Director of both the Oasis Global Investment Fund (Ireland) plc, and the Crescent Global Investment Fund (Ireland) plc. These collective investment schemes are listed on the Irish Stock Exchange. He also serves as the CEO of Oasis Crescent Management Company Ltd, a regulated South African Collective Investment Scheme administrator. 

Adam is responsible for the training and development of all investment professionals within Oasis since its inception.