Mark Naylor
Founder and Managing Director – Boston
Mark Naylor is a Founder and Managing Director of Partner Capital, Inc. Prior to Partner Capital, Mr. Naylor was a Managing Director (and primary US manager) with TransOcean Capital from 2004 to 2014, where he managed approximately $100 million of private equity capital for Gulf Investment House (GIH), a leading Shari’ah-compliant investment firm based in Kuwait. Concurrently with these activities, Mr. Naylor also became the lead US manager for Innovest Capital, GIH’s US real estate group, from 2009 to 2014. At Innovest Capital, Mr. Naylor managed a $142 million (equity) portfolio in multi-family, medical office building, hotel, and land assets in the eastern US and Canada. Prior to joining TransOcean Capital and Innovest Capital, Mr. Naylor was a principal with Overture Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in Boston, from 2000 to 2004. From 1997 through 2000, Mr. Naylor was a principal with Stolberg, Meehan & Scano, a New York-based private equity firm managing two private equity funds. Mr. Naylor has a B.S. in Business Administration with highest honors from Boston University and an M.B.A. with honors from Columbia Business School. Mr. Naylor also has a Post-Graduate Diploma in Islamic Banking and Insurance from the Institute for Islamic Banking and Insurance in London, U.K.
Nasser Al-Barghash
Managing Director – Kuwait
Nasser Al-Barghash is a Managing Director of Partner Capital, Inc. Prior to Partner Capital, Mr. Al-Barghash has been active in public and business life in Kuwait, where he initiated the redevelopment of the Jeleeb Al Sheyoukh area, a $15 billion urban revitalization project. He continues to be involved with the Jeleeb Al Sheyoukh project through his membership in the National Initiative Group, a leading NGO in Kuwait. While guiding this project, Mr. Al-Barghash also held the position of CEO at DeZine Tec from 2016 to 2017, and was a Board Member of Kuwait Resorts Company from 2013 to 2015. Prior to these positions, Mr. Al-Barghash was a Business Development Manager with Commercial Real Estate Company from 2013 to 2015, and previously held analytical or management positions at Boubyan Bank and Kuwait Finance House. Mr. Al-Barghash has a B.S. in Business Administration from Gulf University for Science and Technology.