Walid Cherif

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Joined: 2019
Focus: Strategic leadership, operations, and sustainability, including ESG

Walid has over 25 years of experience in international finance in emerging markets. He has raised and invested more than $800M and executed over 30 transactions across investments and divestments.

In 2011, he founded Gulf Capital’s private credit business, focusing on structured investments across Africa, the Middle East, and Turkey. Previously, he led the NBK Capital Mezzanine Fund and worked at the International Finance Corporation in Washington, D.C., Istanbul, and Dubai for a decade.

Education: MBA in Finance & International Business, George Washington University; BBA, Institut Supérieur de Gestion, University of Tunis III.