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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Ahmad is a Canadian attorney and engineer coming with over 12 years of higher education studies in law and engineering and 12 years of western and local experience in IP and commercial law. He has worked for reputable Canadian and international law firms before joining Al Tamimi as Head of Patents & Designs (R&D and…
Photo credit: From left to right: Ivo Detelinov, Vice President & Head of PE Fund, Riyadh Taqnia Fund, Hasan Haider, Partner, 500 startups, Joe Peterson , CEO of Sure Inc, Promoth Manghat, CEO, UAE Exchange, Nicholas Watson, Managing Director, Naseba Economically speaking, 2017 has been a rollercoaster year. From political fallout in the currency markets, to…
Saudi Arabia’s high dependence on hydrocarbon revenues needs no introduction. However, in a quest to divorce from its traditional sources of income, the Kingdom is investing heavily in strategic sectors, including R&D, education, medicine and emerging technologies, while privatising many state owned assets, including Saudi Aramco. To put Saudi Arabia’s diversification into context, the new…