Bio

Yusef Kassim joined Advent in 2019 to serve as Head of Business Development for Advent Global Opportunities which he did until mid-2023. He worked closely with Advent LP Services (LPS) and formally joined the team in 2023. Yusef remains focused on business development and investor relations activities, primarily in North America and the Middle East. He has over 20 years of business development experience, cultivating, and managing relationships with leading global institutional investors. Prior to joining Advent, he was a Partner at Blue Harbour Group. Previously, he has held senior executive positions at Eton Park Capital Management and Gerson Lehrman Group. Yusef began his career at Goldman Sachs as an analyst in the Equities Division. Yusef received his BAS in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.