Speakers & Agenda Contributors

Minister of Economy of the United Arab Emirates

Professor of Business, NYU Abu Dhabi

Managing Director & Group CEO, Mubadala

Group Head of Global Markets at First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)

General Partner, Global Ventures

Founder & Managing Partner, SkyBridge Capital

Minister of Commerce & Industry, Republic of India

President & COO, Crypto.com

Director General, Emirates Nature-WWF

Director General, Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism

Journalist & International News Anchor, TRT World

Lawyer, Financial Crimes Expert & Media personality

Senior Partner, Global Ventures

Chairman and CEO, Blackrock

Minister of State for Foreign Trade, United Arab Emirates

Managing Director, International Finance Corporation

Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Arab Republic of Egypt

Group President, Chalhoub Group

Ambassador to the UAE, Barbados

CSO, MetaverseME

CEO, Dubai Blockchain Centre

President, Virtual Reality Venture Capital Alliance

CEO, Sanara Ventures

Co-founder, Soma Mater

Executive Vice President, Unilever MENA, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus & Turkey

Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and SMEs, United Arab Emirates

Co-founder and CEO, Team Apt

Founder and CEO, Twiga

Chief Investment Officer, Banque Misr

CEO, Department of Government Relations

Managing Director, Sharjah Media City

CEO, Sharjah Research Technology and Innovation Park

Director, Sharjah Health Authority

CEO, Sharjah FDI Office

Co-Founder, EaseMyTrip

Chairman of Abu Dhabi Department of Municipalities and Transport

Senior VP at Northern Trust

Chairman, Altagamma

Managing Partner - Advisory at EMIR

Founder & Executive Chairwoman, deNovo Partners

Managing Partner, Spade Venture

CEO of Investopia

Chairman & GCEO of Sunset Hospitality Group

Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Cyprus

Chairman, Hinduja Group Europe

Director-General, UNCTAD

Minister of Development & Investment, Hellenic Republic

CEO, Citi UAE and MENA Cluster Head

CEO, Standard Chartered UAE

CEO, SouthBridge Investment

CEO, 100 Women in Finance

Group CEO and Managing Director, Maire Tecnimont

CEO, Greenomy

Co-Founder of Anghami

Founder and CEO, Exos

Co-founder and CEO, Norbloc

CEO, ABACO

Visiting Researcher, Imperial College London

CEO, G42 Healthcare

Representative to the Middle East and Africa, MediConCen

Founder & CEO, Pure Harvest

Senior Specialist Financial Technology, ADGM

Head of Program Management & Marketing, Masdar

Director, VPS Healthcare

Senior Director of Operations, Mubadala Health

Director of Strategy & Business Development, twofour54

Co-Founder and CEO, TAP Payments

Founder and CEO, Tarabut Gateway

Co-Founder and CEO, Tabby

Co-Founder and CEO, BitOasis

Global Chief Economist, HSBC

Global Head of Financial Markets, Standard Chartered

Founder and General Partner, The Helm

Founder and CEO, Aliph Capital

CEO, AIMco

Chairman of Corporate and Institutional Banking, BNP Paribas

Chairman, Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development

Founder, co-CEO and CXO, Space Perspectives

CEO, Emirates Development Bank

Co-Founder and CEO, Tribe Capital

Founder, Future Positive

Founder, Future Positive

Senior Partner, The Vistria Group

Founder and Executive Chairman, Cadre

Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, United Arab Emirates

CEO and co-Founder, IQM Quantum Computers

Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle

Professor of Experimental Biology, San Raffaele University

CEO, Tessera Therapeutics

Partner, MEVP

Founder, COTU Ventures

Principal, DASH Ventures

Founder, Angel Investor

Co-Founder, Afropolitan DAO

CEO, Vulcan Forged

Chief Investment Officer, Lombard Odier

CEO, BETA Technologies

Founder and CEO, ZeroAvia

Regional Director for the GCC, World Bank

Founder and CEO, Liquidity Group

Co-Founder and CEO, Perfect Day

Co-Founder and CEO, Prolific Machines

Partner, Private Business and Family Office, PwC

CEO, BenevolentAI

Global Head, Quantitative Research and Development, ADIA

CEO, Copper

President and CEO, Africa Finance Corporation

Chairperson and CEO, Euroclear

CEO, AUDA-NEPAD

Founder & Managing Partner, NewView Capital

Head of Real Estate Investments, Mubadala

Managing Partner, Ropart Asset Management Funds

Global Head, Future of Finance, Citi

Global Head of Trade and Working Capital Solutions, Citi

Executive Chairman, GFG Alliance

Chairman of Tsangs Group

Senior Director, Investment & Enterprise, UNCTAD

CEO, Ithmar Capita

Founder & Managing Editor, New Markets Media & Intelligence

Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Nural Capital

Managing Partner, Tardis Advisors

Chief Investment Officer, 10xAD

Director, Hilary Ballon Center for Teaching and Learning, NYU Abu Dhabi

General Partner, Asymmetric

Founding Partner, Conscience VC

Chairman Europe & Partner, Partners Group

Founder & CEO, Annex Investments

Managing Partner, Patrimium Multi Family Office

CEO & Co-Founder, Improbable

Premier of Bermuda

Senior International Correspondent, CNBC

Governor of the Astana International Financial Centre

Regional Director - Middle East, Pakistan and Afghanistan, IFC

Acting Director General, ADIO

Deputy CEO, Hub71

Founder and CEO, Pi Capital

Co-Founder and Chairperson, Seafood Souq

CEO, ADGM Authority

Co-Founder and CEO, Paymob

Head of Venture Capital, Aditum Investment Management

Founder, C3

Founding Partner, AQVC

Senior Partner, Artis Ventures

Partner, Raed Ventures

Co-Founder and CEO, RedSea

Editor in Chief- Business News, Sky News Arabia

Chief Business Officer, “Majra”National CSR Fund; First Emirati named “100 Most Impactful CSR Leaders” Globally

Executive Director of International Relations and Government Knowledge Exchange, Prime Minister's Office

Emirati Social Entrepreneur, Maseer

Acting Head of Sustainability - MENAT, HSBC

Director, Quality and Sustainability, Khidmah Sole Proprietorship LLC

Senior Vice President, Crescent Enterprises

Founder & Director, Rawafed Centre

Managing Director, Fatima Bint Mohamed Bin Zayed Initiative

Sustainability Club Head and Associate Professor of Economics, Zayed University

Biomimetic and Innovation Facilitator, Sajory

Head of Portfolio Strategy, Mubadala

Head of Strategy and Investments, G42 Healthcare

Chairman of Dompè Farmaceutici

Minister of Tourism of the Italian Republic

CEO of Dolce & Gabbana Group

CEO of KITON & PITTI

General Manager of Laurel (Associaçião Portuguesa de Marcas de Excelência)

Journalist, Il Sole 24 Ore

Professor at SDA Bocconi

President of Lombardy Region, Italy

Chairman of EFG Consulting

Managing Director, CropData Technology

Vice President and Executive Board Member at HAMA MEA

Group Editor of ITP Media Group

Managing Director of Bharat Fritz Wener

President for Gulf Countries at Schneider Electric

Legal Expert at the UAE Ministry of Economy

Chairman & Managing Director of Somany Ceramics Limited

Vice Chairman & Managing Director of Blue Star Limited

Economic Secretary to the Treasury

Head of UK Investment Programme, Mubadala Investment Company

Senior Investment Partner, UK Office for Investment

Deputy CEO - London Stock Exchange

Senior Executive Director - Supervision, FSRA at ADGM

European Director at Bloomberg

President of ICE Futures

Global Head of ESG Regulatory Affairs, Bloomberg

Chair of Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology

CEO & Co-Founder of Abhi

Head of Sustainability and ESG – UK & EMEA at Citi

Head of MSS MENAT - HSBC

Co-founder and CEO of Raidiam

Partner at KPMG

Emeritus Chair of the Paris School of Economics

Former President of Costa Rica

Global Chief Economist at Citi

Founder & CEO of Archer

President for Middle East, Turkey, Africa & Central Asia at Boeing

Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered China

Vice Chairman of Client and Banking, and Head of Senior Client Coverage at Citi

CEO & CIO of Brevan Howard Digital

CEO of AC Milan

Group Head of Sponsorship and Media at Barclays

Head CIO Equities at UBS

Founding Managing Partner of M31 Capital

CEO of Eros Now

Senior VP of Portfolio Strategy at Mubadala

Senior Managing Director, Director of Research Director of Portfolio Management, Frontier and MENA at Franklin Templeton Investments (ME) Ltd

CEO of Taaleem

Senior Partner and Director MENA at Apeiron Investments

CIO at AIMCo

Vice Chairman and MD at Moelis

Managing Director at Wafra

Co-CIO at Bridgewater Associates

Founder & Managing Partner of Haeres Capital

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Pana Low Carbon Economy (PLC)

Sports News Anchor

Actor, Filmmaker, Musician, Entrepreneur, and Activist

Group Head of Investment Banking at First Abu Dhabi Bank

Managing Partner of Kestrel Global

CEO and Co-founder of Vero

Partner at Cambridge Associates

Senior Portfolio Manager at Azimut Investments

Deputy Minister of Made in Italy

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization of Moldova

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy of Nigeria

Executive Director at the IMF

Presenter on Dubai Eye 103.8

Managing Partner at Patrimium Family Office

CEO of FIVE Hospitality and The Pacha Group

Founder and CEO of Insight Discovery

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania

Executive Vice Chairman of TVS Supply Chain Solutions & President of CII

CEO of City Week

Minister of Industry and Trade of the Kingdom of Morocco

Founder & Managing Partner of MSA Capital

Director MENA Debt Capital Markets at HSBC

Radio Host, Presenter and Entrepreneur

Senior Financial Analyst

Director of Research at Department of Health, Abu Dhabi

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment of Ireland

Head of Strategy at EFG Hermes

EU Representative in the GCC

Chief of Retail & SME Banking Division, Intesa Sanpaolo

Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy

Minister for Economy, Enterprise and Strategic Projects of Malta

Anchorwoman at TG1 – RAI

CEO of Lifestyle Design Group

CEO of Ermanno Scervino

President of the Cyprus Hotel Association

CEO of Castello SGR

Chairman and CEO of Blastness

Chairman and CEO of BMW Italia

Chairman of Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana

CEO of Mapei

Chairman of LifeStar Holding

CEO of Borsa Italiana

Founding Partner at IDEAS

Partner, Legance

Chief Editor, Corriere della Sera

Anchorwoman at SKY TG24

CEO of Invimit SGR

Partner, SRS Legal

Executive Director Sales & Marketing Enterprises, Intesa Sanpaolo

Board Member of AICEP Portugal Global

CEO of UnipolSai Investimenti SGR

Managing Director of Dubai Future District Fund

CEO of Trade Malta

Representative from the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce & Ex-Board Member of Central Bank of Cyprus

GCEO of CESI SPA

CEO of BEEAH Capital

Co-Chair, Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC)

CEO, Majid Al Futtaim

Founder and Executive Chairperson, Metacurio

CEO, Acronis

Deputy Foreign Minister, Kazakhstan

Vice Minister Ministry of Energy, Kazakhstan

Managing Director, Kazakh Invest

Minister of International Cooperation, Egypt

Regional Vice President, Middle East, Central Asia, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, IFC

CFO, MAS

MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, UK

Head of MENA Ventures, Mubadala

Minister of Climate Change and Environment, United Arab Emirates

Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Canada

Executive Director – Low Carbon Solutions and International Growth, ADNOC

Founder, Getir

Executive Chairman, Wamda Capital

Vice President, General Atlantic

Deputy CEO, Hub71

Founder and CEO, YAS Investments

Founding Partner, VentureSouq

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Class 5 Global

Founding Partner, Raed Ventures

CEO, Benton Capital Management

Chairman, AMEA Power

CEO, Ithmar Capital

CEO, SouthBridge Investment

Senior MD and Global Head of BAAM, Blackstone

Founder and CEO, Gro Intelligence

Co-CEO, Hines

CEO, DAMAC Properties

CEO, Stability AI

Health Market Director, Microsoft

Director, Harvard Growth Lab

VP of Cross-Cutting Solutions, IFC

Deputy Group CEO, Mubadala

Senior Advisor, Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute

Global Auto Executive

Head of Growth & Strategy, Hub71

Futures Editor, The National

Founding Partner, Shrooq Partners

Chief Business Officer, G42 Healthcare

Director, National CSR Fund

Ex President, UEFA

President, La Liga Spain

President, LFP France

CEO, Lega Serie A Italy

CEO, Eredivisie

President , Crystal Palace FC

President, FC Nantes

President Business Operations, DC United

CEO, Sorare

CEO, Galaxy Racer

Chief Marketing Officer, Decathlon

General Manager Europe, Puma

Head of EMEA Media and Internet Investment Banking, Barclays

CEO Middle Middle East, UAE and International Markets, HSBC

Professor of Economics of the Financial Intermediaries at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

President of Assolombarda

Vice Chair SOIL Fund, NYT best-selling author, DOD contractor, Journalist Bloomberg, CNBC

Chairman, Italian Trade Agency

Managing Director of LuLu Financial Holdings

Fontana Gruppo Chief Executive Officer

President of the Damiani Group

Managing Partner FSI, Chairman STMicroelectronics

Journalist, Founder & Director of Family Business Forum

Secretary of the Dicastery

Director of the Executive Master in Luxury Management EMILUX at SDA Bocconi

CEO Stefano Ricci

CEO Emirates Logistics, Vice-President Sharaf Group

General Director Confindustria Cisambiente

CEO General Finance

Head of Distribution Platform & GTB of the IMI Corporate & Investment Banking, Intesa Sanpaolo

Executive Editor, Economy and Investire

CEO of Greenthesis S.p.A.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Italian Republic

Minister of Economy and Finance of Italy

Consul General of India to Dubai and the Northern Emirates

Director General of CII

President of CII

President, Kumaraguru College of Technology & Ramanandha Adigalar

Assistant Undersecretary for Economic Affairs - UAE Ministry of Economy

Advisor, Ministry Of Economy, UAE

CEO of souq.com & VP Amazon MENA at Amazon

Legal Advisor at the UAE Ministry of Economy

Chair of CFIT (Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology)

Deputy Governor, UAE Central Bank

Founder, Avantgarde

Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund

Chief Strategy & Risk Officer at Mubadala

CEO for Asia Pacific & Member of the Management Board at Deutsche Bank

Global Head of Geopolitical Risk at HSBC

Group CEO of Etihad Airlines

Founder & Chairman of FIVE Holdings

Deputy President and Vice Chairman, International Abdul Latif Jameel

Divisional Senior VP, Corporate Communications, Marketing & Brand at Emirates Group

Regional President EMEA, CREO

UAE Minister of Investment; Managing Director and CEO of ADQ

Minister of Economy of Azerbaijan

Professional Footballer

Founder of Maven Global Access

Deputy Minister for SMEs and Startup of the Republic of Korea

Executive Vice President at the Afreximbank

CEO of EFG Hermes

CEO & Co-founder of Valeo Health

Founder of Revent

Founder & CEO of AR Engineering

Head of Group for Digital Partnerships at EmiratesNBD

Chairman of Pure Harvest Smart Farms

Founding Partner at Shorooq Partners

CEO of Falcon Robotics

Co-Founder & CEO of StarzPlay

Co-Founder & General Partner at VentureSouq

Senior Advisor at Hub71

Co-founder & CMO of Sarwa

Author of 19 


Founder & CEO of Neutral Fuels

Founder & CEO of HeroGo

Founder of Rebound

Founder of Astratech & CEO of Botim

Founder & CEO of Arrowlabs

Founder & CEO of swftbox

Chief Business Officer at Emirates Development Bank

Principal at Dubai Future District Fund

Director for SME & Entrepreneurship Development at the UAE Ministry of Economy

Co-founder & Regional Manager at Marses Robotics

Head of MEA at Deel

Chief Strategy Officer at LyveGlobal

Head of MENA Public Policy at Stripe

Founder & CEO of Sulmi Automobile

Chairman of Supercool Mobility Centers

Head of Capital Markets Strategies at Tikehau Capital

Founder & Chief Wizard at Builder.ai

GCEO of Bee'ah Group

President of the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; Deputy Prime Minister

Managing Editor CLASS CNBC

CEO of Beeah Environment (UAE)

Minister of Economic Development, Lombardy Region

Chairman, MIT PARTNERS

Vice President and Ambassador of A.N.G.E.L.S. – National Association of Young Energy Latrici of Solidarity – ONLUS

CEO of D Travel Lab

Senior Fellow for the International Security Program at New America and a Fellow at the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government

COO of Investopia

CEO of Elite Spa

Chairperson - Southern Region, CII and Managing Director, Chandra Textiles

Ambassador of India to the UAE

UAE Minister of State for Entrepreneurship

Minister for Industries, Investment promotion and Commerce, Tamil Nadu

Joint Secretary at the Ministry of External Affairs of India

Country Head of Trade for HSBC India

Managing Director of the International Clearing & Shipping Agency

CEO of TVS SCS Global Freight Solutions

Chairman of CII Tamil Nadu & Managing Director of Wheels India

President of Danfoss India Region

Global Chief Clean Energy Officer at GFG Alliance

Industries Secretary in Government of Tamil Nadu

President & CEO of Isuzu Motors

Head of Corporate Development of Lohum Cleantech

Chairman and CEO of ZR Renewable Energy

Assistant Undersecretary for Industrial Accelerators, UAE Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology

Co-Chairman, CII National MSME Council and Chairman and Managing Director, Pon Pure Chemical India

Executive Chairman of Ashok Leyland

Chairman of Lakshmi Machine Works

Past Chairman of CII Southern Region and Chairman of Eastern Group

CEO for Singapore and ASEAN at Standard Chartered

Global Head, Fixed Income Research & Head, Asia Research at Standard Chartered

Global Head of Wealth Planning & Family Advisory at Standard Chartered Private Bank

CEO of Vistra

CEO of Etihad Credit Insurance

Managing Director Singapore at CT Group

Head of Wealth Planning - Europe, Middle East & Africa at Standard Chartered

Member, SC Ventures

CEO Asia Pacific, DHL Global Forwarding

Director of Trade Division at the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Singapore - Head of International Expansion and Strategic Partnerships at Singapore Trade Data Exchange (SGTraDex) Services

Second Minister for Trade and Industry and Minister for Manpower of Singapore

CEO and Co-Founder of TASConnect

General Manager, APAC & MEA and Global Head of Banking Partnerships at Crypto.com

CEO - PE Real Estate at CapitaLand Investment

Executive Chairman and CEO of DMCC

Global Head, Receivables Purchase & ASA Cluster Head at Standard Chartered

Group Chief Investment Officer of Standard Chartered