Mounir Guen

Chief Executive Officer

Mounir (“Moose”) Guen is the Chief Executive Officer of MVision, which he founded in 2001. He is a veteran fundraising specialist, adviser and manager, with 30 years of experience in the industry during which he has worked on over 300 General Partnership funds. He has led MVision to the point where it is now one of the leading private equity capital raising firms in the world.

Moose is an active industry participant and sits on the EMPEA Investor Relations and Marketing Member Community Steering Committee. He also chaired the Invest Europe working group revising the Guidance for Placement Advisers on the application of the Code of Conduct, which was originally drafted under his chairmanship in 2009 and has been fundamental in establishing best practices in the industry. Moose has also served on the EVCA Investor Relations Committee and also the EVCA European Valuation Committee to establish policy currently in use.

Moose is often called upon by business media and education providers to give his expert opinion and insights, and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences throughout the world. He is a member of the New York University President's Global Council and the Liberal Studies Dean’s Council. Moose sits on the faculty of London Business School, having been honoured with the title of Executive Fellow of the Accounting Department since 2014, and regularly lectures at the school’s Private Equity Masterclass and on its MBA course. He is also a mentor in the Hong Kong University MBA Mentorship Programme.

Previously, Moose spent 13 years at Merrill Lynch as a Managing Director where he was responsible for building up the international non-US placement business, both at the General Partner and Investor level, and creating a strong franchise. He established an innovative proactive origination program for Europe and extended the concept to a global model. Prior to that, he trained at JP Morgan whilst working at the Saudi International Bank.

Moose completed Postgraduate ABD studies in Economics and has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and History from Georgetown University, and a Master of Science degree in Economics from the London School of Economics.

Hussein Khalifa

Founding Partner - Americas

At MVision, Hussein is involved in global origination as well as managing global fundraisings, and developing and maintaining investor relationships. 

Previously, Hussein was a founding director and chief executive of Archstone Capital, a UK corporate finance advisory boutique.

Hussein worked with multi-nationals and regional companies developing strategic plans and alliances in the pharmaceutical transportation, automotive, media, and construction industries. In the mid-1990s he founded and was the majority partner in a joint-venture in Egypt with India’s Cipla Limited, one of the world’s largest generic drug manufacturers and a constituent of the BSE Sensex Index. He was earlier involved in the agro-industrial roll-up at the Fountainhead Group in Geneva in the late 80s with responsibilities in North America, Latin America, Europe and Southeast Asia.

Hussein is an Advisory Board member of the RAND Corporation’s Centre for Global Risk and Security, the Anthony Quinn Foundation and the Alwan for the Arts. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a former member of the board of directors of the Arab Bankers Association of North America.

Hussein has a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors in International Economics & Politics and Chinese from Middlebury College. He has completed studies at the London Business School and Peking University in Beijing China and is an alumnus of the Georgetown Leadership Seminar. Hussein is proficient in French, Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin) and Spanish, and has a working knowledge of Italian and Malay.

Sayda Canizares

Senior Director - Americas

At MVision, Sayda manages global fundraisings, distribution and develops and maintains investor relationships. 

Prior to joining MVision, Sayda worked at BerchWood Partners for 14 years, most recently as Principal, Director of Marketing, where she was responsible for leading fundraises for private equity, venture capital, infrastructure and real assets funds, and managing sales and distribution responsibilities. Prior to that Sayda worked as a Financial Analyst at Guy Carpenter.
Sayda graduated from the New School for Social Research, New York with a Bachelor of Arts with concentration in Economics.

Vic Kotecha

Director - EMEA

At MVision, Vic manages global fundraisings, distribution and develops and maintains investor relationships. 

Prior to joining MVision, Vic worked at BerchWood Partners LLP, where he was responsible for fundraising across Europe, MENA and Asia, focusing on private equity fundraises across varying fund sizes, strategies and geographies. Vic also worked at Argo Capital Management where he was responsible for fundraising and investor relations for emerging markets credit focused hedge funds and also worked independently for DeBere Capital Partners, fundraising across all major market strategies (Buy Out, VC, Real Estate, Renewables and ILS). Vic has held a number of other sales roles over his 15 year career.

Vic graduated from Bath University with a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and has a Masters in Risk Management and Insurance from City University Business School.

Charlotte Riley

Global HR Director

At MVision, Charlotte is responsible for global HR and recruitment and provides operational and strategic business management advice and support.

Prior to joining MVision Charlotte gained broad generalist HR experience as an HR Business Partner at Financial Services and Professional Services organisations including EY, JLT, and Starr Companies.

Charlotte holds a Masters in Human Resources Management from the University of the West of England where she also gained her CIPD, and has a Bachelor of Arts in Archaeology and Anthropology from the University of Bristol.

George Kyriazis

IT Director

At MVision, George manages the enterprise technology function supporting the firm’s global operation.

Prior to joining MVision, George worked for a multi-national travel agency, Interargo Travel, where he was co-responsible for the successful integration of legacy ticketing booking software and separate pricing systems into a consolidated internet platform.

George has a Bachelor of Computer Science with Software Engineering from Lancaster University, and a master’s in information systems management from the London Business School.

Diego Marin

IT Manager

At MVision, Diego is responsible for supporting the firm’s global technology requirements.

Prior to joining MVision, Diego was the Director of Technology for Aviator Sports and Recreation, a state of the art sports facility located in Brooklyn, New York.  Prior to Aviator Sports, Diego was the Network Administrator for Capital Z Partners in New York.

Diego attended Quinnipiac University where he studied Physical Therapy and Business Administration.

Muheez Solebo

Group Accountant

At MVision, Muheez is responsible for working with the finance team on compliance, regulatory filling and statutory reporting, as well as overseeing the accounts receivable function.

Prior to joining MVision, Muheez worked for Forbidden Planet, Language Line and the Admirable Crichton in various accounting roles.

Muheez has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management from UMIST and is an ACCA affiliate.