Houssem Kheder
Co-founder, Managing Partner at Emergence Partners
Tunis, Tunisia
$1,000/day
Investment professional with solid experience and track record in private equity and M&A across MENA region. Entrepreneurial mind coupled with strong analytical capabilities and leadership skills. Private investor.
Domain experience
Relevant Total Experience: 17 years
Seniority Level: Senior
Sector Experience:
Consumer Durables and Apparel Consumer Services Food, Beverage and Tobacco Health Care Household and Personal ProductsSkills
Skilled in: Financial Due Diligence, Bolt-on acquisitions, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Buy-and-Build, Value Creation & Enhancement, Private Equity & Growth Capital, Sell-side M&A
Technical Skills: Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Bloomberg, Capital IQ
Languages: Arabic, English, French
Work Experience
Emergence Partners
Co-founder, Managing Partner
●1/12/2011
- Now
Emergence Partners is an M&A advisory firm with a special focus on MENA region • Successfully built a reputed and trusted firm (member of M&A Worldwide, a leading M&A firms network: w-a-worldwide.com) • Successfully sourced and executed several M&A deals, debt raising and strategic advisory assignments with total value exceeding USD 350m • Advising leading international PE funds investing in the region • Please see emergence-partners.com for references
M&A Worldwide
Partner
●1/5/2015
- Now
M&A Worldwide is a global network of 43 leading advisory firms present in 39 countries. Members have come together to work on client cross-border activities such as mergers, acquisitions, company sales and other corporate finance projects. At the end of 2017, the alliance registered and completed more than 339 successful deals that brought a total value of over 3.6 billion USD.
Promo-Invest
Investment Director- BoD member
●1/4/2012
- 30/6/2013
Advisor to CEO and Board of directors member - Promo Invest is a holding company with AUM of more than USD 300m controlling 26 companies active in several sectors (energy, construction, agri-business, logistics, real estate, etc.)
Swicorp
Private Equity Investment Manager
●1/5/2007
- 31/12/2011
USD 220m Consumer goods PE fund covering MENA region and Turkey. Sourced several investment opportunities in North Africa and co-led deal sourcing in Turkey Successfully completed four Private Equity transactions in MENA region, USD 80m invested Managed team of interns and analysts in assessing opportunities Led several internal initiatives: financial modeling guidelines, corporate brand building, cost-cutting plan reducing communication and travel costs by more than 30%, etc.
KPMG
Auditor
●1/1/2006
- 31/1/2007
Missions of Statement of Accounts, audit of: Total Petro Chemicals, AstraZeneca, Vinci, etc
UBS Investment Bank
Equity Research Intern
●1/6/2004
- 31/12/2004
Equity research team Performed equity research notes on french equities
Education
emlyon business school
1/1/2003
- 31/1/2004
University of Bradford
1/1/2005
- 31/1/2005
IHEC Carthage
Economics
●1/9/1998
- 1/3/2003
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