Maysan Al-Maskati

DUX Capital is a private equity firm licensed by the DFSA. DUX Capital invests in emerging and frontier markets in various sectors, including fintech, technology, and healthcare, as well as real estate and infrastructure.
Key responsibilities include:
• Managing the overall investment activities of the firm.
• Setting the firm’s strategy, budget and implementation plan.
• Handling the recruitment process for the firm’s investment team.
• Setting up products and funds with various focuses and mandates.
• Building and maintaining relationships with potential investors and investment targets.
• Sourcing investment opportunities and leading the negotiating process, as well as overlooking the evaluating and transactions closing.
• Representing the firm on the investments’ boards and committees.

MASEcap is an investment advisory firm specialised in helping GCC investors with their investment
strategy and working with business owners in achieving their objectives. Through its U.S. Operating
Partners, MASEcap is focused on identifying attractive U.S. real estate investment opportunities and
offering them to its HNWI clients, including assisting in due diligence, structuring and closing.

ASMA Capital Partners is a fund manager established to manage the $2 billion Islamic Development Bank Infrastructure Fund II, which is a private equity fund focused on investing in the infrastructure and infrastructure-related sectors across the MENASA region. Maysan is a core member of the fund management team, having worked for the fund manager of the first fund.
Key responsibilities include:
Managing the establishing process of the fund.
Working with the CEO in planning the overall strategy of the fund manager and the fund.
Establishing the processes and guidelines of the fund’s investment and monitoring strategy.
Sourcing investment opportunities and leading the deal team in evaluating, negotiating and closing transactions.
Representing the fund on the investee companies’ boards and committees, as well as monitoring the investment portfolio.
Finding divestment opportunities for the fund’s investments.
Building and maintaining relationships with potential fund investors and investment targets.

Asset Management
Key responsibilities include:
Member of the Bank’s Investment & Credit Committee.
Sourcing real estate and private equity investment opportunities.
Working with the Bank’s partners in structuring, launching and co-managing real estate and private equity funds.
Negotiating with project sponsors and executing transactions on behalf of the Bank and/or its managed funds.
Setting the overall strategy for the department.
Key achievements:
Managed a portfolio of c. $1.3 billion across c. 55 investments, diversified across various sectors, geographies and asset classes.
Structured and managed a fund to invest in private equity transactions focused on MENASA. The fund had a successful closing at $200 million and was fully invested.
Structured and managed a real estate fund to develop a 1.25 million square metres reclaimed land, including constructing the infrastructure, developing the master plan, and working with joint venture partners to develop parcels of the land to be offered to end-users.
Represented the Bank in the successful establishment of a joint venture with an Australia based asset manager to acquire and operate real estate agricultural assets in Australia.
Represented the Bank on various boards and committees of companies and investment funds, including a GCC focused infrastructure fund, regional real estate fund, an international aviation leasing entity, a real estate agriculture focused asset manager, and an investment company established in

Infrastructure
Key responsibilities included:
Structuring private equity funds focused on the infrastructure sector.
Sourcing investment opportunities for the managed funds.
Negotiating with project sponsors and executing transactions on behalf of the funds.
Setting the strategy for the Infrastructure Division.
Key achievements:
Structured a private equity fund focused on infrastructure investments in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, including preparing the fund’s term sheet, private placement memorandum and all marketing material, as well as reviewing all the fund’s legal documents including the limited partnership agreement and the investment management agreement.

Masar Advisory is a leading corporate finance advisory firm working throughout the Arabian Peninsula. The Company specialises in debt and equity-based capitalisation of businesses. The Company’s team has a well established track record in developing tailored financial solutions that support the long-term success of its clients.
Private Equity

The Company is the General

Managing the fixed income portfolios and recommending buy/sell strategies to enhance returns and manage risk.
Managing the short term liquidity of the company.

Analysing listed companies in the GCC and calculating their market betas for risk management purposes.
Conducting studies on the GCC market for asset allocation purposes, and building asset allocation models.