Hazem Ben-Gacem is Investcorp's Co-Chief Executive Officer leading the firm's Private Equity business in Europe, Middle East and Asia, its recently launched global private banking operation and its Investor Relationship Management team globally.Hazem is also the Managing Partner of the Investcorp Technology Partners group of funds. Prior to his Co-CEO appointment, Hazem led Investcorp's European private equity and Technology private equity teams. Before joining Investcorp in 1994, Hazem was a member of Credit Suisse First Boston's mergers and acquisitions team in New York. Hazem holds a bachelor’s degree with honours from Harvard University and is the founder of the Harvard Office in Tunisia, the first formal presence for Harvard University in the Arab world. In addition, Hazem serves on the Advisory Board of the University of Oxford's Middle East Center.