Labib Kaddoura, Partner
Prior to co-founding MENA Financial Partners, Labib worked at J.P. Morgan in London and Dubai as Executive Director focusing on structured debt solutions for financial institutions and corporate customers in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Prior to that he worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and UBS in London within their fixed income markets division focusing on providing derivative solutions on both the asset and liabilities side to financial institutions and corporate customers.
Labib has over 15 years of investment banking experience in covering the Middle East region and has also spent time providing derivative and funding solutions to various banks and corporations in Sub Saharan Africa and Turkey.
He holds a degree in Economics and Finance from McGill University achieved with Great Distinction.
Wadih Abou Bechara, Partner
Prior to co-founding MENA Financial Partners, Wadih worked at Merrill Lynch and then Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London and Dubai where he focused on debt solutions origination and execution for clients in the Middle East and Africa region.
Wadih has over 14 years of experience in the debt capital markets, structuring and investment banking advisory spaces, having worked with a wide spectrum of financial institutions, corporates and governments in the Middle East and Africa region.
Prior to joining Merrill Lynch in London he worked as a consultant for Ernst & Young in Paris.
Wadih holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from McGill University in Montreal as well as an MBA from ESSEC Business School in Paris.