Bilal Vaiani

Managing Director

Bilal Vaiani is a Managing Director and member of the Africa Mezzanine Finance investment team.  He is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Mr. Vaiani was a Partner in Ethos Mezzanine Partners, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ethos Private Equity, which was acquired by TRG in April 2023.

He joined Ethos in 2018 to help set up the newly formed Nairobi office and build coverage of investment opportunities for the East African region.  Originally from Kenya, Mr. Vaiani has broad experience facilitating and advising on sector agnostic middle market transactions whilst at KPMG in East Africa, the UK, and the Netherlands.

He holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering, a MS in Finance and is a qualified accountant (ACA). He is fluent in Kiswahili.