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Jamil Brair

Jamil has worked extensively in corporate finance, auditing, and private equity. Up until May 2011, Jamil was responsible for managing SHUAA Partners Fund I and Frontier Opportunities Fund I, two of SHUAA Partners’ flagship private equity funds. He was engaged in all stages of the private equity investment lifecycle from acquisitions to divestitures, including leading extensive financial due diligence and directing the screening process for key investment opportunities. Jamil was also an active member of the SHUAA Partners investment committee.

Prior to joining SHUAA Partners in 2004, Jamil served as Assistant Vice-President in the Private Equity Department of The National Investor (TNI), where he assisted in structuring and establishing a regional Islamic real estate fund and led the execution of its first marquee investment.

He began his professional career in audit at Arthur Andersen in Montreal, Canada, later serving as Manager in the Corporate Finance department in charge of leading diligence and business valuation mandates for mergers & acquisitions. Jamil regularly lends his deal screening, deal structuring, and investment management expertise to Tandem Partners. He holds a Graduate Diploma in Public Accounting and a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University, and earned the designation of Chartered Business Valuator (CBV) in addition to his Chartered Accountant (CA) title.