DIF Capital Partners
Zaina Ahmed-Karim serves as Partner and Chief Financial Officer at CVC DIF since September 2022, contributing to the Executive Committee of the independent private markets fund manager. Prior to this role, Zaina held the position of Chief Financial Officer at Dasym from July 2021 to August 2022, where responsibilities included overseeing a research-driven investment firm with a global presence. Zaina's extensive career at EY spanned from September 1996 to June 2021, culminating in a Partner role focused on audits for large international clients in financial services, along with experience as a Senior Manager coordinating audit engagements. Zaina began their career at EY in various positions to gain industry experience, ultimately becoming a Chartered Accountant after completing postgraduate accountancy studies at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where a Master's degree in Business Economics and Accountancy was also obtained.
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DIF Capital Partners
DIF Capital Partners is a leading global fund manager, with over €16 billion of assets under management across nine closed-end infrastructure funds and several co-investment vehicles. DIF Capital Partners invests in greenfield and operational infrastructure assets located primarily in Europe, the Americas and Australasia through two complementary strategies: - Traditional DIF funds, of which DIF Infrastructure VII is the latest vintage, target core infrastructure equity investments with long-term contracted or regulated income streams including public-private partnerships, concessions, utilities, and energy transition projects (incl. renewable energy). - DIF CIF funds, of which DIF CIF III is the latest vintage, target equity investments in small to mid-sized core-plus infrastructure companies in the telecom, energy transition, and transportation sectors. DIF has a team of over 225 professionals, based in eleven offices located in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Helsinki, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, New York, Paris, Santiago, Sydney and Toronto.