Walid Mourad is a Portfolio Manager/Analyst on the Middle East North African Equity team. He began working in the investment field in 2003. Prior to joining Lazard in 2014, he was a Portfolio Manager and Senior Investment Analyst at ING Investment Management Middle East, co-managing the ING MENA Fund. Previously, Walid was a regional equity analyst at NBD Investment Bank’s Asset Management division, responsible for the coverage of KSA, UAE, Qatar, Jordan and Lebanon. Prior to that, Walid worked as a management consultant for one of the top consulting companies in Lebanon, where he assessed and valued several companies in several industries and regions. In addition, he worked on the strategy formulation and organizational restructuring tasks related to these regional companies. He holds a Masters Honors Degree in Economics from the Saint Joseph University in Lebanon.