Abraaj Group names Bourgeois as head of N America

Abraaj Group has named Mark Bourgeois as its global head of investor engagement and chief executive officer of Abraaj North America, the emerging market-focused private equity firm said yesterday. Bourgeois, who will hold the rank of partner at Abraaj and sit on the firm’s executive committee, joins from Atlantic-Pacific Capital where he was most recently president and CEO. He has also held senior roles at Credit Suisse, Lehman Brothers and UBS Private Funds Group. As investor engagement head, Bourgeois will lead global fundraising efforts, the statement added.