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Sacha Haider

Partner at Global Ventures

United Arab Emirates

Overview

Work Experience

  • Board Member

    2022 - Current

  • Partner

    2022

  • Principal

    2020 - 2022

    Involved in the sourcing, evaluation, execution and realization of VC investments across Middle East and Africa. Deal lead on Helium Health, Ogram, Ilara Health and Tabby

  • Senior Associate

    2020 - 2020

  • Associate

    2016 - 2020

    Involved in the sourcing, evaluation, execution and realization of investments across Latin America. Part of the deal team for investments - Capa de Ozono, Moda Holding, Saint Honore and Selina

  • Private Equity Analyst

    2015 - 2016

    Selected as one of 15 for pre-MBA program at c. US$14bn emerging markets private investment firm, involved in the sourcing, evaluation, and execution of equity investments across Sub Saharan Africa.

  • Investment Advisory Analyst

    2014 - 2015

    The sole analyst with newly set up investment adviser, worked on pitchbooks and PPMs for greenfield oil & gas and cold storage projects in Saudi Arabia.

  • Corporate Litigation Analyst

    2014 - 2014

    • Used excel to consolidate management accounts and analyse the movement of funds between three companies in the same holding group to identify fraudulent behaviour • Applied relevant financial regulations to real life situations i.e. Insolvency Act 1986, Money Laundering Act 2007 • Reviewed and collated evidence from case files to construct prospective claims for financial misconduct and negligence • Worked closely with Partners to research individuals linked to prospective cases using open source intelligence

  • Operations Intern

    2013 - 2013

    Worked as part of Value Acceleration Team at L Catterton Singapore (previously L Capital Asia) on portfolio investment Charles and Keith.

  • Management Counsultancy Intern

    2012 - 2012

    • Single handedly responsible for the delivery of a Market Viability Study for a multinational cinema operator of market potential and regulatory framework in Iran, Pakistan and Malaysia, Indonesia, Lebanon, Turkey and Egypt.

  • Legal Intern

    2011 - 2011

    • Responsible for liaising with DIFC Government Services Department and for visa, licensing and other government relations protocol work on behalf of KBH clients and the company • Other activities and roles included: - attended court and took meeting notes court during Case Management Conferences - amended draft letters - created case bundles • Worked with the billing department and gained a meaningful understanding of corporate legal procedure in the UAE.

  • News Desk Intern

    2010 - 2010

    • Worked at News Desk and was responsible for research on both headline news and weekly programmes • Ran the teleprompter and worked with engineering crew on live global broadcasts • Received basic instruction in editing newsreel and logging footage • Worked with Ad Sales to process spot reports and assess competition

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