Hazem Ben-Gacem is Investcorp’s Co-Chief Executive Officer, having joined the firm in 1994. He brings over 30 years of experience in successfully leading private equity investments across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and China.
Today, Hazem chairs several of Investcorp’s private equity investment committees, and oversees the firm’s activities in the Middle East, its global investment activities in the infrastructure and technology sectors, as well as all private equity activities across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Japan. He also leads the firm’s global investor relations platforms, spanning both its private wealth platform and institutional investor relations.
Hazem is a member of Investcorp Group’s Executive, Operating, and Risk Management Committees, and serves as the Vice Chairman’s of Investcorp’s ADX-listed permanent capital vehicle, Investcorp Capital.
Prior to his Co-CEO appointment in 2018, Hazem led Investcorp’s European private equity and Global Technology private equity teams. He currently serves as the chairman of the board for several companies, including the Hong Kong-based premium food retailer CitySuper Supermarkets, the Singaporean instant food business Viz Brands, the Chinese renewable energy component manufacturer Juno, and the NASDAQ-listed Investcorp European Acquisition Corp Inc. Before joining Investcorp, Hazem was a member of Credit Suisse First Boston’s mergers and acquisitions team in New York.
Hazem holds a bachelor’s degree with honours from Harvard University and was a serving member of the Tunisian National Shooting team (50-meter discipline) until 2022, achieving a bronze medal in the 2017 African Shooting Championships.
Additionally, Hazem is a member of the Executive Board of the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, the Advisory Board of the University of Oxford’s Middle East Centre, and the Dean’s Council of the Harvard Medical School. He is also the founder of the Harvard Office in Tunisia, the first formal presence for Harvard University in the Arab world.
