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Ram Lokan
Principal – Investments
Kasada Capital Management
Private Sector & Development author
Ram Lokan is an experienced global real estate investor with over 18 years of experience. He joined Kasada in 2019, where he leads transactions across the firm’s target economies. He has closed and managed real estate transactions across North America, India and Africa.
Prior to joining Kasada, he was based in Dar es-Salam, where he was CEO of Village Supermarket, a regional supermarket chain. He also spent eight years in real estate and infrastructure investments. Ram Lokan started his career as an M&A Analyst at Credit Suisse in New York. He holds an MBA with High Distinction from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University.
Kasada Capital Management
Kasada Capital Management is part of the Kasada group, an independent real estate private equity platform dedicated to the hospitality industry in Africa. The firm was established in 2018 with the support of Qatar Investment Authority, the sovereign wealth fund of Qatar and Accor, a global hospitality leader. Kasada’s hotels are operated under the Accor umbrella, benefiting from the broad range of Accor brands and their international reputation. In April 2019, Kasada Group closed its first fund, Kasada Hospitality Fund L.P., with equity commitments of more than US$ 500 million.