Kuwait · Established 2008
A unique experience in capital markets.
Q8 Capital is a Kuwait-based investment and advisory firm, registered with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. We advise companies, families and institutions on raising capital, transacting, and managing wealth across the Gulf and beyond.
The firm
Signature for growth.
Q8 Capital was established in 2008, at an attractive entry point in the global marketplace. We are a closed joint stock company incorporated in Kuwait and registered with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
Since then we have built our record on one habit: looking for value that others have not yet recognised, and then staying with it long enough for the business to show what it is worth.
We are not a volume business. We take on a small number of mandates at a time, and we stay with them.
We look for value first. Then we give it time.
Philosophy & approach
Services
Five disciplines, one advisory team.
Equity Capital Markets
Capital-raising solutions for private companies looking to take their business to the public market.
Read more 02Mergers & Acquisitions
Buy-side and sell-side expertise from a team of transaction professionals.
Read more 03Corporate Finance Advisory
Objective insight at every step of the transaction cycle, from strategic options to closing.
Read more 04Family Office Services
Wealth and business planning for families, structured to hold across generations.
Read more 05Portfolio Management Services
Discretionary mandates in conventional and Shariah-compliant strategies, managed to your risk and return requirements.
Read moreApproach
How we work.
Our approach is characterised by patience and a long-term perspective, evaluating performance over various time horizons rather than quarter to quarter.
We search regionally and globally for the best opportunities and invest with conviction, keeping our clients' requirements in mind throughout — and we would rather decline a mandate than shape it around something we want to sell.
Patient capital
Performance is judged over years, not quarters. We would rather hold a position through a cycle than trade around it, and we concentrate on a few situations where we know the business properly.
Client-defined
Requirements come first. Solutions are shaped around the client's objectives, not around a product we want to sell.
Unconflicted advice
Recommendations are unbiased, conflict-free and based on the client's particular needs.
Reach
A global reach, from a Kuwaiti base.
We search regionally and globally for the best opportunities. Clients reach the GCC, emerging, frontier and a range of global markets through a single point of contact.
- GCC, emerging and frontier markets
- Conventional and Shariah-compliant strategies
- Administration, settlement and custody managed on your behalf
- Consolidated reporting across regional and international holdings
MA
Mohammad Alnassar
Chief Executive Officer
Leadership
Supervision and strategic direction.
Mohammad Alnassar is Chief Executive Officer of Q8 Capital, responsible for the supervision and strategic direction of the firm.
He has served on the boards of several regional companies with interests spanning financial services, investments and real estate, and has held board membership and senior positions at Kuwait Rimal Real Estate Company, Al Madina Investment Company and Kuwait Real Estate Bank.
Governance
The board sets the direction.
The Board of Directors is constituted by the shareholders for the company's overall supervision and governance, and evaluates the effectiveness of management policies to ensure that shareholders' long-term interests are served.
Board Executive Committee
Oversees nominations and remuneration.
Board Audit, Risk, Compliance and Corporate Governance Committee
Oversight of audit, risk, compliance and corporate governance matters.
Chairman and senior management
The Chairman is assisted by the directors and senior management in overseeing Q8 Capital's operations.
Start a conversation
Tell us what you are trying to achieve.
Whether it is a transaction, a capital raise or the stewardship of a family's wealth, the first step is the same: a conversation about what you need.