Zain Laher 2017 Speaker

Founding Partner

Kleoss Capital, South Africa

Biography

Zain is a seasoned private equity professional with extensive experience across the entire private equity spectrum from fundraising to origination and exit including managing troubled assets. Prior to co-founding Kleoss Capital, Zain was at Emerging Capital Partners between 2006-2012. With seven funds and over $2.0 billion under management, ECP is a leading private equity manager focused exclusively on Africa.

Zain started his career in 2001 at Standard Bank where he spent over five years in the investment banking division at its London and Johannesburg offices.