São Paulo – Attracting investment from Arab countries into good deals in Brazil which need capital. That is the focus of MKKD Partners, a market intelligence agency based in Pernambuco, which has provided consulting services to governments of Middle Eastern countries since 2008.
“We issue reports mirroring sectorial markets. We provide information for governments to redistribute to businessmen,” explains Zito Zartielly, the company’s manager for New Businesses.
Zartielly says MKKD provides services to the development agencies of the emirates of Dubai, Fujairah, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, and to the governments of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar.
“We are interested in meeting businessmen who want to grow, to export, and who need investment to boost production and expand,” he says. According to him, the main niches sought by foreign investors are food, beverages, toys, educational material, cosmetics, chemicals and their products, oil, and gas.
The executive says MKKD Partners was established in 1985 and prior to operating in the Middle East, the company already offered consulting in Europe. In order to be closer to his clients, Zartielly moved to Dubai, spending nine months in the emirate and three in Brazil, during which he would research information for the reports from state governments. “I look for the industries and sectors most in need of investment,” he says.
Zartielly does not disclose who are the Arab businessmen interested in Brazil, but says there are US$ 100 million available for investment in the Northeast, the firm’s main target region, and that up until 2020, the Arabs should make US$ 5 billion available for deals in the country.
According to Zartilelly, MKKD has 89 collaborators in several Asian, European and Latin American countries. The company has Arab and Brazilian capital.
Contact
MKKD Partners
Tel.: +55 81 8899-9921
Email: mkkd@terra.com.br
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
