Our finance professionals have created and implemented a multitude of innovative financing plans to meet individual needs. Our comprehensive experience gives us the significant and diverse knowledge to help with your difficult financing needs. We create financial solutions tailored to each customer’s unique requirements.
Chief Executive Officer
Nasir el-Assaf has broad experience in finance, actively sourcing and identifying investment opportunities, and negotiating, structuring and re-structuring investment transactions with emerging growth public companies. His responsibilities include implementation of trading strategies as well directing trading in portfolio securities. Nasir has negotiated and worked on numerous mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, venture capital, private equity, re-structuring and other capital market activities. His experience includes many forms of active investing as well as negotiating transactions involving common stock, debt and/or preferred instruments or combinations thereof, including novel warrant structures. He has actively worked with executives and boards of companies on corporate governance and oversight, strategic repositioning and alignment of interests with shareholders. Nasir has guided and overseen over 650+ investment transactions, whether as lead, co-lead, or syndicate investor. Nasir el-Assaf’s vast networks of relationships have consistently provided the Fund with excellent investment opportunities.
Investment Manager
Latif Ahsan supports KMS Holding Company WLL operations by maintaining accounting and administrative systems. He supervises office services which include the preparation of company investments, client records and accounting reports. He implements standards and procedures for company policies and designs office systems, layouts and equipment procurement and maintenance. Latif Ahsan is also responsible for day to day running of the company activities.
Investment Director
Bashir Mahmudoversees the negotiation, documentation, and closing of investment transactions, monitors compliance with investment terms and securities regulations, supervises portfolio activity and operations, and manages the activity of outside counsel. Bashir Mahmud has overseen the negotiation and documentation of over 450 financing transactions utilizing various investment structures and instruments including common stock, preferred stock, convertible debt instruments and warrants. Bashir Mahmud has also worked on numerous restructurings, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and private equity financings. He is responsible for sourcing and analyzing new investment opportunities, performing fund valuations and other portfolio accounting duties, securities trading and portfolio management.
Chief Financial Officer
Bruno H. Le Grand is chief financial officer of KMS Holding Company WLL, responsible for corporate finance, business funding and fund administration. He has over 30 years of progressive experience in strategy, leveraged finance, equity issuance, mergers and acquisitions, operations, technology, accounting, administration, and tax-related matters in the global investment management industry. Before joining Bruno served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Blue Chip Asset Management company, where he was he was also responsible for fund administration, operations, and information technology. He is also tasked with identifying and mitigating financial risks that could impact the company's operations. This includes managing risks related to currency fluctuations, interest rates, and market volatility. Bruno also oversee the company's capital structure, ensuring that it is optimal for achieving the company's financial goals and manges the company's cash flow to ensure liquidity and financial stability.
Communication Director
Rashin bin Mansour, communications role is strategic and has a heavy emphasis on brand management. He is responsible for managing all communications plan activities and building external relationships with the organization's constituencies, including funders and the media. He is also responsible for overseeing media relations, including writing and distributing news releases, responding to media inquiries and maintaining a media kit about our company.
Investment Director
As one of our Investment Director Faheem Abdallah specialize in managing our organization's investment assets, such as real estate holdings, fixed income, and equity securities. He is also responsible for creating overall investment goals and strategies and implementing work processes; collaborating with personnel like investment officers; and, analyzing vendor service agreements for contract stipulations and services covered and making recommendations on any necessary changes. Faheem Abdallah analyzes the performance of a variety of investments, such as mutual funds, stocks, and bonds.
Senior Consultant
Mohammed Muzaffar joined KMS Holding Company WLL in June 2011 and currently responsible for overseeing the Finance, Treasury and External Portfolio functions. Mohammed Muzaffar is responsible for implementing effective financial policies and controls, financial reporting to relevant stakeholders in addition to developing, implementing and managing an optimal capital structures that effectively meets short term liquidity needs and long term strategic objectives. Mohammed Muzaffar has been integrally involved in several KMS Holding Company WLL investments in the Oil & Gas, Consumer, Renewable Energy, Mining and engineering industries. Mohammed Muzaffar is actively involved in both deal execution and portfolio management–where he focuses on value creation and performance improvement for the firm. In this role, Mohammed Muzaffar has broad and deep experience to focus on accelerating the company's business growth in all markets