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Adel Hajali

Dubai

Summary

Consumer-focused business private equity investor with the experience in value adding investment in the regions strongest up and coming brands across various consumer touch industries, from e-commerce fashion to B&M F&B businesses.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Private Equity Analyst

GCC Asia Growth Fund
07.2021 - Current

Investment analysis, bringing to the table deal sourcing, strategizing, and fundraising efforts independently, for a $400M consumer growth Private Equity firm - a Joint Venture with L Catterton, Turmeric Capital, and LVMH. Led the analysis and research on the firm's first investment into: the region's largest homegrown ecommerce fashion house The Giving Movement, renowned fine dining restaurant Em Sherif, omnichannel eyewear retailer Eyewa, and socially concious ultra-fast fashion ecommerce brand Urbanic, amongst various other deals, honing the following skills;

  • Establishing and nurturing relationships on the deal sourcing and investor front
  • Sales expertise - promoting the Fund to potential investors, as well as advising and educating deal companies on the benefit of onboarding a value creation private equity firm
  • CRM software management
  • Omnichannel expansion strategizing - assisting businesses in expanding their revenue streams by incorporating ecommerce or physical store expansion
  • Commercial & financial due diligence on companies with varying business models
  • Market landscaping in all areas of the consumer space - regional and global
  • Financial data analysis of businesses at different life cycle stages
  • Financial modelling and valuations - deals of $10-40M ticket size
  • Contributing to the development of the firm's corporate profile decks
  • Developing deal informational decks

Intern

Advanced Investments LLC
11.2020 - 03.2021

Working on key business development strategies for owner and operator of licensed restaurants in the MENA region including American diner Denny's. Taking lead on tasks such as but not limited to; market research, & real estate zoning, growth strategizing, and customer demographic analysis

Intern

Cenomi Group
04.2018 - 06.2018

Shadowing key finance, sales, and business development department heads of a leading, publicly listed fashion & F&B retail company

Education

Bachelor of Science with Honours - International Political Economics

City University of London
London, England
2020

Skills

  • Microsoft Office & Excel
  • Market Research
  • Financial Analysis
  • Macro & Micro-economic Analysis
  • Business Analysis
  • Team & Data Management
  • Deal Sourcing & Leading
  • Brand Strategy
  • CRM Software Affinity
  • Sales support and coordination

Timeline

Senior Private Equity Analyst

GCC Asia Growth Fund
07.2021 - Current

Intern

Advanced Investments LLC
11.2020 - 03.2021

Intern

Cenomi Group
04.2018 - 06.2018

Bachelor of Science with Honours - International Political Economics

City University of London
Adel Hajali