Roger Hennekens is a director in RSA Capital, Bangladesh, heading the M&A and Private Investments for RSA Capital. He is responsible for originating, sourcing and executing transactions (including debt related transactions) domestically and internationally. Roger is also responsible for setting up RSA Capital in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), which he will manage upon…
Promoth is the CEO of UAE Exchange Group. Responsible for formulating the organisation’s global strategy, Promoth leads global sales, marketing and operations, including end-to-end oversight of the branches and expansion plan along with the financial and operational performance, worldwide. He plays a key role in the strategic development and roll out of new products across…
Walid has been active in venture capital and in new venture development for the past 18 years with 40+ VC investments executed since 2010. Prior to founding MEVP and growing its AUM to $120M, Walid was the CEO of Dubai International Capital’s venture arm “the Arab Business Angels Network” (ABAN), which managed a regional seed…
Ziad Abdulaal is a Saudi venture capitalist and entrepreneur based in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. He currently serves as an investment manager at Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Ventures, a venture capital fund wholly owned by Saudi Aramco that focuses on innovative startups that aid economic development and diversification within the Kingdom. Abdulaal is also the co-founder of…
Osama Audi is a Partner in King & Spalding’s Dubai and affiliated Riyadh offices. Osama is a private equity and venture capital lawyer who specializes in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, complex corporate structuring and corporate finance acting for private equity, real estate and alternative investment funds, closely-held businesses and large and mid-tier multi-nationals in…
Dr. Razouki has over 15 years of experience in venture capital and private equity investment with a focus on healthcare and technology, shifting from an excellence in clinical practice and research to the management and financing of healthcare and education systems. A graduate of Columbia Business School, Dr. Razouki is the first ever Arab national…
Joy is an e-commerce industry professional. She is the co-founder of Fetchr, a Silicon-Valley backed technology company based in Dubai aimed at solving the “no-address” problem hindering growth in emerging markets. Fetchr uses patented technology allowing people to use their mobile phone’s GPS location as their address. Fetchr is the first start-up in the Middle…
John is a serial entrepreneur and investor, the co-founding Partner and chief architect of Hatcher+, a next-generation, data-driven venture firm that utilises a massive global database in combination with AI and machine learning-based technologies to identify early-stage opportunities in partnership with leading accelerators and investors, worldwide. Over the past four years, John has led capital…
An M&A and corporate restructuring expert, Irfan is the Head of Investments and Business Development at Tharawat Holding, an investment holding company chaired by HRH Turki bin Saud. He is responsible for strategic leadership of portfolio and investment management and is setting up Education and Venture Capital Funds (USD 1 billion) in the Middle East…
Husni Khuffash is a well-educated and highly experienced international business development leader with a wealth of experience gained mostly in Education, ICT/Digital & Media sector. Husni managed and worked for globally recognised companies such as Google, Microsoft and Maktoob/Yahoo in the MEA region. Husni now is a Co-founder and Chief Business Development Officer for Almentor.net,…