Shirish Saraf   

 

Mr Shirish Saraf is the Vice Chairman & CEO of Samena Capital. Prior to establishing Samena Capital, he was one of two Co-Founders of Abraaj Capital and grew to become one of the largest global private equity firms managing in excess of US$6 billion. Abraaj Capital has won numerous awards from the private equity community including one of the 50 Most Admired companies of the GCC by Fortune Magazine in 2007 and Middle East Private Equity firm of the year by PE International in 2005 and 2006. Mr Saraf has held numerous directorships including Abraaj Capital, Aramex Holdings, Memo Express, Commercial Bank of Oman SAOG, Amwal Capital (Qatar), DCM-Hyundai (India) Limited, BMA Capital Management (Pakistan) and all the flagship Abraaj funds. Mr Saraf is actively involved with the ‘Little Dreams Foundation’, a not-for-profit initiative with Phil and Orianne Collins and is a Director on the Board. Mr Saraf was educated at Charterhouse (England) and the London School of Economics.