Development Partners International

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Sofiane Lahmar

 

Sofiane has extensive finance experience spanning Private Equity Investing, M&A Investment Banking and Option Trading.  Prior to joining DPI in 2010, he was a Partner and Co-Chief Investment Officer at Kingdom Zephyr Africa Management, a leading Pan-African private equity investment firm with over $500 million under management and majority owned by Kingdom Holding Company, the investment vehicle of HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, a member of the Saudi Royal family and international investor.

Prior to joining KZAM in 2005, he was a Vice President in the M&A group at JPMorgan in New York where he advised on over US$25 billion worth of M&A transactions. Mr. Lahmar started his career on the FX Option trading desk of FleetBoston in Boston. 

Sofiane was named as one of the Financial News 100 Rising Stars in 2008 and as one of the Africa Private Equity Managers of the Year by Jeune Afrique in 2010.  He holds an MA in International Economics & Finance from Brandeis University’s International Business School (Boston) and a Master’s Degree from Dauphine University (Paris). Sofiane was born and educated in Algeria. He is a citizen of Algeria and France.