Our People

We pride ourselves on our professional and focused approach, working proactively and collaboratively across sectors and geographies to achieve stronger results. Bond’s professionals come from a broad spectrum of investing, strategic consulting, and industry backgrounds with impeccable credentials in running large operations on a regional and global scale.

Our team of experienced investment professionals is comprised of seasoned local investors who know the region, understand the culture and have extensive investing and business experience. Stable investment teams on the ground have strong local knowledge, boosted by support from central management and regional hubs.

We have an unrivalled global platform with a unique skill to scale up businesses supported by our value creation plans, standards and growth tools for each of our partner companies across the investment lifecycle.

The skills and knowledge of our professionals are further complemented by specialist external advisors and consultants, who are retained to assist in the evaluation and execution processes. Our focus on quality permeates every aspect of our business, from the selection of our human resource capital to our investment approach.

In developing and nurturing a deep network of contacts and business relationships, we seek to identify high-quality opportunities. We then work to identify, assess and mitigate the risks associated with these investment prospects.

We are driven to provide our investors with consistently strong returns that are significantly above those they could achieve in the public markets. We hire professionals with world-class value-creation capabilities; invest in their training and development using third-party experts when needed.

Meet The Team

VIVEK RAO

Group CEO

Vivek Rao has a track record of noteworthy accomplishments in corporate finance, business advisory and investment management, as a senior executive in several leading international and regional firms including Andersen and subsequently Ernst & Young.

Based in Dubai since 1996, Vivek’s earlier experience and reputation in the financial sector led to his appointment as Chief Financial Officer of Tamweel, and subsequently as Chief Executive Officer of Meraas Capital Ltd, one of the most successful sovereign wealth funds in Dubai, where he was responsible for driving their real estate portfolio, including the highly acclaimed acquisition of a stake in the General Motors Building and three other central assets in Mid-Town Manhattan, New York City.

Vivek also serves on boards and investment committees for select regional organizations and governments.

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