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6 ABDALLAH YAFI B&Y Venture Partners Lebanon GHAITH YAFI B&Y Venture Partners Lebanon Abdallah is a Managing GP at B&Y Venture Partners, an early-stage Lebanese investment fund that invests globally with a focus on the ICT sector. He is also an active angel investor and a former founder with a couple of online marketplace ventures under his belt and a successful track record of exiting companies in Canada and the UK. Abdallah previously served on the Board of Directors and chaired the Strategy Committee of Big Bus Tours, the leading global operator of open-top sightseeing and recently co-led a large private equity exit transaction of the business. Between 2002 and 2008, Abdallah held a Management Consultant position with CSC and a Manager position with Accenture France. Abdallah holds an MBA from INSEAD, a Masters degree in Industrial Engineering from Ecole Polytechnique and a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University. Ghaith is a Managing GP at B&Y Venture Partners, a Beirut-based venture capital fund that invests globally with a focus on the ICT sector. He is also an active angel investor and a former entrepreneur himself with a successful track record having founded and exited a couple of companies in Canada and the UK. Ghaith previously served on the Board of Directors and Investment Committee of Big Bus Tours, the leading global operator of open-top sightseeing and recently co-led a large private equity exit transaction of the business. Prior to that, Ghaith spent more than 6 years in investment banking working for Houlihan Lokey, HSBC and Société Générale Investment Banking in France. Ghaith holds a Masters degree in Finance and Management from ESCP-Europe (France) and a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University.

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