In 2010, Shamel Aboul Fadl founded Compass and grew the company to become one of the leading private equity firms in Egypt. Prior to establishing Compass, Shamel Aboul Fadl was a Managing Partner at Pharos Holding, which he helped transform from a boutique investment firm into a full-fledged investment bank. During his tenure at Pharos Holding, Mr. Aboul Fadl launched Pharos Asset Management, where he served as Chief Executive Officer. In 2005, he co-founded Paragon Asset Management, an independent asset manager headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland with AUMs of USD 950 million. Previously, Mr. Aboul Fadl worked with Citigroup in Geneva as Vice President, where he was mandated to grow assets under management with a focus on Egypt and the wider North Africa region. Mr. Aboul Fadl started his career in 1999 with Mansour-Maghraby Investment and Development Company where he specialized in Telecom and IT investments.
Mr. Aboul Fadl holds a B.Sc. in Construction Engineering from the American University in Cairo and an MBA from The Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania.

Prior to joining Compass in 2018, Mr. Abdel Rahman was the Chief Executive Officer of Palm Hills Development where he led the successful turnaround of the company. Prior to Palm Hills, Mr. Abdel Rahman spent over 20 years within the financial sector.  He was a founding partner of Akanar Partners, currently Arqaam Egypt, which is a dedicated corporate finance and M&A advisory firm having  served as its Managing Director. Mr. Abdel-Rahman also held the post of Director and Co-Head of Beltone Investment Banking and was an Associate in the infrastructure and energy finance department with Citigroup  based out of London. Prior to that, he held key posts with EFG Hermes Private Equity and the Corporate Banking department of HSBC Egypt, where he had begun his career.
He holds a BA in Business Administration from the American University in Cairo and an MBA from London Business School.

Dr. Farouk is Chief Executive of ADES, a Tadawul-listed Egyptian oil and gas company that provides offshore and onshore drilling services for the MENA region, and has been a member of its board since inception in 2012. During his time with ADES, he led its expansion into new markets and services, transforming ADES into a leading international rig operator. Dr. Farouk joined the Group from Invensys Operations Management (IOM), a FTSE 100 company, where he was most recently senior vice president for global delivery and operations based in Texas. He served earlier with Invensys as Director of Invensys Global Engineering Excellence Centres in Egypt, India, China and Argentina, prior to which he was the General Manager of Invensys Engineering and Services in Egypt. He began his career in 1991 as a Project Engineer at ConiSys Egypt, a provider of control and instrumentation systems technology.
Dr. Farouk holds a Bachelor of Science and a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from Cairo University. Dr. Farouk completed his Ph.D. in Systems Engineering and Control at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio.

Mr. Abbas is Founding Chairman of ADES, a Tadawul-listed oil services company he founded and played a key role in transforming it into a regional player. He has held managerial positions within the oil and gas industry since 1998, where he co-founded and served as managing director and board member of the Egyptian Chinese Drilling Company (ECDC). Mr. Abbas also founded Advansys Systems, a group focusing on the provision of solutions for the oil and gas industry. Beyond oil and gas, Mr. Abbas has led investments in industries including real estate, trade and commercial representation, food and agriculture, and automation engineering.
Mr. Abbas holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts and Mass Communications from the American University in Cairo.

Mr. Zahran is the Chief Executive Officer of Zahran Group, a diversified group with interests in supermarket retail chain and importer of household goods. He spearheaded the restructuring and positioning of Zahran in the Egyptian market. Prior to that, he served as a private equity director at Compass Capital. Mr. Zahran has held roles with HSBC Securities in New York where he focused on US based hedge funds and mutual funds investing in the EMEA region.
Mr. Zahran holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance and a B.A. in Economics from Boston University