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Cheihk Faye
Cheihk Faye is a Managing Director of Global Emerging Markets. From Dubai and Johannesburg, he oversees African and Middle Eastern markets. Mr. Faye is a Managing Partner of Questar Capital, a Dubai-based advisory firm. Prior to launching Questar with Emirati partners, Mr. Faye was a Senior Managing Director with Minneapolis-based USBank. Over 6 years, Mr. Faye managed all Asset-Backed Sales and Trading for the 5th largest financial institution in the U.S. Prior to this, Mr. Faye was Director of Capital Markets for Cendant Corporation. During his tenure, Mr. Faye helped create and manage a $12 billion off-balance sheet vehicle specialized in proprietary trading of securitized assets and treasury-based instruments. Mr. Faye spent the early years of his career on Wall Street with Prudential Securities. Mr. Faye holds a degree of mathematics and finance from Drexel University in Philadelphia. Mr. Faye also holds an executive MBA from the Wharton School.
Walid Moneimne
Dr. Walid Moneimne is a Managing Director at Global Emerging Markets. He oversees all GEM activities in the Middle East and North Africa. He is also an advisor for all operational activities for GEM and an industry expert in IT and Telecom. Prior to this, Walid was the Senior Vice President for Nokia Networks for Europe Middle East and Africa and he served as Chairman for Nokia Siemens Networks for the Middle East and Africa region. Prior to that Walid worked in various senior positions in Dell as Vice President for Enterprise in EMEA and Vice President of HP for Emerging Markets and Regional General Manager at Xerox Corporation in the US and in Europe. Walid led very large organizations in his experience in sales, marketing and service. He led the pre integration team for the merger of HP and Compaq in 2002. Among his many credentials, Walid was named as the Middle East IT executive of the year in 1996 and received the Life Career Achievement Award in 2001. Walid was also named the Telecom Executive of the Year at Arab Telecom and Internet Forum 2006. Walid was born on April 8, 1960. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Grenoble, France, a MBA from HEC France and Wharton Business School, USA. He also completed a computer engineering degree from ENSIMAG in France. He is fluent in English, French and Arabic.
Asif Hanafi
Asif Hanafi is an Investment Professional at Global Emerging Markets. Asif is responsible for sourcing, evaluating and recommending investments to senior management. Prior to GEM, Asif joined Havana International, Pakistan’s premier luxury service provider as head of group strategy and business development, directly reporting to the CEO. Asif spearheaded the company’s expansion in terms of acquiring and establishing exclusive French crystal house, Lalique. In 2006, Asif moved to Karachi, Pakistan where he started his career as country manager Pakistan for Telefonica O2 Asia Pacific & Middle East. Asif was responsible for defining and executing Telefonica O2s entry into the country and dealt specifically with premium PDA devices in the luxury handset market of Pakistan. Having been educated at the Inter Community School of Zurich, Asif went on to complete his bachelors at the Swiss Business School (SBS) where he read E Commerce, a degree that has left him well versed in online technologies, IT products and corresponding services. Asif’s time in Switzerland, Singapore, United Kingdom, France and Pakistan has meant that he is fluent in German, English and Urdu and he also enjoys a fundamental understanding of written and spoken French.
Mansoor Ali
Mansoor Ali is a Managing Director at Global Emerging Markets. He is primarily responsible for sourcing, structuring and monitoring private equity and LBO investments in Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan. Prior to this, Mansoor was the Director Operations of a Textiles Group having production facilities in Jordan, Egypt, UAE, Bahrin and Pakistan. He is a Chartered Accountant having qualified with ICAP where he spent five years working in audit, tax and consultancy assignments of State Bank of Pakistan, Commercial Banks, Investment Banks, Leasing companies, Stock Exchange and other companies.
Mustapha Raddi
Mustapha Raddi is responsible for sourcing, evaluating and structuring public and private investments. Prior to joining GEM, he was a sell side analyst on pan European equities at Vantage Capital Markets in London. He spent a year as commodities trader for the BSA Group in London and was part of IBM PCD as Sales Executive EMEA in Paris. Mustapha holds a Master Degree in finance from the Management school of Paris. He is fluent in English, French, Arabic and can read and understands Spanish.
