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Makram Azar: US veteran eyes financial companies

By Robin Wigglesworth

Published: November 24 2008 17:09 | Last updated: November 24 2008 17:09

Only two months into the job, and Makram Azar, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts managing director for the Middle East and North Africa, says he is already looking at several “significant” deals.

It is a baptism of fire for Mr Azar, who joined the US private equity giant from Lehman Brothers, where he was managing director and global head of sovereign wealth funds.

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