Mohamed Elakhdar

Mr. Elakhdar is the co-founder and managing partner of Square Forty, a licensed investment advisor focused on private equity special situations and family office investment management. He has over 20 years of experience across various industries including financial services, healthcare, real estate, consumer, energy, transportation, construction and building materials among others.

Prior to Square Forty, Mr. Elakhdar was the CEO of the investment banking division of Beltone Financial (BTFH.CA) in Egypt, where he provided advisory services for a full range of transactions including mergers, sales, acquisitions, spin-offs, divestitures and other restructurings. He also worked closely with financial sponsors to originate, structure, and execute equity capital market transactions including initial public offerings and follow-on offerings.

Prior to Beltone, he was a management consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) within the global corporate strategy team, in Washington DC and later in Abu Dhabi, where he advised major corporations and governments on strategic transformation initiatives worldwide. He also worked as a Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) and Bechtel Corporation where he was involved in major infrastructure and technology projects across the US.

He currently serves on the boards of Arabian Foods Industries Domty (DOMT.CA), Dallah Holding Egypt, and Limevest Partners.

Mr. Elakhdar holds a B.S in Engineering from the American University in Cairo (AUC) and a M.S in Finance (summa cum laude) from the George Washington University School of Business. He also completed several executive programs, at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business. In addition, he is currently completing the Owner President Management program at Harvard Business School.