Wassel Al Fakhoury
President, Acme Clinical Trials Inc.
Wassel is a consultant and non-executive director advising companies, businesses and high net worth individuals globally on M&A transactions, strategy and corporate governance.
Wassel is a corporate and M&A counsel with experiences covering complex and sensitive corporate and M&A transactions in addition to having been a board member for some of the largest publicly traded companies and sovereign funds in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
Wassel’s skill set not only includes more than 19 years of corporate counsel experience leading and managing M&A and privatization deals (including corporate structuring and restructuring of complex projects and businesses in different jurisdictions) exceeding USD100 billion in total value but also 3 years of board membership for conglomerate companies and sovereign funds in the GCC with a work force exceeding 50,000 where he was in charge of overall strategy, management, organizational governance, board governance and assurance of executive performance.
Wassel sat on the boards of:
- Arabtec Holding PJSC, a public company listed on the DFM and one of the leading engineering and construction group of companies specializing in complex projects in the MENA region.
- Depa Limited, a public company listed on the Nasdaq Dubai in the DIFC and one of the world’s largest interior contractors.
- Jordan Wood Industries Company as Chairman, a public shareholding company listed on the Amman Stock Exchange in Jordan.
- Private companies in the U.S and Europe.
Wassel served as the General Counsel for Aabar Investments PJS, the Abu Dhabi-based sovereign fund and diversified investment conglomerate. Wassel has also held a number of other senior roles.
Wassel has successfully structured, managed and led unprecedented transactions and is invited regularly as a speaker at conferences on M&A transactions and corporate governance in MENA.
Wassel graduated from the University of Cambridge/Judge Business School, obtaining Executive MBA and is also a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Wharton Business School, obtaining and LL.M. and Wharton Business & Law Certificate.