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Makram Azar
Founder & CEO
Prior to founding Full Circle Capital, Makram was Chairman of Banking EMEA and Chairman of Barclays Bank PLC, MENA until January 2019 and served as Senior Advisor to Barclays from January 2019 to January 2021.
Makram also serves as the CEO of Golden Falcon Acquisition Corp, a SPAC listed on the NYSE focusing on the TMT and FinTech sectors in Europe, Israel, the Middle East or North America.
Makram joined Barclays in September 2010 from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) where he was Managing Director and Head of MENA. Prior to joining KKR, Makram had spent 18 years at Lehman Brothers, latterly as Global Head of Sovereign Wealth Funds and Chairman of Media Investment Banking EMEA. Previously he led the Media, Consumer & Retail Investment Banking businesses of Lehman Brothers in EMEA.
Throughout his 30-year career in the banking and investment industries, Makram has worked on over 215 deals across a broad geographic and sector spectrum, including numerous multi-billion dollar deals in telecoms, media, consumer, retail, hospitality, real estate and natural resources for a broad range of clients across multinational corporates, sovereign wealth funds and governments.
Makram holds a Master’s degree in Management and Finance from École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) in Paris and a BA in Applied Economics from the University Paris-IX Dauphine. Makram actively supports numerous philanthropic initiatives across several causes and geographies in the developed and developing countries.
Alexandra Savitsky
Senior Principal
Sasha brings over 13 years of bulge-bracket investment banking and investing experience to Full Circle Capital.
Prior to joining Full Circle Capital in 2019, Sasha was an investor at a private London-based family office, where she developed and managed an investment strategy which included early stage venture investments in the consumer and retail sectors.
Prior to the family office role, Sasha spent over 8 years at Barclays Investment Bank working closely with our founder and CEO, Makram Azar. While at Barclays she was responsible for advisory and other investment banking transactions in a number of European and other geographies across governments, corporates and financial institutions. During her tenure at Barclays, Sasha advised on over $10bn in M&A transactions and raised over $11bn in debt and equity financings. Most recently Sasha served as relationship manager for several of Barclays’ most sizeable clients, including sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions and natural resources conglomerates.
Sasha holds a BSc Hons in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Douglas Berkman
Vice President
Douglas brings over 5 years of investing experience to Full Circle Capital.
Prior to Full Circle Capital, Douglas worked for Goldman Sachs in the Merchant Banking Division and the Special Situations Group in both the United States and Europe. While at Goldman Sachs he worked on over $1.5bn of debt and equity investments in companies operating in the United States, Latin America, and Europe across a variety of sectors, including software, fintech, telecom, and more.
Douglas graduated from the University of Texas Business Honours Program, cum laude, where he majored in Finance and minored in Accounting.
Nuno Moreira
Associate
Nuno brings over 2 years of strategic advisory and capital raising experience to Full Circle Capital.
Prior to joining Full Circle Capital, Nuno worked in the Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley, in the Media & Communications team covering companies located in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. While at Morgan Stanley he worked on M&A, equity and debt transactions totaling over $5bn in deal value across a variety of sectors, including fintech, adtech, online marketplaces, digital infrastructure, gaming and e-sports, telecoms and many others.
Nuno holds a MSc in Finance from Imperial College London and a BSc in Economics from the Nova School of Business and Economics, including an exchange programme at Bocconi University.
Liz Dring
OFFICE OF THE FOUNDER AND CEO
Liz has spent her 15 year career managing global projects and streamlining internal corporate communications and culture at some of the world’s largest and fastest growing companies.
She has developed a diverse network through her cross-sector experience ranging from her early career at PIMCO, Deutsche Bank and Wellington Management International to WPP, an advertising and marketing services company operating in over 100 countries. More recently Liz has worked directly with investment and incubator teams at private family offices where she has spent time in a Chief of Staff capacity and overseeing operations.
Liz graduated from the University of London with a major in History. Liz is actively engaged in supporting several charities, especially those with a specific emphasis on providing support and hope to bereaved children.
Annie Clausen
TEAM COORDINATOR
Annie has over 7 years of experience within Investment Management and Financial Services. This includes Front Office Private Client Administration, as well as Back Office Operations experience. Most recently, Annie was involved in the set-up of the PMO function at Waverton Investment Management in London.
Annie holds a CISI Investment Operations qualification gained in 2015.
Previously, Annie worked within the Health and Fitness industry and still keeps this as a hobby.
