IVO DETELINOV
Riyad Capital is managed in partnership with Taqnia, Saudi Arabia’s technology investment arm. Investment focus: $125m VC fund focused on global consumer tech, fintech and cleantech.
Promoth Mangath – UAE Exchange
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…
Roger Hennekens – RSA Capital
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…
Walid Hanna – Middle East Venture Partners
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…
Zaid W Abdulaal – Aramco Entrepreneurship Ventures
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…
Anthony Hobeika – Mena Research Partners
Anthony heads MENA Research Partners (“MRP”), a research and consulting outsourcing company offering customised and syndicated business intelligence to corporations in the Middle East & North Africa (“MENA”). MRP offers economic, sector, market and financial research, providing products like financial modelling, valuations, equity and fixed income research, business plans, feasibility studies and review of feasibilities,…
Dimple Sahni – Impact Investing Anthos Fund & Asset Management
Dimple Sahni joined Anthos Asset Management in the fall of 2014. As senior director in the impact investing team, Dimple is responsible for originating investments, managing relationships, and helping to execute strategies for the portfolios at Anthos Asset Management dedicated to impact investing. This includes Skopos Impact Fund, a global, private, impact investing fund focused…
Hasan Haider – 500 Startups
Hasan Haider is a Partner at 500 Startups, the most active Venture Capital firm in the world, based in Silicon Valley, with 1,800+ investments in 50+ countries and $330m in AuM. Hasan heads up the firm’s practice in the MENA region, with the Arabic speaking market being a core area of focus. 500 Startups has…