Hala Fadel
Managing Partner
Eurazeo
About Me
Hala Fadel is a Managing Partner in the Growth team. She is a member of Eurazeo’s management committee and leads the Growth Equity team at Eurazeo. She is a member of the Investment Committee and leads the team’s sourcing efforts as well as the investments in the digital and tech sectors acccross Europe.
Prior to joining Eurazeo in 2022, she built Comgest’s inaugural private growth equity program, as a new part of their €40 bn listed equities program. She also spent nearly 15 years at Comgest as a portfolio manager within the European growth equities team, leading investments in technology, as well as in healthcare and consumer goods.
Hala also co-founded Leap Ventures, an early-stage technology venture capital investor that invests in Europe and the Middle East. Hala started her career as an investment banker in Mergers & Acquisitons at Merrill Lynch in London.
She currently serves on the Board of Trustees at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as well as on the Executive Board of the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Hala graduated from HEC Paris with a Masters in finance and holds and MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
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Winning Strategy: How Should Europe Play its Cards in the AI Race?
Europe finds itself at a pivotal moment in the global AI landscape, challenged by the immense scale of American and Chinese tech giants. Lacking their sheer size, Europe can leverage its highly skilled workforce, focus investments on strategic areas, and foster unprecedented collaboration across borders. But where exactly should investment and other resources be concentrated? How can the regulatory framework cement local growth? And how can Europeans innovate to create successful ventures that punch above their weight?