Our Team | Aerospace Investment Experts

Behind ALPHAVEST CAPITAL : A Team of Industry Experts

Backed by decades of experience in strategic industries and venture capital, our leadership team brings deep market insight and operational excellence to every investment opportunity.

Majid Benmlih Taya

Majid started his career in 2003 at the largest investment bank in Morocco and become its Managing Partner from 2008 to 2012. During this experience Majid had the opportunity to work on the largest operations both nationally in Morocco and on the African continent.

In 2012, Majid was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of one of Morocco’s largest property development and hospitality companies with an extensive footprint in Africa. In addition to his managerial responsibilities, Mr Benmlih successfully steered a number of strategic projects, including an IPO and restructuring his company’s governance team and its family shareholder structure.

Majid created African Global Investment in 2018 to leverage his unique experience in complex M&A transactions and its world-class global network to selflessly serve national and international investors in carrying out their most strategic transactions.

Since 2022, Majid is the Chairman of ALPHAVEST CAPITAL, the management company of MAIC, an aerospace investment fund with $150 million under management.

Majid remains a Board member of numerous Moroccan companies.

Majid graduated from Montpellier Business School (France).

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Majid Benmlih Taya

Louis Winoski

Louis “Lou” Winoski is the Chief Strategy Officer for ALPHAVEST CAPITAL, joining the company in September 2023. Lou entered the aerospace industry in 1986 as a sales manager for Raychem Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, and was stationed in Los Angeles, California. In 2002, he participated in a management buyout of Raychem’s Metals Division, acquiring its aerospace components business and was appointed by the board to president in 1994. This transaction was the first of twelve deals in which Lou would engage over the next 25 years—each characterized by explosive growth in revenue, profitability, and enterprise value.

Lou Winoski is a growth-oriented entrepreneur, adept at positioning enterprises to climb up the value ladder by employing innovative engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions to uniquely solve big customer problems. He has an extensive background in international business transactions and operations.

In 2017, in collaboration with long-term business partner and start-up expert Juergen Viehrig, Lou co-authored the business plan for TDM Aerospace becoming the first Moroccan-owned aerospace company in the Kingdom’s history. With funding from the Morocco Aerospace Investment Company (MAIC) and underpinned by a long-term Boeing contract, Lou and Juergen built, equipped, staffed and qualified TDM, shipping first production parts on schedule in early 2022.

Lou served as TDM’s co-chief executive officer, responsible for business and supply chain development, until September 2023. Fulfilling a commitment to turn TDM over to a Moroccan leader, he then joined MAIC Gestion to lead its investment strategy. ALPHAVEST CAPITAL is a $150 million investment and management group with the aim of developing Morocco’s aerospace industry in the model of TDM.

Lou is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University in Industrial and Systems Management Engineering with continuing education in Supply Chain Management at Harvard University, the Deming Institute, and Kaplan-Norton Balanced Scorecard training. A former US Army Ranger with rank of captain, he is currently a TDM Aerospace board member and an industry advisor to the engineering college of the International University of Rabat.

Chief Strategy Officer

Louis Winoski

Juergen Viehrig

Juergen Viehrig, Chief Technology Officer at ALPHAVEST CAPITAL, is an accomplished entrepreneurial leader with over 25 years of international executive management experience. He is widely recognized as an expert in business planning, business case development, and the founding and certification of aerospace manufacturing companies. Juergen has a proven track record in delivering large-scale, complex projects, supported by his extensive technical knowledge, risk analysis expertise, and strategic decision-making skills.

Throughout his career, Juergen has successfully launched and scaled six greenfield aerospace companies across three continents and four countries, specializing in aerostructures, tubes and ducts, engineering services, and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO). Ergo, he actively participated in a number of related M&A transactions.

Since moving to Morocco in 2018, Juergen has co-authored the business plan for TDM Aerospace, co-founded the startup, and played a pivotal role in its establishment. As co-Chief Executive Officer, he oversaw the creation of the facility, recruited management, acquired machinery and equipment, and qualified manufacturing processes. Despite the challenges posed by COVID-19, Juergen successfully achieved Boeing qualification, secured long-term contracts, and positioned the company as a respected Tier 1 aerospace supplier.

Juergen holds a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering (Dipl.-Ing.) from the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, and has pursued continuing professional development in Finance, Business Administration and Aviation Law.

Chief Technology Officer

Juergen Viehrig

Gauthier Tanneau

Gauthier began his career in mergers and acquisitions in Paris at Trianon CF where he had the opportunity to work on several small & mid cap transactions in various sectors such as distribution, IT services and services. He then successfully led a €2.5 million fundraising as an independent advisor for the Paris-based fast food company Boco.

In January 2013, he joined the London office of SIFT Gabon, a Gabonese single family office, and then joined the Libreville office in September 2014. During these experiences, Gauthier worked on mergers and acquisitions operations on both the seller and buyer sides across Africa, participated in the structuring and development of several joint ventures in Gabon and supervised the management of a real estate portfolio.

Gauthier joined African Global Investment at the end of 2018. During this experience he was able to participate in several mergers and acquisitions operations and joint venture structuration in various fields, both on national and cross-border operations.

Since October 2024, Gauthier has officially joined ALPHAVEST CAPITAL as Investment Director and was previously deeply involved in the fund raising process of its 1^st Fund.

Gauthier is a graduate of Kedge Business School in Marseille (France) and Louis Pasteur University of Economics in Strasbourg.

Investment Director

Gauthier Tanneau

Zyad Adouch

Zyad Adouch began his career as a financial and accounting auditor at A. Saaidi & Associés, where he acquired a vast experience over 8 years conducting statutory and non statutory audit of missions for companies operating in various sectors such as asset management, stock brokerage, real estate, industry …

Following A. Saaidi & Associés experience, he worked for Maydane Reim, a real estate investment management company as the Head of Compliance and Internal Control where he was ensuring regulatory compliance and contributing to financial reports production.

Since August 2024, Zyad is the Head of Compliance and Internal Control at ALPHAVEST CAPITAL.

Zyad holds a Master’s degree in control, accounting and audit from the University of Bordeaux. Since January 2024, he has been authorized by the AMMC (Moroccan Capital Market Authority) to perform the duties of internal controller.

Zyad is fluent in French, English and Arabic.

Compliance and Internal Control

Zyad Adouch

Majid Benmlih Taya

Since 2022, Majid is the Chairman of ALPHAVEST CAPITAL, the management company of MAIC, an aerospace investment fund with $150 million under management.

Majid remains a Board member of numerous Moroccan companies.

Majid graduated from Montpellier Business School (France).