Wahid Hamid

Wahid Hamid is a Senior Partner at The Abraaj Group, where he leads the Abraaj Performance Acceleration Group. The Abraaj Group is a leading private equity investor in global growth markets. The group manages $7.5 billion in assets, operating through 33 offices in Asia, Africa, MENA, Turkey and Central Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.

Before joining The Abraaj Group, Mr. Hamid was an independent consultant to private equity firms and their portfolio companies. He previously worked at PepsiCo as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development and Chief Financial Officer of PepsiCo Americas Foods. He was also a Board Member of PepsiCo Americas and a member of the company’s Executive Management Committee. Previously, he spent 15 years with Boston Consulting Group, where his last role was Senior Partner and Managing Director in New York.

Mr. Hamid has undergraduate degrees from the California Institute of Technology and Occidental College in the US. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Occidental College.