Mr. Jafar has the prominent role of Chief Investment Officer at Al Muhaidib Investment Office, which is the family office of Al Muhaidib Group, one of the largest private conglomerates in the Middle East (the “Conglomerate”) headquartered in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The holdings of the Conglomerate include companies such as Vision Invest (which holds investments in ACWA Power (KSA’s largest private sector power & water entity, in partnership with PIF), Saudi Tabreed, Data Volt, and Miahona), as well as Riyadh Cables, Savola Group, and Masdar. Mr. Jafar oversees capital allocation across private and public markets and manages a portfolio of leading global private equity, private credit, infrastructure and venture capital managers.
Mr. Jafar currently serves on the Board of Directors of Seedra Ventures, one of the leading venture funds in KSA focused on fintech. His professional expertise spans direct investments across private equity, private credit globally and throughout the Middle East. With nearly 30 years in investment management, he has previously worked at J.P. Morgan, Fitch Ratings and Janus Henderson in London, as well as at Emerging Markets Partnership and Tadhamon Capital in Bahrain. Mr. Jafar is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants England & Wales (ICAEW) and holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from Middlebury College in Vermont, USA.