About
Zaina Ahmed-Karim is Co-Chief Financial Officer at Waterland, based in Bussum, and serves on the firm's Valuation Committee. She previously was CFO at CVC DIF Capital Partners, where she sat on the Board and Executive Committee overseeing finance and business operations, and earlier was a senior partner in EY's financial services practice in the Netherlands. She is a Chartered Accountant with a postgraduate accountancy qualification and a Master's in Business Economics and Accountancy from the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam.
Experience
- Waterland Private EquityCo-Chief Financial Officercurrent2026 — presentNetherlands
- CVC DIFPartner and Chief Financial Officer2022 — 2025Schiphol, North Holland, Netherlands
- DasymChief Financial Officer2021 — 2022Naarden, North Holland, Netherlands
- EYPartner2008 — 2021Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
- EYSenior Manager2005 — 2008Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
- EYSeveral positions1996 — 2004Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
Education
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)Chartered Accountant, Postgraduate Accountancy1996 — 2000
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)Master's degree, Business Economics and Accountancy1992 — 1996
Skills & more
Financial Audits1Business ProcessBusiness Process ImprovementFinancial Markets4Capital MarketsFinancial Services12Finance3Portfolio Management2Sarbanes-Oxley ActInternal Controls1Financial Accounting1IFRS4
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AssuranceFinancial AdvisoryExternal AuditFinancial ReportingManagement ConsultingAuditingInvestment BankingBusiness StrategyManagementStrategyPrivate EquityBankingLanguages Dutch · English · French · German · Hindi
- XGAL0002 - AI-Driven Leadership: Strategies for the Future — Stanford Online
- Private Equity (Online) — Emeritus
- Internationale Politiek — The Clingendael Institute
- valuation private equity — Amsterdam Institute of Finance
- Asset and Liability Management — Amsterdam Institute of Finance
- masters business administration and accountancy — Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)
- INSEAD FinTech Programme — INSEAD
- Managing professional services firms — Harvard Business School
- Business, International Relations and the Political Economy — The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
- INVESTMENT STRATEGIES (LIVE ONLINE) — Columbia Business School
From Zaina's professional profile.
Colleagues at Waterland
Adriana Atanasova
KYC Analyst at Waterland
Ahmed Benkirane
Senior Associate at Waterland
Chloé Brandt
Senior Associate at Waterland
Cyrielle Belbézier
Investment Manager at Waterland
Eve Aydin
Office Manager | Team Assistant at Waterland
Felix Burlein
Associate at Waterland
Florian Behrmann
Investment Director at Waterland
Haroon Ahmed
Associate at Waterland
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Zaina Ahmed-Karim work?
- Zaina Ahmed-Karim is Co-Chief Financial Officer at Waterland.
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