The Sunday Times – Revealed: how Qatar bought £100 billion of British assets

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Dr Andreas Krieg, also at King’s College and an adviser to the UK embassy in Doha, said the QIA was now professionalised and focused on getting good returns. However, he added that unlike neighbours such as the emirates, Qatari executives were far less focused on strategic, political returns for their deals. Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala state investment firm, he said, is used to concentrating on politically strategic investments, and is clear when striking deals what policies it wants in return. Its Adia fund, meanwhile, is focused on strictly financial returns.

“Qatar is not quite there yet,” Krieg said, citing the QIA’s investment in the Rolls-Royce project. “That’s clearly a strategic investment to get access to UK research and development, yet it goes through the QIA

Period	27 Apr 2025
Held at	The Times, United Kingdom