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Brian Luck
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- Formerly Managing Partner in Dubai of The Capital Partnership Group
- Previously Head of Asset Management at National Bank of Kuwait
- Senior Investment Advisor at the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
- Previously at JP Morgan, Bank of Tokyo, Edinburgh & Dunedin Fund Managers
- CFA charter holder. Educated at the Warwick Business School, University of Stirling and University of West England
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Samer Younes
Analyst |
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- Formerly in Citigroup Private Banking in London
- Educated at Harvard University and Washington University
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Amin Al-Rashid
Managing Partner |
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- Managed investments for Royal Family Offices in the Middle East. Responsible for developing and establishing global investment programs
- Advised Sovereign Wealth Funds, Middle Eastern Financial Institutions and significant Family Offices on global investments
- Formerly, Merchant Banking with Rothschild – corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions
- Inaugural team member at Brit Insurance’s Alternative Investment Program
- Strategy Consultant at Andersen Consulting in New York & London
- Educated at the Harvard Business School and London School of Economics
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Alwaleed Abdelrahman
Partner |
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- Formerly the Senior Vice President at Abu Dhabi’s Sovereign Wealth Fund’s investment company
- Previously Executive Vice President at Amwal Alkhaleej of Saudi Arabia and prior to that as VP at Abraaj Capital
- Formerly Investment manager and Advisor to leading family offices in Saudi Arabia and UAE
- Educated at the University of Reading
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Dr. Philippe Becker
Partner |
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- Former Managing Director of Wasserstein & Co since 2002
- Spearheaded Wasserstein’s international investments in Asia and the Middle East, opening offices in both Delhi and Dubai
- M&A at Lucent Technologies– one of the founding members of the team
- Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo and frequent writer on economics
- Educated at the Wharton Business School and UC Berkeley
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Philippe Roesch
Partner |
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- Former Managing Director of Auda Private Equity. Responsible for the set up of the European private equity fund of funds of the firm
- Previously, Head of Private Equity for the Harald Quandt Family Office
- Formerly at Triton, Deutsche Bank and BHF-Bank
- Educated at the Ecole HEC, Univ. R. Schuman, Univ. L. Pasteur, Institut d’Etudes Politiques
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Radka Kisskova
Director, Business Development |
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- Business Development at the Galadari family office – one of the largest family offices in the Middle East out of Dubai
- Responsible for establishing joint ventures and developing and launching new ventures in Europe and the Middle East
- Formerly worked in venture capital investment in London and Tokyo
- Educated at the University of London and Howard University USA
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Dr. Kartik Kumaramangalam
Principal |
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Research Fellow; provided strategic and operational expertise to start-ups along with other venture capital firms
- Consultant at Boston Consulting Group – advisor to private equity companies globally on firm strategy pre and post acquisition due diligence on investments and restructuring portfolio investments
- Award winning Ph.D in Economics from the London School of Economics, and research scholar for Nobel Prize winning research
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Hassan Ahmed
Associate |
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- Associate at DLJ Merchant Banking – Credit Suisse Private Equity - across New York and London
- Associate Consultant at L.E.K Consulting in Chicago and London
- Educated at the Harvard Business School and the Franklin & Marshall College
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Saumil Visharia
Associate |
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- UAE Royal Family Office – Investment analyst
- M&A at Bear Stearns, NYC
- CPA at PricewaterhouseCoopers, NYC
- Educated at the Kelley School of Business and Indiana University
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