On 21/08/2012 17:45, Ian Murray wrote:
See on waccoe that the yep has named the take over people?
Anyone know anything about them?!
Salem Patel and David Haigh are being reported as sharing bates' box at
ER last Saturday lunchtime.
David Haigh
Parents from Leeds, Brought up in Cornwall, lives in Dubai and er has
lived in BVI..........
Works for G capital subsidiary of Gulf Finance House (GFH) with "TMT
Tech and Sport Venture Capital and Private Equity"
Setup Gulf Torys
GFH BIOG:
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David Haigh is Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating
Officer of Dubai based GFH Capital Limited.
David is also the manager of GFH Capital's pioneering Injazat Technology
Fund, a USD 50 million venture capital fund focusing on Technology Media
and Telecommunication investments, the first such fund in the Middle East.
David has worked on over US$5 billion of transactions across MENASA and
Europe and has led pioneering transactions in technology, media,
telecommunication, financial services, sports and healthcare. He has led
teams that created substantial revenue streams within large
organisations, built profitable startups and turned organisations around.
David has over 15 years of international experience in investment
banking, private equity and venture capital together with specialist
experience in legal, regulatory and operational affairs. Prior to
joining GFH Capital, David worked in-house at two of the world's largest
financial institutions, Barclays Wealth and Bank of New York Mellon.
David also practiced law at two of the world's largest international law
firms, DLA Piper and Akin Gump and has lived and worked in London, Dubai
and the British Virgin Islands.
David holds directorships in several start-ups, leading regional
technology companies and Islamic financial institutions. He is the
founder and Co-Chairman of Conservatives Abroad Dubai and is the Vice
Chairman of Gulf Tories and the founder of the HCU Trust.
David is a business mentor for Seed Start-up, a Dubai based start-up
accelerator and seed stage venture capital fund ranked among the Middle
East's top 10 startup accelerators.
David is a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, a member
of the UK Institute of Directors and the International Bar Association.
In 2012 David was recognised for his work by being short-listed for the
prestigious "Legal week - General Counsel of the Year Award" at the
Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards hosted by Legal Week.
He is a keen Rugby player and Leeds United fan.
Salem Patel
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Mr. Patel has more than 10 years of experience in investment banking,
equity research, wealth management, and the real estate sector. Prior to
joining GFH Capital, Mr. Patel was an Executive Director at Gulf Finance
House in Bahrain (GFH) and before that he was a Research Specialist in
the Financial Services division of Accenture, London. Before this, he
worked in the Equity Research departments of Societe Generale (Software
Sector) and UBS (Small Caps) in London.
Mr. Patel holds a B.Sc. with Honors in Business Studies from City
University of London. He is also visiting faculty at the Gulf Insurance
Institute (Bahrain), having been certified by the Securities and
Investments Institute (SII) to teach the Islamic Finance Qualification
(IFQ).
The GFH Capital team has led a number of large scale, groundbreaking
transactions in the sports sector and conceptualised and constructed
some of the region’s best leisure facilities. They see sport as a key
focus of GFH Capital going forward. No mention of any involvement
outside of Gulf area.
Their investment focus includes:
- Sporting teams
- Sports financing
- Sporting brands and goods
- Leisure facilities
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