CHAIRWOMAN
May Nasrallah
Executive Chairwoman
- 30+ years of experience
- Formerly Head of Morgan Stanley Investment Banking for the MENA Region
- Broad international experience working in New York, London, Hong Kong and Dubai while at Morgan Stanley
- Founder and Executive Chairwoman of deNovo Partners
PARTNER
Jawad Qasim
Partner
- 21+ years of investment banking and private equity experience
- Formerly Regional Head of Itaú Unibanco in MENA
- Previously worked at Dubai Holding’s investment arm, Dubai International Capital
- Specific focus on Sovereign Wealth Funds coverage and cross border capital raising
- CFA Charterholder
MANAGING DIRECTORS
Alexandre Halm
Managing Director
- 18+ years of financial and strategic advisory experience in Western Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East
- Formerly a JP Morgan investment banker and founding member of an African focused M&A boutique
Rami Elias Samo
Managing Director
- 15+ years of experience
- Formerly member of the equity research coverage team at Thomson Reuters (now part of The Blackstone Group) in New York
- Specific focus on education deals
- CFA Charterholder
SENIOR ADVISORS
Ahmed Osman
Senior Advisor
- 20+ years of experience
- Formerly Executive Director in the EMEA Insurance Investment Banking Division at Morgan Stanley Dubai and London
- Specific focus on financial institutions transactions
Alex Reuter
Senior Advisor
- 23+ years of experience
- Formerly M&A Investment Banking officer at Morgan Stanley in Frankfurt, London and Dubai
- CFA Charterholder