Maissan Al Maskati is Associate Director for Dubai International Capital Private Equity, the private equity division of Dubai International Capital LLC (‘DIC’), the international investment arm of the conglomerate Dubai Holding.

Maissan’s role at DIC Private Equity includes the sourcing, evaluation and screening of potential private equity buy-out opportunities and portfolio management. He is responsible for transaction negotiation, conducting due diligence processes and deal structuring. Since joining the firm, Maissan has worked on the leveraged buyouts of The Tussauds Group, Doncasters, Travelodge, and Mauser. In addition, Maissan was involved in the acquisition of Almatis, for which he is a member of the board.

Maissan joined DIC in January 2005 from Banc of America Securities in London where he focused on mergers, acquisitions and capital raising in industrial sectors such as chemicals, logistics, packaging and defense. Notable transactions include Bayer’s €1.5 billion spin-off of Lanxess AG, Cadbury’s €6.1 billion acquisition of Pfizer’s Adams and Bain Capital’s bid for Basell Petrochemicals. He completed his investment banking training with Banc of America Securities in New York, USA. Prior to that, he worked briefly with Merrill Lynch in Bahrain.

Maissan is a UK FSA Registered Corporate Finance Advisor. He holds a B.Sc. in Economics & Political Science from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom. He has also completed executive mergers & acquisitions education at Stanford Business School (Stanford University) in California, USA.