Anthony Chalhoub

About Anthony Chalhoub

I am a Partner and Managing Director at Kirra Capital, where I take direct ownership of portfolio company performance, execution, and growth across sponsor-backed SaaS, payments, and platform businesses operating in regulated, high-scale environments.My role is deeply hands-on. I work alongside portfolio CEOs and leadership teams to translate investment theses into operating outcomes, aligning product, engineering, finance, and go-to-market execution with board and investor expectations. This includes driving delivery discipline, strengthening leadership cadence, improving platform scalability, and enforcing commercial and financial rigor.Across my career, I’ve led organizations through growth, restructuring, market expansion, and platform transformation across North America, Europe, and APAC. I am known as a pragmatic operator, equally effective at the board table and in the detail of execution.I primarily focus on Kirra Capital portfolio companies, acting as the accountable operating partner for value creation, performance improvement, and long-term scalability.(U.S. Green Card holder.)

Experience

1. Partner, Portfolio Operations

   Kirra Capital

   Dec 2023 — Present · Nashville, TN, US

   Partner-level ownership of operating performance and value creation across PE-backed SaaS, payments, and platform businesses- Act as a hands-on operating executive alongside portfolio CEOs, supporting strategy execution across product, engineering, finance, and go-to-market- Lead performance improvement initiatives including pricing, margin expansion, operating cadence, and leadership effectiveness- Support platform scale, integration, and modernization across complex, multi-product environments- Serve as a trusted operating partner to boards and investment teams on growth strategy, execution risk, and value creation planning- Periodically step in to support executive leadership continuity where required.

Education

• Western Sydney University

  Bachelor's degree, Computer Science

  1990 — 1994

Skills

• Business Development
• Business Strategy
• Business Analysis
• Banking
• Acquiring
• Account Management
• VP, General Manager, Business Development, Technical Sales, Strategic Planning,
• Business Transformation
• Stakeholder Management
• P&L Management
• Sales
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Market Strategy
• Budgeting & Forecasting
• Growth Strategies
• Staff Development
• Problem Solving
• Planning
• General Management
• Negotiation
• C++
• C
• Payment Landscape
• IT Security
• Payment Gateways
• Ecommerce
• Online Payment
• Debit Cards
• Emv
• Mobile Payments
• Payment Systems
• Electronic Payments
• Nfc
• Payment Card Processing
• Pos
• Payments
• Business Process
• Project Management
• Product Management
• Relationship Management