Tarek Haffar is a Managing Director based in Dubai, where he provides Private Equity, Investment Banking and Asset Management. Previously, Haffar worked at Credit Suisse in Dubai as the Managing Director and an Investment Partner (2007-2014), and at Merrill Lynch in London, where he was the First Vice President of Investments (1995-2007). <br /><br />Haffar studied at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon, where he achieved a B.A. degree in Business and a master’s degree in Financial Economics. Haffar continued his education by attending the prestigious Harvard Business School as a full executive program attendee over a period of five years. He is currently in his second year of studying for his PHD (doctorate in Public Administration) at Cerdap France (University of Grenoble, Faculty of Legal Economics).