Yousef Hammad

Yousef is a graduate, with Honors, of King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (Saudi Arabia), the top-ranked university in the Middle East. He holds a bachelor's degree in finance and economics.

Yousef is a Managing Partner with BECO Capital, a Dubai-based venture capital firm. Yousef is in charge of managing investment opportunities from deal sourcing to closing, as well as post-acquisition management and support of portfolio companies. 

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. Prior to joining BECO Capital, Yousef held various roles with General Electric, most recently as a Commercial Operation Director for GE's aviation business, responsible for managing sales campaigns for Saudi Arabia and Turkey, and earlier, in the GE & Mubadala $5B joint venture. 

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He co-founded multiple businesses in Saudi Arabia: Cafea Arab, an artistic and social space cafe; Eventana, a corporate event management firm; and Chemya, an industrial chemicals distributor. Yousef has also been an active angel investor over the past several years, investing in multiple startups, regionally and internationally.

As a member of Class 21, Yousef served his fellowship at BECO Capital under the mentorship of Managing Partner Amir Farha.