Managing Director @ MD and co-head of the Credit Opportunities Fund which invests in th MENA and Turkey region. From August 2011 to Present (4 years 5 months) Executive Director @ Head of NBK Capital Mezzanine Fund I, L.P. From August 2007 to August 2011 (4 years 1 month) Senior Investment Officer @ Prior to joining NBK Capital in 2007, Walid spent more than 9 years at the International Finance Corporation – The World Bank Group in Washington, D.C., Dubai and Istanbul. Most recently, Walid worked as Head of Business Development – Financial Sector, responsible for generating a pipeline of investments of more than US$500 million for IFC’s account, overseeing transactions and designing the investment strategy for the financial sector for South Europe and Central Asia, including Turkey, a region comprising 16 countries. Prior to this, Walid was a Senior Investment Officer covering various sectors in the East Asia, MENA and Africa regions. From 1998 to 2002, Walid was an Associate Investment Officer. He structured and executed several debt and equity transactions for the IFC with total investments of more than US$1.2 billion. From June 1998 to July 2007 (9 years 2 months)

MBA, Finance and International Business @ The George Washington University - School of Business From 1996 to 1998 BA, Finance @ Université de Tunis From 1990 to 1994 Lycee Bourguiba Walid Cherif is skilled in: Emerging Markets, Private Equity, Valuation, Corporate Finance, Investment Banking