CedarBridge invests in solid and promising European/UK/MENA companies and management teams. We then support them both financially and operationally to achieve exceptional growth. We focus on SMEs in Beauty, Healthcare, Education and Retail.

Representing CedarBridge on the Board

Active investment holding company ($0.5+B AUM) with direct investments in Agriculture/FMCG, RE, Hospitality, IT, Defense & Healthcare. Heading the Corporate Development department, responsible for portfolio management/monitoring and new business development (acquisition, JVs, greenfiled) covering primarily MENA

Industry focus in PE, Financial Services, Family Businesses, Investment Holdings, Energy & Utilities in the Middle East & North Africa with a special focus on KSA. Engagements included strategy, business development, organization restructuring, portfolio rationalization, privatization and operations. Notable assignments summarized: - Developed the business plan including the investment focus, business model and portfolio structure of a leading NOC's Private Equity arm ($500 fund) - Identifying, assessing, valuing and structuring the pipeline of opportunities (internal and external) - Dammam, KSA - Optimized the portfolio structure of a Private Equity firm ($100M fund) - Kuwait City, Kuwait - Estimated the revenue pools and optimized the capital structure of the biggest newly launched $50Bln Islamic bank - Defined the value creation strategy of a $14Bln holding company, reviewing its portfolio mix by reducing financial investments and redefining it towards focus sectors - Kuwait City, Kuwait - Developed a feasibility study for a Liquefied Natural Gas receiving terminal in a leading Arab country

An Internet trading platform customizing software and websites targeting small and medium enterprises in Europe. The product is engineered in Romania and India. Exited on an earn-out basis.