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Walid Musallam is a Managing Director and head of the Middle East and North Africa fund. He is based in Dubai.
Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Musallam was CEO of Abu Dhabi Investment Company, a large financial institution involved in private equity and regional investments. Before that, he was President and CEO of Middle East Capital Group, a regional investment banking and private equity firm based in Beirut, Lebanon. Prior to joining MECG, Mr. Musallam was Managing Director of Infrastructure Finance Group, a Washington, DC-based financial advisory firm he founded, specialized in the structuring and financing of private infrastructure projects in emerging markets. Before that, he headed debt and equity investments in the power sector at the International Finance Corporation in Washington, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group. Prior to IFC, Mr. Musallam worked for Lehman Brothers in New York.
Mr. Musallam received his M.B.A. from Columbia University, M.S. from Stanford University and B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania. | 