Elias Farhat

Elias Farhat is the founder of Velocity Advisors, serving as Managing Partner since 2003 until 2016.
Current jobs include Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at LF Capital Acquisition Corp.
II since 2021, Director at Lakeside Capital Advisors LLC, Director at Level Field Partners LLC, and Director at Landsea Homes US Corp.
Former jobs include Chief Strategy Officer & Director at Candriam SCA from 2016 to 2021, Director at CBI Laboratories, Inc., Director at Huron, Inc., Independent Director at Landsea Homes Corp.
from 2020 to 2025, Director at Cooperative Business International, Inc., Director at Lakeside Advisors, Inc. (Washington), Independent Director at LF Capital Acquisition Corp.
from 2017 to 2021, Vice President & Partner at Bain & Co., Inc. from 1990 to 2002, Co-Chief Investment Officer at Plutus Capital Management LLP, Partner at Capital E Private Equity Group Ltd., and Partner at Capital E Advisors, Inc. from 2003 to 2016.
Education includes an undergraduate degree from ESSEC Business School and an MBA from L'Ecole Superieure des Sciences Commerciales d'Angers.