4F IP - Key Persons


Itay Barkan

Job Titles:
  • Partner
Itay has 20 years of experience in capital markets. Prior to joining 4F, Itay served as Managing Director, Deputy Head of Sales at Oppenheimer Investment Bank for 5 years. He previously worked at the Canadian Investment Bank CIBC for 5 years and at the American Bank Oscar Gruss for 6 years. Itay is holds a S-7 license from FINRA.

Nicolas Hesse

Job Titles:
  • Distribution Advisor

Stephane Farouze - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Chairman and Founder of 4F Investments Partners and of 8F
Experience Stephane Farouze is the Chairman and Founder of 4F Investments Partners and of 8F asset management, a company registered in Singapore. Until 2015, Stephane was the Chairman of Alternative for Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management at Deutsche Bank. Prior to this, Stephane was Head of the Alternatives, Fund Solutions and member of Asset & Wealth Management Executive Committee. In addition, Stephane spent 3 years as a senior board member both Deutsche Asset Management and the Private Bank with total asset under management of $1.3 trillion. As Head of Asset and Fund Solutions his team included more than 200 professionals and he was directly responsible for a total of $50bn of assets in Private equity, Hedge Funds and Retirement Solutions. Stephane has expertise in marketing, investment management, trading and risk management. Stephane holds a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Science degree and a Business Administration degree in finance from San Diego State University.

Yossi Vaknin

Job Titles:
  • Partner
Yossi has 19 years of experience in capital markets. Prior to joining 4F, Yossi served as Chief Investment Officer at the pension fund of the Israel Electric Corporation for 5 years. He was a member of the Board Member for four private equity funds. Yossi holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and a Master's degree in business administration. Yossi is also licensed for Investment Management.