Turki Alzahrani is a Graduate Assistant in the Department of Accounting & Finance at KFUPM Business School. He holds an M.Sc. in Financial Economics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a B.Sc. in Finance from King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals.

Before joining KBS, he worked in Fintech capital investment banking position, where he structured and executed sukuk issuances for small and medium-sized enterprises and real estate developers. His work spanned the transaction cycle from origination through pricing and placement, and he participated in preparing business valuations for real estate developer projects. He also advised on raising equity and debt capital for real estate developers in Saudi Arabia, giving him direct exposure to how project economics, financing structure, and investor demand interact in the local market.

His research interests are in real estate financial economics, financial markets, and sukuk markets. He is particularly interested in how Islamic debt instruments are priced relative to conventional alternatives, how capital structure decisions shape development activity in the Saudi real estate sector, and what these markets reveal about broader questions in asset pricing and market efficiency.

He has passed Levels I and II of the CFA Program and is a Level III candidate.

MSc., Financial Economics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2026
B.Sc., Finance, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, 2024

Sukuk markets; Real estate finance; Financial economics; Capital markets; Debt capital markets; Business valuation; Asset pricing