Leila Kaissi focuses on developing and maintaining institutional client and consultant relationships throughout the Gulf Cooperation Council (‘GCC’). She also works closely with clients in the management of their portfolios and aids in the development and monitoring of their private equity programs.
Prior to joining Adams Street, Leila was a Vice President at Gulf Capital where she was responsible for leading relationships and communications across their institutional investor base of pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, corporates and family offices from the GCC, Asia, Europe, and North America. She also played an active role in the development of Gulf Capital’s investor relations strategy and managed the co-investment offerings pipeline alongside being responsible for investor due diligence.
Leila’s other experience includes an Investment Associate role at Gulf Capital where she was responsible for deal origination, financial modeling, portfolio monitoring, and relaying key information to the investment committees. She commenced her career as an Audit and Assessment Associate at KPMG.