Ahmed Dessouky

As Orascom Development’s Group Chief Investment and Business Development Officer, Ahmed Dessouky leads and advances large-scale business development opportunities including investments, M&A, joint ventures, divestitures, partnerships, and strategic alliances. Ahmed’s coverage includes all of Orascom Development’s destinations.

Before joining Orascom Development, Dessouky was the co-founder and Managing Partner of HC Equity Partners. Dessouky previously worked in private equity with Lone Star Funds and Silverpeak Partners in Chicago and New York, respectively. Prior to that, he was an investment banker at the Deutsche Bank in New York covering companies in the real estate, gaming, lodging and leisure sectors. Dessouky’s coverage also included both traded and non-traded equity and mortgage REITs across various real estate asset classes including office, retail, multifamily, industrial, hospitality and data storage. Dessouky began his career with Deutsche Bank in New York working on greenfield investments in the energy and infrastructure sectors where he invested in the construction of multiple midstream assets for MLPs.

Dessouky earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce and an MBA with Distinction from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.