Garo Tashjian

Director - PE & VC at Riyad Capital

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Garo Tashjian is a Director at Riyad Capital specializing in private equity and venture capital deal execution. With over 15 years of corporate finance experience, he drives the end-to-end investment process, from sourcing high-growth market opportunities to spearheading strategic capital deployments. He has a proven track record of successfully steering complex, large-scale transactions to closure and managing strategic exits that optimize investor returns. As a board member across multiple portfolio companies, he directly influences institutional governance, tracks ongoing asset performance, and accelerates structural value creation by scaling operational readiness and driving market compliance. His career includes a long tenure at Deloitte, where he built a strong foundation in the audit practice before elevating to leadership roles withing the financial advisory arm. Garo is a CFA and CAIA Charterholder, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from the New Hampshire State Board of Accountancy, and holds a Bachelors in Business Administration from Haigazian University, Lebanon.