Rachid El Lakis

Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors. Elected member of the Board by the ordinary general meeting of Lion Capital’s shareholders of October 31, 2024, for a four-year term, from April 26, 2025, to April 26, 2029.

Profession: Economist
Nationality: Romanian
Year of Birth: 1996

Career Highlights

Lion Capital S.A. – April 2025 – present
Vice-Chairman of the Board

Lion Capital S.A. – 2019 – 2025
Operations Director – June 2024 – April 2025
Investment Analyst – October 2019 – June 2024

SIF1 IMGB S.A. – February 2021 – present
CEO’s Advisor

Vrancart S.A. – July 2020 – present
Member of the Board

Biofarm S.A.  
Deputy General Manager – April 2025 – present
Member of the Board – December 2019 – present

SAI Muntenia Invest S.A. – September 2017 – September 2018
financial analyst

KPMG – June 2016 – August 2016
Internship in Corporate Tax

Studies

Lancaster University, UK – 2018 – 2019
MSc Finance

University of East Anglia, UK  – 2014 – 2017 
BSc Economics and Accounting

Further Qualifications

University of Reading (UK) – starting November 2024
PGCert in Board Practice and Directorship

University of California (USA) – 2024
Essentials of Management and Strategic Planning

Wharton University (Pennsylvania, USA) – 2024
Operations Analytics

IESE Business School (Barcelona, Spain) – 2024
Organizational Behavior

Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, USA) – 2024
Principles of Management

AS Financial Markets (Romania) – 2024
Management of Operational Risks

AS Financial Markets (Romania) – 2024
Prevention and Combating of Money Laundering

AS Financial Markets (Romania) – 2023
 Professional training and development program for management positions

Harvard University (UK) – 2022
Leadership Principles

AS Financial Markets (Romania) – 2020
Continuous professional training program

Foreign Languages

English – proficient
Spanish – intermediate
Arabic – intermediate