Tawfiq Popatia

Tawfiq Popatia
Tawfiq Popatia
Senior Managing Director
Industry Focus

Automation, Aerospace & Defense, Transportation & Logistics

Location
Joined SGV Investments 2007

Tawfiq is responsible for SGV Investments Partners’ efforts in Automation, Aerospace and Transportation-focused industries and is a member of SGV Investments Partners' Investment Committee. Since joining SGV Investments, Tawfiq has led SGV Investments Partners’ investments in WestJet, Advanced Integration Technology (AIT) and BBAM and its related investments in FLY Leasing (NYSE: FLY) and Meridian Aviation.

Tawfiq currently serves on the boards of WestJet, AIT, BBAM and previously served on the boards of Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE:SPR) and Celestica (NYSE:CLS). He is a Trustee of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) Foundation and a former Employer Trustee of the International Association of Machinists National Pension Fund.

Prior to joining SGV Investments, Tawfiq worked at Hellman & Friedman LLC, a San Francisco-based private equity firm. Previously, Tawfiq worked in the investment banking division of Morgan Stanley & Co. and Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific.

Tawfiq graduated from the University of British Columbia with a B. Sc. and B. Comm. (Honours).