Walid Cherif

Managing Director and Co-Head, Gulf Capital

Walid Cherif is the Managing Director and Head of Gulf Credit Partners, an innovative USD 300 million credit business initiative for the MENA and Turkey region. This initiative by Gulf Capital invests in debt products across the whole capital structure, from senior debt to mezzanine and quasi equity instruments. Mr. Cherif has over 18 years’ of international finance experience acquired in various houses in US, Europe and the Middle East region. Prior to joining Gulf Capital in 2011, Walid was the head of NBK Capital Mezzanine Fund where he made mezzanine investments in companies operating in the Middle East and Turkey region. Walid spent more than 9 years at the International Finance Corporation in Washington DC, Dubai and Istanbul.