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Habib KARAOULI

Chairman & CEO - CAP Bank

Habib KARAOULI, CEO of an investment bank, leader in its market. Founder and Chairman of Capsa Capital Partners, a private equity investment fund management firm. Economist by training. One of the pioneers of venture capital in Tunisia.

Provided sell side or buy side advice on the main public equity and M&A divestments in the banking, insurance, telecoms, and retail sectors.

Independent Director, Chairman of committees in several companies.

Ranked by Jeune Afrique among the three pioneers of investment banking in Africa and described as "unavoidable". Investment Banker Award presented in Beijing in October 2016 by the International Capital Conference (ICC) for his creativity and contribution to the profession.

Chairman of the Club of Bank Executives of Africa.

Chairman of the Committee on the Financing of SMEs through Markets at the BVMT

President of the Maghreb Economist Forum: 2011-2023.

President of the jury of "The woman entrepreneur of the year" initiated by the magazine Managers

Elected "Financier of the Year 2007" by an independent jury of the newspaper l'Expert.

Consultant on behalf of the World Bank, particularly for the implementation of venture capital in Senegal and the WAEMU zone. Expert in business creation at the Delegation of the European Commission in Tunis

 

Interventions in numerous national and international seminars on the themes of investment banking, private equity, business creation, training and employment promotion.

Keynote speaker, author of several studies and publications. Regular contributor in several media including the Maghreb Economist, Managers, Business News, Tunisie Numérique, Express FM, RTCI and Jeune Afrique to enrich the public debate on major issues.