Mr Walid Fakhry

KANDO id: 14667

Bio

Started his career in the early 1990s at Gemini Consulting, working on the operational restructuring of large US multinationals emerging out of the 1990 recession. In the mid-1990s, left Gemini to establish his own technology businesses, including one of the leading ISPs in the Middle East which was then sold to a large telecom group. Also took the lead in acquiring and turning around a glass container manufacturer. Then joined JP Morgan's TMT corporate finance group in London, working on mergers & acquisitions, disposals, debt and equity placements, debt restructuring mandates, as well as IPOs. In 2002, joined Lago Partners, a technology based venture capital fund targeting US and European technology companies where he led four investments. In 2004, set up Core Capital LLP to target the UK lower mid-market. He has particular experience of investing in service-led, telecoms and IT businesses. BSc in Mechanical Engineering. BSc in Finance and an MSc degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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