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Who leads Third Horizon.
A career built inside some of the world's most complex organizations, now focused on helping you build yours.
Kamran HabibollahFounder & CEO
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A career defined by consequential decisions.
Kamran Habibollah spent two decades in senior financial leadership roles inside some of the most influential technology companies in the world (Cisco Systems, Siemens, and Nokia) with direct exposure to the decisions that shape global enterprises. From capital allocation and M&A integration to investor relations and strategic planning, he operated at the intersection of finance and strategy throughout.
That experience was earned in boardrooms, deal negotiations, earnings calls, and the high-pressure operating cadences of multi-billion-dollar public technology companies. It is the kind of judgment that only comes from having held the seat.
- 20+ years of executive leadership at global enterprises
- Specialized in the technology & telecom sectors
- M&A, capital markets & investor relations advisory
- Board-level strategic counsel
- Commercial & financial leadership
- Global markets experience
- Real-asset investment practitioner
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Why "Third Horizon"?
The three-horizons framework balances present performance against future growth. Most leaders live on the first horizon. The name is a commitment to the one they talk about but rarely plan for.
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Operational execution
Running today's business well: performance, discipline, delivery.
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Emerging opportunity
The adjacent moves already visible: new markets, products, capital.
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The transformation few plan for
Where the business you will need to become gets decided, years before the numbers reflect it.
we work where the third begins
Third Horizon Capital Advisory was created to occupy that space: the long-game strategic thinking that bridges today's decisions with tomorrow's outcomes. We work with clients who are building what comes next, not only managing what they already have.
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Who we build with.
Clients across MEA and Europe, united by ambition: serious about growth, serious about governance, and serious about the quality of counsel they rely on.
Founder-led technology businesses
From first traction to institutional scale, building the finance function your ambition deserves.
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PE & VC-backed enterprises
Sponsors and portfolio companies: diligence, value creation, and exit readiness.
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Family offices & private capital
Direct-investment underwriting, structuring, and governance, handled with discretion.
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Established enterprises
Technology and telecom organizations navigating their next strategic chapter.
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How we practice.
Four commitments form our ethos. They serve as guiding principles on every engagement.
Clarity over complexity
Great financial advice makes complexity disappear. Sophisticated analysis, translated into clear, actionable recommendations, never hidden behind jargon.
Operator mindset
We have sat in the CFO seat. We know what it costs to be wrong. Every recommendation is grounded in executable reality, not ivory-tower theory.
Relationship over transaction
The best advisory relationships compound. We build with clients for the long term, invested in outcomes, not engagement fees.
Excellence by default
Selective by design. Senior-led, personally attentive service, the kind a large firm structurally cannot provide.
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Start with a conversation.
Thirty minutes. A direct discussion about whether and how Third Horizon can be genuinely useful to you.