The Abraaj Group names Sarah Alexander as managing director

She will head the group’s North American stakeholders.

In a release, The Abraaj Group, announced the appointment of Sarah Alexander as a Managing Director. Ms. Alexander joins the Group from the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA), where she currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer.

In her new role, Ms. Alexander will serve The Abraaj Group’s North American stakeholders providing them with fresh perspectives on global growth markets and drawing on Abraaj’s local presence in 30 of the world’s fastest-growing economies. She will assume her new role with the Group in February.

Prior to joining EMPEA, Ms. Alexander was a private equity investor in Asia from 1999-2004. She started her career in public service as a foreign policy adviser to the US House of Representatives, before working on international trade and finance policies for the Department of State, and subsequently for the World Bank Group on private sector participation in development finance.

Ms. Alexander holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, a Masters of Public Administration from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School, and a B.A. in history, summa cum laude, from Emory University.