People Moves
Heptagon Makes Big Push Into Private Client Market With Industry Veteran Hire
London headquartered asset manager Heptagon Capital has hired industry veteran Rajaa Mekouar as a director.
London headquartered asset manager Heptagon Capital
has hired industry veteran Rajaa Mekouar as a director.
She has been brought in to work on the company’s family office
clients and ultra-high net worth individuals across Europe and
selected international markets.
Mekouar has over 15 years of international professional
experience, including six years as a principal at Lazard European
Private Equity Partners and Change Capital Partners.
“Heptagon managed to significantly expand our investment products
and capabilities during the last nine years, and is therefore
able to cater to the needs of a wide range of institutional and
private clients keen on tailor-made investment solutions,” said
Tarek Mooro, managing partner at the firm. “We feel the time is
right to make a bigger push into the private client market, which
requires such customisation.”
Heptagon Capital was founded in 2005 by three Morgan Stanley
senior executives - Eran Ben-Zour, Tarek Mooro and Fredrik
Plyhr.
The firm now has $8.6 billion assets under management. In
February this year it launched two new global equity funds on its
Irish UCITS platform: the Oppenheimer Global Focus Equity Fund
and the Kopernik Global All-Cap Equity Fund. This takes the
number of funds on the platform to five.