4th Annual Milken Institute Middle East and Africa Summit 2022 | Milken Institute | 16 November 2022 | Rosewood Abu Dhabi, Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE

The summit convenes the best minds in the world to tackle its most urgent challenges and realize its most exciting opportunities.

The MEA region has showcased remarkable resilience and versatility despite the collective experience faced in recent years. Momentous forces of change are at work in the region, in ways that will have resonating impact across the globe and throughout the public, private, academic, and nonprofit sectors. As we look forward to the future for the region, our ability to convene, collaborate, and connect has never been more vital.

The summit will center on the theme of “Celebrating the Power of Connection.” Join us as we reengage our catalytic community of global thought leaders, senior executives, investors, government officials, and philanthropists to share the adversities and achievements of living through this moment in history—translating lessons learned into rebuilding meaningful, healthy, and prosperous lives for all.

2022 Speakers

Rola Abu Manneh
CEO, Standard Chartered Bank, United Arab Emirates

Eddie Ahmed
Chairman, President and CEO, MassMutual International, MassMutual Financial Group

Ibrahim Ajami
Head of Ventures, Mubadala Capital

Annelie Ajami
Founder and General Partner, Anamcara Capital

Raja Al Mazrouei
Former Executive Vice President, DIFC FinTech Hive

Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Group CEO and Managing Director, Mubadala Investment Company

Bashar Al Natoor
Global Head of Islamic Finance, Fitch Ratings

Meera Al Suwaidi
Head of Value Creation, Mubadala Investment Company

Mina Al-Oraibi
Editor in Chief, The National

Khaled Al-Qubaisi
CEO, Real Estate and Infrastructure Investments, Mubadala Investment Company

Baria Alamuddin
Editor-in-Chief, Media Services Syndicate; Columnist, Arab News; former Editor at Large, Al-Hayat

Olivia Albrecht
CEO, Aspiration

Mariam Almheiri
Minister of Climate Change and Environment, United Arab Emirates

Alanoud Alsharekh
Director, Ibtkar Strategic Consultancy; Activist and Founding Member, Abolish 153

Cheryl Alston
Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer, Dallas Employees' Retirement Fund

Cara Altimus
Senior Director, Center for Strategic Philanthropy, Milken Institute

Diana Amoa
Chief Investment Officer for Long-Biased Strategies, Kirkoswald Asset Management

Salvador Anglada
CEO, e& enterprise

Isaac Applbaum
Co-Founder and General Partner, MizMaa Ventures

Yoni Assia
CEO and Founder, eToro

Fatima Sani Bala
Deputy Manager, Central Bank of Nigeria

Jeff Bandman
Principal, Bandman Advisors

Sam Bankman-Fried
Founder and CEO, FTX

Alexandra Bause
Co-Founder and Head of Venture at Apollo Health Ventures

Carole Biau
Director, Global Market Development, Milken Institute

Khaled bin Alwaleed
Founder, KBW Group of Companies

Kinga Bosse
Chief Financial Officer, Lukka

Jay Brown
Co-Founder and Vice Chairman, Roc Nation; Partner, Marcy Venture Partners

Colin Buckley
Managing Director and General Counsel, British International Investment

William Burck
Global Co-Managing Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Michael Cameron
Director, Head of Digital Assets

Michael Campbell
Head of Real Estate Investments, Mubadala Investment Company

Jared Carney
Founder and CEO, Lightdale LLC

David Chaum
CEO, Elixxir

Deepak Chopra
Founder, the Chopra Foundation

Roger Chung
Co-Director, CUHK Centre for Bioethics; Associate Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Marcelo Claure
Chairman and CEO, Claure Group

Jeff Cruttenden
Co-Founder, Treasury

Edward Cupler
Executive Director, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center

John D'Agostino
Senior Advisor, Strategy, Coinbase Institutional

Joseph Dallago
Co-Founder and CEO, Rain

Laura Deal Lacey
Executive Director, Global Markets, Milken Institute

Francis deSouza
President and CEO, Illumina

Joy DiBenedetto
Group Director, Global Communications, Corporate Affairs and Partnerships, Equity Bank Limited

Ola Doudin
Co-Founder and CEO, BitOasis

Shlomo Dovrat
Co-Founder, Viola Group; Co-Founder and General Partner, Viola Ventures

Hatem Dowidar
Group CEO, e& (Etisalat)

Martin Edlund
CEO, Malaria No More; Global Fund 7th Replenishment Ambassador

Shai Efrati
Co-Founder and Chairman of the Aviv Medical Advisory Board, Aviv Clinics

Karim El Solh
CEO, Gulf Capital

Patricia Espinosa
Former Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; Founding Partner, onepoint5

Amit Etkin
Founder and CEO, Alto Neuroscience

Chiamaka Ezenwa
Chair, Delphos Impact, Delphos International

Oscar Fahlgren
Head of Brazil, Mubadala Investment Company

Irving Fain
CEO and Founder, Bowery Farming

Rayan Fayez
Deputy CEO, NEOM

Anthony Fernandes
CEO, Capital A

Rebecca Freeman
Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Eldridge Industries

Holly Freishtat
Director, Feeding Change, Milken Institute

Hadley Gamble
Anchor and Senior International Correspondent, CNBC

Marc Ganzi
CEO, DigitalBridge

Maëlle Gavet
CEO, Techstars

Leymah Gbowee
Nobel Laureate; Founder and President of the Gbowee Peace Foundation

Nili Gilbert
Vice Chairwoman, Carbon Direct

Jonathan Goldstein
Co-Founder and CEO, Cain International

Spring Gombe
Advisor, Policy and Partnerships, Market Access Africa

Kaan Gunay
Co-Founder and CEO, Firefly

Mona Hamdy
Chief Strategy Officer, Sino Global Capital

Josh Harris
Executive Vice President, Palantir Technologies

Amir Hayek
Ambassador of Israel to the United Arab Emirates

Yusuf Henriques
Chairman, Founder, and CEO, IndyGeneUS

Paris Hilton
Entrepreneur and CEO, 11:11 Media

Mark Hong
Local Currency Debt Market Development Specialist, Asian Development Bank

Steven Hyman
Director, Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Tokunboh Ishmael
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Alitheia Capital

Christian Jensen
Partner, Co-Head of Private Investments, Dragoneer Investment Group

Jalak Jobanputra
Founder and Managing Partner, Future Perfect Ventures

Eva Kaili
Vice President, European Parliament

Rishi Kapoor
Co-CEO, Investcorp

Jason Kelly
Co-Founder and CEO, Ginkgo Bioworks

Marjan Keypour Greenblatt
Founder and Director, Alliance for Rights of All Minorities (ARAM)

Mehmood Khan
CEO, Hevolution Foundation

Suzanne Kianpour
Presenter, "Out of the Shadows", BBC; Host, "Women Building Peace"

Michael Klowden
CEO, Milken Institute

Kevin Klowden
Chief Global Strategist, Milken Institute

Mohieddine Kronfol
Chief Investment Officer, Global Sukuk and MENA Fixed Income, Franklin Templeton

Philippe Laffont
Founder, Coatue Management

Camilla Languille
Head of Life Sciences and Healthcare Investments, Mubadala Investment Company

Sibi Lawson-Marriott
Regional Adviser, United Nations World Food Programme

Beryl Li
Co-Founder, Yield Guild Games

Ming Liao
Managing Partner, Prospect Avenue Capital

Claude Lopez
Head of Research, The Milken Institute

David Lorenz
Founder and CEO, Lunaz Group

Erin Lubitz
Senior Associate, Business and Program Development, Milken Institute

Haseeb Malik
Partner and Head of Asia Corporate and Traded Credit, Värde Partners

Kevin Mayer
Co-CEO, Candle Media; Chairman, DAZN Group

Joseph McMonigle
Secretary-General, International Energy Forum

Jon Medved
CEO, OurCrowd

Michael Milken
Chairman, Milken Institute

Rajeev Misra
CEO, SoftBank Investment Advisers

Hiromichi Mizuno
Special Envoy of U.N. Secretary-General on Innovative Finance and Sustainable Investments

Steven Mnuchin
Founder and Managing Partner, Liberty Strategic Capital; 77th Secretary of the Treasury, United States

Hanan Morsy
Deputy Executive Secretary (Programme) and Chief Economist, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

Don Mullen
Founder and CEO, Pretium

Dan Murphy
Anchor and Correspondent, CNBC International

Kerry Murphy Healey
President, Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream

Abi Mustapha-Maduakor
CEO, African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association

Mikhael Naayem
Co-Founder and President, Dapper Labs

Omar Najim
Director of Special Program Execution, Advisor to Chairman, Abu Dhabi Department of Health

Carlijn Nouwen
Co-Founder, Climate Action Platform – Africa (CAP-A)

Michael Novogratz
CEO, Galaxy Digital

Irene Nyambongi
Deputy Manager, Portfolio Management, Central Bank of Kenya

Ziad Oueslati
Founding and Co-Managing Partner, AfricInvest

Dan Pathomvanich
CEO, NR Instant Produce

Caroline Pham
Commissioner, CFTC

Michael Piwowar
Executive Vice President, MI Finance, Milken Institute

Jeff Pollack
Chief Financial Officer, Input Output Global

Bob Prince
Co-Chief Investment Officer, Bridgewater Associates

Roya Rahmani
Vice-Chair Public Policy, Delphos; Former Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States

Tom Richardson
CEO, Nice Tech

Hussain Sajwani
Chairman, DAMAC Properties

Sara Salman
Population Affairs Officer, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

Carlos Sanchez
Executive Director, Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment

David Siemer
CEO, Wave Financial

Sebastian Siemiatkowski
CEO, Klarna

Robert Smith
Founder, Chairman and CEO, Vista Equity Partners

David Steinbach
Global Chief Investment Officer, Hines

Sunjay Sudhir
Indian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates

Louise Tabbiner
Senior Advisor, Milken Institute, Milken Institute

Richard Teng
Regional Head of MENA, Binance

Mark Tester
Founder, Red Sea Farms

Dylan Tey
Group Chief Financial Officer, J&T Express

Penni Thow
Founder and CEO, Copper

Nicole Valentine
Director, Center for Financial Markets, Milken Institute

Samir Vasavada
Co-Founder and CEO, Vise

Lucas von Cranach
Founder and CEO, OneFootball

Jason Walker
Chief Investment Officer ABS, CQS

Andrew Weinberg
Founder, Managing Partner, and CEO, Brightstar Capital Partners

Sonia Weymuller
Co-Founder and General Partner, VentureSouq

Björn Witte
Managing Partner and CEO, Blue Horizon

Glenn Yago
Senior Director, Milken Innovation Center

Daniel Yang
Head of Investment and Diversification, Algorand Foundation

Sergey Young
Founder, Longevity Vision Fund

Daniel Yu
Founder and CEO, Wasoko

Robby Yung
CEO, Animoca Brands

Changpeng Zhao
CEO, Binance

2022 Sponsors

• Algorand
• Binance
• Brightstar
• Cain International
• Capital
• Coatue
• CQS
• Delphos
• Digital Bridge
• Dragoneer
• Fitch Ratings
• Franklin Templeton
• Hines
• ICG Advisors
• Pretium
• Preqin
• PAC
• Quinn Emanuel
• SoftBank
• Standard Chartered
• Varde
• Vista