OUR TEAM
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Senior Team
Meet Our Leadership Team
Karim Moussa
Co-CEO EFG Hermes - Investment Bank (Buy-Side) ExCom Member of EFG Hermes Holding CEO Vortex Energy
Mr. Moussa is an accomplished, senior executive with a proven track record of investment and advisory in energy, infrastructure, and other sectors.
Mr. Moussa is a Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Investment Banking Division and the Head of Private Equity and Asset Management at EFG Hermes, which he joined in 2008. Mr. Moussa is also the Chief Executive Officer and an Investment Committee Member of Vortex Energy, which he established with Mr. Abdel-Wahab in 2014. He is also an Investment Committee Member of other EFG Hermes' sponsored funds and a Member of the Board of Directors for several firms, e.g. InfraMed, a Mediterranean area-focused EUR 385mn infrastructure fund, and Vortex Energy portfolio companies, including Ignis, an independent integrated renewable company with headquarters in Spain. Previously, he was a Vice President in Global Banking at Deutsche Bank, in Frankfurt, and was responsible for originating and executing M&A and capital markets mandates within the European and MENA regions. Additionally, he held other roles in investment management earlier in his career.
Mr. Moussa earned a Master of Business Administration from Technische Universität Berlin. He also earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Technische Universität Berlin.
Bakr Abdel-Wahab
CIO, Vortex Energy
Mr. Abdel-Wahab is an accomplished, senior executive with a proven track record of investment and advisory in energy, infrastructure, and other sectors.
Mr. Abdel-Wahab is the Chief Investment Officer and an Investment Committee Member of Vortex Energy, which he established with Mr. Moussa in 2014. He is also a Member of the Board of Directors for Vortex Energy portfolio companies, including Ignis, an independent integrated renewable company with headquarters in Spain. Previously, he led certain investments for InfraMed Infrastructure, a Mediterranean area-focused EUR 385mn infrastructure fund. Additionally, he held other roles in investment, engineering, advisory, and construction project management in the infrastructure sector with other firms, including Laing O’Rourke, Costain Engineering, and Vinci, earlier in his career. Notably, he was an Associate Director of Business Development and Strategy with GMR, an infrastructure investment firm, with offices in London, and was responsible for regional coverage of Europe, Middle East, and North Africa.
Mr. Abdel-Wahab earned a Master of Business Administration from Imperial College Business School London, a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering and Project Management, and a Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering from the University of Leeds.
Ana Peris Caminero
COO, Vortex Energy
Ms. Peris Caminero is an accomplished, senior executive with a proven track record of business operations, mergers and acquisitions, and project development and in the power and utilities sectors.
Ms. Peris Caminero is the Chief Operating Officer and an Investment Committee Member of Vortex Energy, which she joined in 2022. Previously, she held several leadership positions at Naturgy, a power and gas utility company, in Madrid, and was responsible for growing the business by entering new markets, adding new generating capacity, including integrating renewable energy, transitioning coal generation assets, and negotiating the Nuclear Generation Protocol in Spain, amongst other major achievements. Additionally, Ms. Peris Caminero held other roles with European power and utilities companies, including CEOE, Eurelectric, Unión Fenosa/ACEX, earlier in her career.
Ms. Peris Caminero earned a Bachelor of Business Administration and Management from ICADE School of Business and Economics in Madrid. She also earned a Diplôme d´Études Européennes from Louvain University.
Carl Dandanell
Chairman, Vortex Energy
Mr. Dandanell is an accomplished, senior executive with a pro ven track record of investment and advisory in energy, infrastructure, and other sectors.
Mr. Dandanell is the Chairman of Beaufort, which was formed alongside Vortex Energy in 2015. He is also an advisor and investment committee member to several firms, including InfraMed Infrastructure, a Mediterranean area-focused EUR 385mn infrastructure fund, and IPM Central & Eastern European Infrastructure. Previously, he held several leadership positions at Vattenfall, a leading European energy company, in Stockholm, and was responsible for growing the renewables and conventional business segments, including M&A activity, in the Western Hemisphere, the United Kingdom, and the Nordic region. Additionally, he held roles with other firms, including Nuon, KPMG, and Nobel Industries, and is currently the Non-Executive Director of Subseamicropiles Ltd., a firm serving the offshore wind sector.
Mr. Dandanell earned a Master of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance from Stockholm University. He also earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Stockholm University.