Samir Nasr is born in 1953. He is holder of PhD in economics (Paris Sorbonne), M.A. economics (American University of Beirut) and diplomas in Finance and planning (Sorbonne Paris). His career began in 1978 as a consultant at OECD (Paris) till 1981. He was appointed then as chairman of economics department at the Lebanese University in 1982. He founded in 1983 ECE (Etudes et Consultations Economiques), a consulting firm. In 2009, he launched along with partners a sister company, ECE Capital a financial institution specialized in corporate finance and M&As, that he sold in 2016 in order to transfer his activities to a full fledge fund in Cyprus. Between 2000 and 2005, he acted as the Economic Financial Advisor of the State of Qatar. Dr. Nasr has developed a wide experience in corporate finance services, M&A, fund structuring and management. He conducted, supervised and participated in nearly 800 assignments covering Lebanon, Europe, USA, Middle Eastern and Gulf countries. He has been an advisor or board member to numerous private institutions in Lebanon and abroad. In 2016, he launched a VC fund “Phoenician Fund” to finance new ventures in the digital area. He is still the chairman since inception. In 2016, he founded “Mouflon Investment Fund”, AIF VCIC PLC in Nicosia-Cyprus, specialized in Real Estate and private equity. He is the Executive Director since inception. Since 2018, he has been a member of the board of “Kafalat” (financial company) and Chairman of “ISME Fund” (a joint venture between World Bank and the Lebanese Ministry of Finance). Since 42 years, Dr. Nasr covered, through the various assignments in consulting Fund management and boards of companies, a large spectrum of competence in financial advisory, structuring and management along with his initial capacity as economist with a consistent number of publications.
