Khadija Khartit

Adjunct Instructor

Departments/Programs

Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies

Degrees

Boston College, M.S.F.

Profile

Khadija Khartit has over 22 years’ experience in management, consulting and capital markets in general, including 14 years in investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets, private equity, venture capital and angel investing.

Since 2015, Khadija has set up IFS advisory through which she provides corporate finance and strategy advisory services. She coaches startups in technology about strategy and fundraising. The main sectors she has worked on recently are digital health, construction tech, FinTech, IoT, AI in retail, encryption, EdTech, VR and AR.

Khadija’s services include the preparation of pitch decks, investor-oriented business plans, go to market strategy, market/competitors analysis, financial planning, investor offer evaluation, exit preparation, enterprise & equity valuation, acquirer negotiation support, entrepreneur CFO-assist, incubator admission, coaching for handling investors’ questions, terminology and mindset, stages of investments (Angel, Seed, VC rounds A, B, C, D…), and dilution.

Between 2010 and 2014, Khadija has worked as expatriate in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in investment banking starting from director, MD then CEO at a renowned investment bank. In these roles, she worked on high profile M&A deals in manufacturing, industrial, healthcare, education and the food sectors.

Throughout her career, Khadija worked for and co-advised with leading investment banks such as UBS, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Credit Suisse, Barclays and Banque Populaire. She supplied investment targets to Carlyle, KKR, InvestCorp and Standard Chartered.

Khadija is a Fulbright scholar and holds an MBA from Oklahoma State University and a Masters of Science in Finance from Boston College. She passed CFA level 2 track, series 7 and 66. She is an accredited investment advisor with FINRA in the US and CMA in KSA. Khadija speaks Arabic, French and English.

Most importantly, Khadija is passionate about growth, nurturing and inspiration of the next generations for a brighter and more positive world.

Courses Taught

RDFT	130	Launching FinTech Ventures
RDFT	190	Digital Innovation for FinTech Capstone Project