Hazem Ben-Gacem

Co-Chief Executive Officer at Investcorp

Speaker

Hazem Ben-Gacem is Investcorp's Co-Chief Executive Officer with 30 years of experience in successfully leading private equity investments across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Today, he oversees the firm's global investment activities in the infrastructure and technology sectors, all private equity activities in Europe, Middle East, Asia and Japan. He also leads the firm's private wealth and institutional investor relations, globally. Amongst others, Hazem sits on the Investcorp Group's Executive, Operating and Risk Management Committees.

Prior to his Co-CEO appointment, Hazem led Investcorp's European private equity and Technology private equity teams and he is currently the chairman of the board of the Italian men’s luxury apparel company Corneliani, the Hong Kong based premium food retailer City Super Supermarkets and the Singaporean instant food business Viz Brands.

Before joining Investcorp in 1994, Hazem was a member of Credit Suisse First Boston's mergers and acquisitions team in New York.

Hazem holds a bachelor’s degree with honours from Harvard University and is the founder of the Harvard Office in Tunisia, the first formal presence for Harvard University in the Arab world. In addition, Hazem serves on the Advisory Board of the University of Oxford's Middle East Center and on the Executive Board of the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Medical School.