Articles from Safanad

Safanad, a principal-led investment company that builds world-class businesses, is pleased to announce that Jeff Ferry has joined the firm as Partner and Head of Digital Infrastructure where he will focus on investing both in the U.S. and globally for Safanad’s digital infrastructure platform. Jeff will also oversee the continued expansion of Element Critical, a leading colocation investment and operating platform that Safanad has built over the last ten years. Jeff has over 30 years of experience as a seasoned investor in the digital infrastructure and TMT sectors. Jeff most recently spent nearly 20 years at Goldman Sachs, where he led the data center investment practice at Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group.

Safanad, a principal-led investment company with in-house investment and asset management capabilities, is extremely pleased to announce the launch of a series of videos by Dr. John Rutledge, Safanad’s Chief Strategist: “Asset-First Economics: Two Economies, Not One” and “Asset-First Economics: Why Inflation and Interest Rates Move Together”. The core thesis of the video series is that the U.S.’s massive $566 trillion balance sheet, not the GDP accounts, is the source of all the impactful stories in economics and finance. Dr. Rutledge’s videos are viewable at https://safanad.com/chief-strategist.

Safanad, a global holding company combining investment and operational excellence, today announced the addition of three Operating and Technical Partners – Jeff Mandel, Thomas Christopoul, and Eric Vincent, to further enhance its investment and operational capabilities and technical expertise across digital infrastructure, real estate, healthcare, and asset management. The new partners possess decades of experience in making and managing investments, building businesses, and executing complex strategies to drive value creation. They directly support investment and operating capabilities at Safanad’s sector platforms and portfolio companies. Each of them will also participate in the firm’s investment committees to evaluate decisions specific to their expertise. Jeff, Thomas, and Eric bring the firm’s Operating and Technical Partners Group to a total of 12 partners and will be based in Safanad’s New York City office.

Safanad, a global holding company combining investment and operational excellence, announced the expansion of its leadership team with three new Senior Partners – Saleh Romeih, Faisal Rehman, and Christopher Fazekas – to further enhance its investment and operational capabilities as the firm launches Safanad KSA to execute a US$3B (SAR 11B+) investment strategy in Saudi Arabia over the next five years.