Svet Varadzhakov is a portfolio management professional with extensive experience in agribusiness investments. He currently leads portfolio management, growth, and value creation initiatives for ADQ’s investments in Louis Dreyfus & Company, Agthia, and LuLu, focusing on developing new global investment platforms in Poultry, Aquaculture, and Alternative Proteins. Svet was also instrumental in establishing Agthia Ventures, the first CVC of its kind in the Middle East, which concentrates on emerging food technologies, novel ingredients, alternative proteins, healthy drinks, and snacks.

Prior to his role at ADQ, Svet was an Investment Director at AgDevCo, where he managed the origination, due diligence, execution, portfolio management, and debt investments in agribusiness and related. During his tenure, he led the implementation of various value-creating strategies across the managed portfolio, including vertical and horizontal integration, product development, market expansion, balance sheet restructuring, business restructuring, JV, M&A, and technology transfer.