impact-driven advisory
EquiTie is a bespoke advisory firm that partners with founders and CEOs to ignite their next stage of growth
Our team supports market-defining companies in emerging and global markets to overcome their strategic and financial challenges and turn them into growth opportunities
We offer a tailored approach to startups and SMEs that focuses on people, (people, people!) product and the positioning of companies through data-driven decision making, profitability planning, investment readiness, and strategic fundraising roadmaps
We support impact-driven funds looking to optimise their capital formation, investment thesis, ESG strategy, and value-added portfolio management
we achieve that by
BACKING EXCEPTIONAL FOUNDERS
CONTINOUSLY DRIVING COLLABORATION
ALIGNING
RETURN WITH IMPACT
Relentlessly playing the long game
MEET THE TEAM READY TO change your trajectory
Our team brings years of diverse experience working in investment banking, capital markets, entrepreneurship and global creative industries. We fill the gaps in your team. We tap into our unique skill-sets to fill the missing pieces needed to accelerate our portfolio companies.
The work we do as a team comes out of our shared passion for working with businesses we believe in and the pleasure that lies in taking them to the next stage.
Ahmed El Hamawy
Managing Partner
As an ex-investment banker, Ahmed combines nine years of entrepreneurial, investment and corporate experience. His time as an analyst at KPMG’s Deal Advisory team focused on valuations and financial modelling. He was the youngest Senior Associate in the KPMG Doha office, and later joined QNB Capital; the Investment Banking arm of the largest bank in MENA. At QNB Capital, he led transactions across Mergers & Acquisitions, Equity Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets and Strategic Advisory. His most notable transactions include: The State of Qatar’s US$12b sovereign bond issuance (the largest emerging market bond of 2018), the IPO of a JV owned by the largest state-owned Qatari entity and a PPP development project for one of the FIFA 2022 World Cup precincts.
He is a CFA charter holder, holds a BSBA in Finance from the American University of Sharjah and an MBA from the University of Oxford.
Caspar Jopling
Founding Partner
Caspar is a critically acclaimed art consultant and angel investor. He previously worked in the CEO office at Sotheby's on Special Projects, Corporate Development and Strategy. His work with Sotheby's focused on Contemporary and Modern Art, where he was able to see first-hand the future market innovation caused by data utilisation, artificial intelligence / machine learning and blockchain technology. He is a partner at New Heights Ventures, an early-stage fund that invests in the health and wellness, sustainability and tech sectors. Prior to his university years, he competed internationally in rowing; representing Great Britain at multiple World Junior Rowing Championships and Team GB at the Youth Olympics in 2010.
He holds a BA in History of Art and Architecture from Harvard and an MBA from the University of Oxford.