About Ruya
Ruya (means “Vision” in Arabic) was established to provide flexible funding solutions to private sector companies in developing markets where traditional financing markets leave a significant funding gap, particularly in the small to medium-sized enterprise segment. This segment is vital for the regional economies and plays an essential role in achieving GDP growth, diversification, and advancing the goals of regional socio-economic agendas. We provide bespoke funding solutions to this segment while delivering our investors a superior risk-adjusted return with regular current income.
What We Do
We provide innovative, alternative financing solutions for mid-market private sector companies within the region in situations where the funding needs are not well served by the traditional financing markets. We provide capital solutions to companies with strong business fundamentals, cash generating capabilities and proven management teams with a demonstrated track record of successful execution.
Team
Mirza Beg
Founding Partner
Mirza is a Founding Partner of Ruya Partners with over 28 years of global investing and investment banking experience from the U.S., UK, Asia and the MENA region.
Omar AlYawer
Partner
Omar is a Partner at Ruya Partners with over 24 years of asset-raising and equity trading experience from the U.S., UK and the MENA region.
Shweta Shastri
Vice President
Shweta is a Vice President at Ruya Partners with over 10 years of private equity, green infrastructure and investment banking experience from India & EMEA region.
Badma Lidzhanov
Investment Associate
Badma is an Investment Associate with over five years of experience in corporate finance, valuation, and leveraged finance from Russia.
Amir Saksouk
Junior Investment Analyst
Amir Saksouk is a Junior Investment Analyst and fresh graduate from the MSc in Finance & Accounting at Imperial College London.
Nasra Alhashemi
Office and Administrative Manager
Nasra is the Office and Administrative Manager and the Company Secretary with over eight years of experience from the UAE.
ESG
We believe that integrating consideration of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors into our investment process will allow us to generate superior risk-adjusted returns across market and economic cycles and create positive socio-economic impact. ESG integration is consistent with our fiduciary duty to our investors and our corporate values.
