Our people

BOARD & LEADERSHIP

Shamel Aboul Fadl

Founder & Chairman

Founded Compass in 2010, bringing together investment experience and an entrepreneurial approach.

Shamel Aboul Fadl

BACKGROUND & EXPERIENCE

A closer
perspective.

Shamel founded Compass Capital in 2010. Before establishing the firm, he was a Managing Partner at Pharos Holding, where he helped develop its investment banking platform and launched Pharos Asset Management.

His earlier experience includes co-founding Paragon Asset Management in Geneva and working at Citigroup and Mansour-Maghraby Investment and Development Company.

Shamel holds a BSc in Construction Engineering from the American University in Cairo and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.