An experienced entrepreneur and venture investor, Yousef previously co-founded Marco Partners and Riyad Taqnia, KSA's first institution-backed Venture Capital fund. He is a Harvard MBA postgrad who currently serves on the SASCO & Catrion boards
Travel, Innovation
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A value-add tech investor and advisor, previously leading a UK Fintech's venture investments. Umer is a Chartered accountant with a background in VC and M&A Strategy Consulting, and is obsessed with end-user value propositions
Motorsport, Fashion, Economics
Akif spent his early career in Operations for high-growth F&B and Healthcare businesses, including Kitopi and Shawarmer. He is an active angel, backing early-stage emerging market founders, and holds a BSc Accounting & Finance
Basketball, US Equities
Talah has been in the startup ecosystem throughout her career. She worked at Soum, supporting early growth and fundraising, before spending a year with the Saudi Surfing Federation National Team, making history as the first Female National Champion
Surfing, Education
An experienced investment banker, Ahmed heads Joa Capital’s arranging services, including investment banking, sukuk, private placements, and Main/Nomu listings. He previously led a SAR 4.5bn restructuring and closed cross-sector deals; KFUPM Finance, CME-1 & CME-5, CFA Level I
Swimming, Equestrianism
A compliance and governance professional with a Bachelor's in Law. She is focused on the Finance sector, with experience in compliance and governance, including legal policies, and working with regulators through every stage from permission to reporting
A Partner at PEM Strategy, Basil's background is a focus on unlocking growth of Saudi businesses. Formerly President of Shawarmer, he has 15+ years experience in strategy & ops for multinationals, including Americana, Emaar and PepsiCo.
Ahmed is a Partner at Marco Partners, advising Corporates and Ministries. He was previously MD of Investment Development at SAGIA, overseeing $1.3bn. Ahmed's early career was at HSBC, helping clients raise $70bn across various sectors.
Abdulrahman has 14+ years of experience in business advisory and GTM roles with technology giants, including Orable, IBM, SAP and Gartner. He has led national initiatives with SAR100m of value and co-founded 2 startups in Fintech and AVM
Khaled is Founding CEO of Meshaina with deep entrepreneurship and strategy experience. He works closely with startups and execs to drive growth, and began his career advising private and public organisations in Saudi Arabia and the US
