Panos Alivizatos is a corporate finance and private equity executive with over two decades’ experience across the GCC region and emerging markets. He has led 50+ transactions worth over US$3 billion, spanning M&As, IPOs, direct investments, JVs, PPP and project finance.
His career spans investment banks, sovereign wealth fund-backed investment firms, corporate finance boutiques, multinationals and state-owned enterprises, giving him both investor and issuer perspectives on capital raising and structuring. He has originated and executed transactions in energy transition, circular economy, real assets (water, ports, aviation, coastal maritime), digital infrastructure and natural resources, working with regulators, capital market authorities, central
banks, institutional investors and high-net-worth families.
Panos is Managing Partner of Chartered Associates Corp., a North American corporate development advisory firm with a network spanning to India, the CIS region, Europe and Africa.
He co-founded and invests in critical infrastructure and technology ventures.
He lectures on sustainability, investments, private equity, energy and leadership at leading business schools worldwide. He co-founded the Earth Nature Climate Institute in Canada and serves on the Board of ILO Consulting (an India based boutique corporate finance firm).
His research interests include how the adoption of AI could reshape the Sovereign Wealth Funds Decision-Making and Economic Planning systems in the emerging markets as well as the physical commodity markets and the infrastructure they require.