Gulf Capital Group banks on private equity in the Gulf region and Asia

Gulf Capital Group, a boutique investment bank set up in Dubai in February, is gearing up to provide corporate finance and related advisory services to mid-market, sector-focused private equity funds in the Gulf region as well as China and India.

Omar Rana, managing director of Gulf Capital Group said: “One key area of our focus is private equity advisory. We intend to work only with experienced GPs general partners who have focused sector-driven strategies in key markets which include China and India.”

Gulf Capital Group’s target sectors are energy, TMT and financial, in Asia and the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region.

Rana has been in China for the past week, and is bound for Hong Kong.