A Kuwaiti firm with a global horizon.

Value rarely announces itself. We look for businesses whose advantages are durable rather than temporary, and we commit to them over a horizon long enough for the advantage to compound.

That is why we concentrate rather than diversify. A small number of situations, understood properly, protects a client better than a wide portfolio held shallowly — and it is the only way to stay useful to a company whose business we actually understand.

We have a record of investing in developing markets, where our experience helps us find opportunities offering consistent returns and solid yields, and we are willing to invest in distressed situations where our involvement can help a company address its problems and unlock the value that was always there.

On occasion we play a catalytic role, bringing new capital into an investment when it is needed — often as anchor investor — in support of creating greater value.

The Board sets the company's strategic direction and evaluates the effectiveness of management policies to ensure that shareholders' long-term interests are served. The Chairman of the Board is assisted by the directors and senior management in overseeing Q8 Capital's operations.

The Board has constituted two standing committees. The Board Executive Committee oversees nominations and remuneration. The Board Audit, Risk, Compliance and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for audit, risk, compliance and corporate governance oversight. The charter of each committee enumerates its members' responsibilities.