People are the asset. These are the people underwriting it.
Seif is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Band Capital, and Co-Head of Band Capital Private Equity. He was previously Group Chief Commercial Officer of Maseera Holding (ADGM) and Chief Executive Officer of its Egypt subsidiary — an IHC platform investing in technology-enabled financial services for underbanked businesses and individuals. Before that, he was Chief Financial Officer of Contact Financial Holding, leading finance, treasury, debt capital markets, and enterprise lending. Seif spent over twelve years at EFG Hermes, primarily in investment banking, where he led ECM and M&A transactions across a range of sectors and served on the management team of the firm's non-bank financial institutions business. He began his career as an asset management analyst at Beltone. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the American University in Cairo.
Ahmed is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Band Capital, and Co-Head of Band Capital Private Equity. He was previously Group Chief Investment Officer of Orascom Development Holding AG, where he led investments, M&A, joint ventures, and divestitures across Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Montenegro, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Oman, and Morocco. Before Orascom, he was a Managing Partner at HC Equity Partners, a deal-by-deal private equity firm in MENA, and earlier invested in private equity with Lone Star Funds in Chicago and Silverpeak Partners in New York. He began his career as an investment banker at Deutsche Bank in New York, executing M&A, equity, debt, and restructuring transactions across a range of industries. Ahmed holds a Bachelor of Science in Commerce in Finance from the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce and an MBA with distinction from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Mazen is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Band Capital, and leads the firm's venture capital arm, Foundation Ventures. He was previously Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Zilla Capital, an Egyptian investment bank advising founders, family-owned businesses, and institutional investors on capital raising, M&A, and strategic transactions. Earlier in his career, he worked in investment banking at EFG Hermes, advising on M&A and capital markets transactions across the region. Alongside his investing career, Mazen has built and exited two companies as an entrepreneur. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance from Concordia University's John Molson School of Business.
Katherine is a Senior Associate at Band Capital, focused on identifying high-caliber founders early and leading conviction-driven diligence. She brings a background in management consulting and startup operations.
