Strategy
Foursan Group’s current fund, FCP, invests in medium-sized companies in selected Levant and North Africa countries that are uniquely positioned in the sectors in which they operate and have compelling local and regional growth prospects.
- FCP focuses on medium-sized companies because they tend to:
- Have a stronger foundation of business practices, internal controls and procedures, and corporate governance standards than smaller companies
- Be more flexible and scalable than larger enterprises, while also tending to have a less risky profile than smaller companies
- FCP focuses primarily on this target region due to its:
- Rich pool of skilled labor, required for the building of high margin, knowledge-based businesses
- Well-positioned access to lucrative regional and international markets
- FCP, where appropriate, grows businesses through local or regional mergers and acquisitions:
- Foursan has completed numerous mergers and acquisitions transactions to date within its portfulio
- FCP, as necessary, partners with like-minded investors with specific industry or country expertise:
- Foursan has often worked closely with leading corporate partners on numerous transactions
Foursan has successfully pursued this strategy since the firm's inception in 2000 and believes it can yield significant returns in a region growing economically faster than the global average, increasingly dependent on human resources and focused on accelerating its inter- and intra-regional trade.
Foursan’s value-creation strategy is focused around active participation in portfulio companies. Foursan is not only represented on the board of directors of its portfulio companies, but also takes a leading role on strategic, operational and financial issues relating to the company. The graphic below (click to enlarge) summarizes this approach to building enhanced value.
