SOKOTRA CAPITAL'S TEAM

Advisory Board

Stanley Castleton

Mr. Castleton is currently the head of DDRM, a real estate developer in the US with over USD 2bn of projects in its portfolio. DDRM has developed, redeveloped and owned approximately 5000 rooms. Mr. Castleton ha... s over 30 years' experience in the hospitality business. Read more

Sam Deeb

The former CFO of Al Jaber Group in the UAE, Mr. Deeb is an experienced management professional, with stints at leading companies such as Zain and Transmed across the Middle East and Africa.

Ibrahim Saad

Currently the Chairman of Global Investment House, Mr. Saad has a broad-based investment and private equity experience of over 18 years with prior senior management positions at several leading organizations. Mr... Saad has previously held positions at Allied Capital, SHUAA and The Carlyle Group, amongst others. Read more

Stefano Pelle

Mr. Pelle is an experienced senior management professional with a proven track record for over 25 years in the FMCG sector, across several geographies with the the Perfetti Van Melle Group, one of the world's la... rgest distributors of confectionary and chewing gum. Read more

Nasser Al Sha'ali

Mr. Al Sha'ali is currently a Managing Director at Sabertia Capital Partners. Holding several key positions across various boards and organizations, Mr. Al Sha'ali brings a wealth of experience to SOKOTRA Capita... l. He is the Founder of Sophic Advisory, a member at Young Presidents Organization and the former CEO of the DIFC. Read more

Mahesh Sheregar

Mr. Sheregar is a former Group Director at ANC Holding and has an extensive track record in the Middle East within the oil & gas, food processing, aquaculture, construction, education and real estate sectors... Read more

FINANCIAL TEAM

Albert Momdjian

Founder & CEO

Albert Momdjian is a seasoned investment banker with over 23 years of experience in the financial services industry, working for various prestigious financial institutions including HSBC, Credit Suisse First Bos... ton and Crédit Agricole CIB. Most recently, Albert spent almost three years with UBS AG, heading up the bank's Ultra High Net Worth ("UHNW") and Corporate Advisory Group businesses for the Middle East & Africa ("MEA") region. In this role, Albert was responsible for a team of over 55 professionals across Zurich, Geneva and the Dubai International Financial Center ("DIFC") During his career, Albert has advised various blue-chip clients into and out of the MEA region on several landmark transactions and has developed extensive relationships at all levels with government officials, CEOs and CFOs in the region. Albert holds a Master in International Finance, with Honors from the University of Paris Dauphine (France). He isfluent in English, Arabic and French. Read more

Kristel Ferjane

General Counsel

Kristel Ferjane is SOKOTRA Capital's General Counsel. Kristel is a corporate lawyer with over 8 years of experience in major law firms in London, Paris and Dubai advising clients on a broad range of corporate ma... tters. Before joining SOKOTRA Capital in October Kristel was a corporate senior associate at Cotty, Vivant, Marchisio and Lauzeral in Dubai. Prior to that, she was a corporate lawyer at Allen & Overy LLP in Dubai. Prior to joining Allen & Overy LLP, Kristel trained and qualified in London at LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene and MacRae ("LeBoeuf") (later known as Dewey & LeBoeuf following its merger with Dewey Ballantine). As part of her training contract, Kristel was seconded to Sorainen Law Offices in Latvia and Estonia and to the LeBoeuf's Paris office corporate team for seven months. Kristel qualified as an English solicitor in September 2005 and holds a Masters in International Business Law from Sorbonne University in Paris and a Postgraduate Diploma in Law from BPP Law School London (Hons) as well as the Legal Practice Course (Hons). She is fluent in French, English and Arabic. Read more

Julia Razzouk

Exec. Assistant

Julia has a total of 34 years of solid professional experience as a top-management Personal Assistant in two leading multinational financial institutions in Dubai, Credit Agricole CIB and UBS AG. Over the course... of her career, Julia has risen to efficiently handle the office's operational and administrative duties while providing full office support to the senior management team. Julia is proficient in the use of MS Office and is multilingual, speaking French, English, Arabic and Italian. Read more

OPERATIONAL TEAM

As former bankers with financial backgrounds, the members of the Financial Team recognize that they are not industry specialists in the sectors in which SOKOTRA Capital seeks to invest.

For this reason, the Financial Team is complemented and supported by a highly experienced team of operational advisors - dedicated industry experts each having over 25 to 30 years of experience in managing operations in SOKOTRA Capital's focus sectors. Furthermore, SOKOTRA Capital has entered into strategic partnerships with industrial groups in the sectors and frontier markets of focus.

Relevant members of our Operational Team remain involved throughout the entire investment process, from the initial due diligence phase all the way to the management of the assets post-investment.