Bio

Hakim Ghanem joined Advent in 2021 as part of the firm’s global Portfolio Support Group and works with management teams across North America to improve performance and realize the underlying investment thesis. Before Advent, he was an Executive Director at JPMorgan Chase where he led the launch of digital platforms for middle market clients. Prior to that, Hakim was COO of E*TRADE's trading and cash management business. Hakim spent the first years of his career as a strategy consultant, most recently at Booz & Company and Bain & Company. Hakim received a master's degree in engineering from Ecole Centrale de Nantes, a master’s degree in management from ESSEC in Paris, and an MBA from the University of Chicago.