Mustafa Abdel-Wadood
 |
|
Mustafa Abdel-WadoodChief Executive Officer - Abraaj Capital Limited |
|
|
Mustafa Abdel-Wadood is a Managing Director, a member of the Board of Directors and Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee of Abraaj Capital. In his capacity as CEO of Abraaj Investment Management, he oversees the company’s investment activity across the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia (MENASA). Before Abraaj, Mr. Abdel-Wadood was at Egyptian investment bank EFG-Hermes. His last position there was as CEO in the United Arab Emirates, overseeing the bank’s expansion the lower Gulf. Mr. Abdel-Wadood was also Co-Founder and Managing Director of Sigma Capital, managing the company’s investment banking and corporate finance activities. Mr. Abdel-Wadood also spent eight years at Egypt’s Orascom Group where he was last Director of Development and Investments, and Board Member of Orascom Telecom. At Orascom he was responsible for corporate investments and acquisitions in fields including technology, telecommunications, industry and media. Mr. Abdel-Wadood is on the boards of several publicly listed and private companies including Air Arabia, JorAMCo and Pakistan’s BMA Capital. In 2002, the World Economic Forum selected him as one of the 100 ‘Global Leaders for Tomorrow’ and ‘Young Global Leader in 2007’. He is co-founder and member of the Dubai-based ‘Young Arab Leaders’ and a member of the ‘Young Presidents’ Organization’. Mr. Abdel-Wadood is married with two children, and holds a Bachelors degree in Business Administration from the American University in Cairo and an MBA from Georgetown University. |
|
 |
|
