EQUITY-I - Key Persons
Between 2009-2011, Mr. Radwan was the CEO of EFG-Hermes in Saudi Arabia and a member of the Executive Committee of EFG-Hermes Holdings.
Previously, Mr. Radwan worked at Goldman Sachs between 1997 and 2009, in both London and New York, where he held a range of positions within the Equities and the Asset Management divisions. He began his career with JP Morgan in New York and then moved to London where he spent almost four years between 1993 to 1997 in the Fixed Income and Credit Research Division.
Over 20 years experience in banking and private equity, Founding Partner of BMC-Arabia, previously was Partner at Abraaj and held senior positions at Goldman Sachs in London, CEO of EFG Hermes - Saudi Arabia
Founding Partner of BMC-Arabia, a joint venture with the Munich based Barkawi Group which was founded in 1994 and specialises in Supply Chain and Logistics consultancy.
Appointed as an independent board member of Al Bilad Capital in February 2015; he also sits on the Audit committees.
He joined the board of Mubarrad, a publicly listed company, in November 2016.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Managing Director of Equity - I Speaks at Terrapin Private Equity World MENA Conference
Ziad Kawash Managing Director of Equity-i speaks at Terrapin Private Equity World MENA conference
Ziad Kawash Managing Director of Equity-i speaks at Terrapin Private Equity World MENA held in Dubai, the most comprehensive private equity conference in the MENA region that brings together leading investors, entrepreneurs and private equity leaders from the region. Equity-i was represented on a panel comprised of Africa private equity specialists. The Equity-i Managing Director spoke about investment opportunities across Africa in the mining, telecom and agribusiness sectors as well as the effects of the credit crises on African private equity and where the future investment opportunities lay.
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Mr. Kawash has led telecom, mining, water and infrastructure investments and mandates in Algeria, Morocco, Guinea, Madagascar, Iraq, Jordan, UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia and China
He began his career in commercial banking at Arab Bank Plc and then joined Taylor-DeJongh Inc an international project finance boutique based in Washington and London.
Over 20 years of experience in private equity and infrastructure finance, formerly US private equity firm EMP, SW Source Capital and Equity-i as co-founder and Partner
Formerly with US based private equity firm Emerging Markets Partnership ($4bn under management at the time) with specialty of investing in hard assets and infrastructure.
Managing Partner at private family office, SW Source Capital, acting for one of the royal families in Abu Dhabi. During his tenure as co-Managing Director, he was directly responsible for investments totalling over $400m in equity (un-leveraged), including the acquisition of minority stake in Orascom Telecom (Djezzy- exited with an IRR over 80%), and the merger of interests with a regional group that led to the creation of Gourmet Gulf, MENA master franchise owner of Yo-Sushi, California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) and Gourmet Burger Kitchen-GBK. Stake later sold to MAF Ventures in 2013.