SALT Conference 2019 - Abu Dhabi | SkyBridge Capital | 9 December 2019 | Emirates Palace, West Corniche Road, UAE

At its core, SALT is about doing well and doing good – helping entrepreneurs grow their businesses while together addressing the world’s most important opportunities.

SALT, or SkyBridge ALTernatives, was founded in 2009 by SkyBridge Capital, a global alternative investments firm. The flagship annual SALT Las Vegas conference brings together around 2,000 of the world’s foremost investors, business executives and political leaders for three days of idea sharing, networking and entertainment.

In December 2019, SALT will host its first conference in the Middle East. Planned in collaboration with ADGM, the event will feature speakers and participants from around the world engaging in high-level networking and discussions about the future of global business.

2019 Speakers

H.e. Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh
Chairman, Abu Dhabi Global Market

H.r.h. Prince Turki Al Faisal
Chairman, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies

H.e. Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak
Managing Director & Group Chief Executive Officer, Mubadala Investment Company

H.e. Dr. Hawaa Al Thahak Al Mansoori
Member, Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates

H.e. Omar Sultan Al Olama
Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, United Arab Emirates

Faisal J. Abbas
Editor-in-chief, Arab News

Yazan Abdeen
Head of Public Equities, Invest Ad

Maha Abouelenein
Managing Director, Organizational Consultants

Deepak Abraham
Managing Director, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Raya Abu Gulal
Founder, Women Lawyers Group - Middle East

Mahmoud Adi
Chief Executive Officer, Hub71

Ibrahim Ajami
Head of Venture Capital, Mubadala Investment Company

Basil Al Askari
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Midchains

Hussein Al Gaaod
Chief Executive Officer, Adroit Sports Management

Faisal Al Hammadi
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Yacob

Ibrahim Al Husseini
Managing Partner, Fullcycle Climate Partners

Ammar a. Al Khudairy
Chairman, Samba Financial Group

Hashim Al Kudsi
Co-founder & Managing Partner, Liwa Capital Advisors

Nabyl Al Maskari
Chief Executive Officer, Al Maskari Holding

Waleed Al Muhairi
Investment Committee, Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer & Chief Executive Officer, Alternative Investments & Infrastructure, Mubadala Investment Company

Yousuf Al Mulla
Co-founder & Managing Partner, E11 Capital

Saud Hassan Al Nowais
Commercial Counselor for the United Arab Emirates to the United States of America

Abdulmohsin Al Omran
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The Family Office Co. Bsc

Thamer Al Saeed
Chief Investment Officer, Mad’a Investment Company

Jassim Al Seddiqi
Chief Executive Officer, Abu Dhabi Financial Group

Areije Al Shakar
Senior Vice President, Bahrain Development Bank

Abdullah Al Shaksy
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Phaze Ventures

Fahad Al Sharekh
Co-founder & General Partner, Tech Invest

Yusuf Alireza
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Arp Global Capital

Marina Antonopoulou
Marine Program Lead, Emirates Nature - Wwf

Jamil Asfour
Executive Director, Technology Partnerships, Abu Dhabi Investment Office

Kamran S. Bajwa
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis Llp

Stephen Barnett
Executive Director, Business Development, Abu Dhabi Global Market

Alexandra Bause
Co-founder, Investment Director & Head of Venturelabs, Apollo Health Ventures

Tariq Bin Hendi
Director General, Abu Dhabi Investment Office

Dr. Francisco Blanch
Head of Global Commodities, Derivatives Research & Cross-asset Quantitative Investment Strategies, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Thomas P. Bossert
Chief Strategy Officer, Trinity Cyber, Inc.

Cameron Brownjohn
Chief Executive Officer, Federation Asset Management

Zachary Cefaratti
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Dalma Capital

Heather D. Ceresini
Managing Director, Portfolio Management, Ejf Capital

Dr. Jeffrey Chi
Vice Chairman, Asia, Vickers Venture Partners

Gang Chu
Chief Operating Officer & Chairman, Capital Markets Committee, China International Capital Corporation (Cicc)

Timothy C. Collins
Chief Executive Officer, Ripplewood Advisors Llc

Ambassador Michael Corbin
Chief Executive Officer, Corbin Crossroads Consulting

Mark Nicholas Cutis
Group Chief Financial Officer, Adnoc

Dr. Eric Daimler
Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Conexus

David Darst
Chief Investment Officer, The Family Office

Roxanne Davies
Managing Partner, Parly Singapore Pte Ltd

Tara Courtney Davies
Member & Head of European Infrastructure, Kkr

Ryan Denehy
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Electric Ai

Alexander Denner, Ph.d.
Chief Investment Officer, Sarissa Capital Management Lp

Vivek Dhayagude
Chief Technology Officer, Skybridge

Bob Diamond
Founding Partner & Chief Executive Officer, Atlas Merchant Capital

Christian Diller
Managing Partner & Co-founder, Montana Capital Partners

Kirill Dimitriev
Chief Executive Officer, Russian Direct Investment Fund

Tim Draper
Founder, Draper Associates & Draper University

T.j. Durkin
Co-head, Structured Credit & Head of Residential and Consumer Debt, Angelo Gordon

Martin L. Edelman
Senior of Counsel, Paul Hastings Llp

Mohamed El Erian
Chief Economic Advisor, Allianz

Hisham El Haddad
Co-founder & Managing Partner, Hof Capital

Omar El Hamamsy
Senior Partner, Mckinsey & Company

Mohamed El Jamal
Managing Director & Head of Public Markets, Waha Capital

Simon Fentham-fletcher
Chief Investment Officer, Freedom Asset Management

Simone Foxman
Correspondent, Bloomberg

Dr. Adrian Furnham
Head of Behavioral Psychology, Stamford Associates

Thomas P. Gallagher
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Miami International Holdings, Inc. (Mih)

Parth Gandhi
Managing Director, Aion Cp

Troy a. Gayeski, Cfa
Partner, Co-chief Investment Officer & Senior Portfolio Manager, Skybridge

Rick Gerson
Chief Executive Officer, Falcon Edge Capital

Nancy Gleason
Director, Hilary Ballon Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Nyu Abu Dhabi

Peter Gleysteen
Chief Executive Officer, Agl Credit Management

Alison Graham
Chief Investment Officer, Voltan Capital Management

Bill Gross
Founder & Chairman, Idealab

Jason Gross
Chief Executive Officer, Petal

Dr. Richard Haass
President, Council on Foreign Relations

Mohammed Hamdi
Chief Executive Officer, Nv Ado Den Haag

The Right Honorable Philip Hammond
Chancellor of the Exchequer (2016-2019)

Ben Hindman
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Splash

Simon Hopkins
Chief Executive Officer, Milltrust International Group

Chieh Huang
Chief Executive Officer, Boxed

Peter Hughes
Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Apex Group

Guy Hurley
Chief Executive Officer, Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners

Majid H. Jafar
Chief Executive Officer, Crescent Petroleum

Gosego January
Chief Executive Officer, Debswana Pension Fund

Jalak Jobanputra
Founding Partner, Future\perfect Ventures

Rj Johnston
Executive Advisor & Managing Director, Global Energy & Natural Resources, Eurasia Group

Gen. James L. Jones, Usmc (Ret.)
Founder & President, Jones Group International

Erik Kaas
Partner & Chairman of Europe, Partners Group

Abhi Kane
Managing Director - Head of Investment Research, Skybridge

Dr. Thomas Kaplan
Chairman, Novagold

Scott Kapnick
Chief Executive Officer & Governing Partner, Hps Partners

Ryan Kavanaugh
Founder, Proxima Media

Gen. John F. Kelly, Usmc (Ret.)
White House Chief of Staff (2017-2019)

Iqbal Khan
Founding Board Member & Chief Executive Officer, Fajr Capital

Parag Khanna
Founder & Managing Partner, Futuremap

Dr. Dania Koleilat Khatib
Affiliated Scholar, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, American University of Beirut (Aub)

Sarah Kunst
Managing Director, Cleo Capital

Peter Lejre
Advisor, Al Maskari Holding

Erhfei Liu
Founding Partner & Chief Executive Officer, Asia Investment Capital

Zidi Liu
Founding Partner, Green Harbor Investment

William Ma
Chief Investment Officer, Noah Holdings Limited

Winston Ma, Cfa, Esq
Former Managing Director, China Investment Corporation

Omeed Malik
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Farvahar Partners

Prasanth Manghat
Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director, Nmc Healthcare

Marty Martin
Director, Mmartin & Associates Llc

Jon Medved
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Ourcrowd

Dr. Tomislav Mihaljevic
President & Chief Executive Officer, Cleveland Clinic

Douglas Monticciolo
Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer, Brevet Capital

Jason Mudrick
Founder & Chief Investment Officer, Mudrick Capital Management, Lp

May Nasrallah
Founder & Executive Chairman, Denovo Corporate Advisors

Hon. Prof. Mthuli Ncube
Minister of Finance & Economic Development, Zimbabwe

Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen
Secretary of Homeland Security (2017-2019)

Abdallah Obeikan
Chief Executive Officer, Obeikan Investment Group

Kaplen Parekh
President, Dsp Mutual Fund

Sorana Parvulescu
Senior Partner, Control Risks

Ketan Patel
Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Greater Pacific Capital

Carol Pepper
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Pepper International, Llc

Rachel Pether, Cfa
Managing Partner, Sovereign Wealth Ltd

David Pilling
Associate Editor & Africa Editor, Financial Times

Deborah Quazzo
Managing Partner, Gsv Accelerate Fund

Gideon Rachman
Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, Financial Times

Amira Rashad
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Bulkwhiz

Dr. Russell Read
Group Managing Partner, C Change Group

Matteo Renzi
Prime Minister of Italy (2014-2016)

Adam Rilander
Portfolio Manager & Head of Agency Mbs Trading, The Galton Team at Mariner Investment Group

Yann Robard
Managing Partner, Whitehorse Liquidity Partners

Christopher T. Rogers
Partner, Lumia Capital

Hartley Rogers
Chairman, Hamilton Lane

Saleh Romeih
Managing Partner, Emea, Softbank

Norman T. Roule
Chief Executive Officer, Pharos Strategic Consulting Llc

David Rubenstein
Co-founder & Co-executive Chairman, The Carlyle Group

Ellie Rubenstein
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Manna Tree Partners

Dr. John Rutledge
Chief Investment Officer, Investment Committee Member & Management Committee Member, Safanad

Ellecia Saffron
Founder & Managing Director, Maysaffron

Hussain Sajwani
Founder & Chairman, Damac Properties

Faisal Mansour Sarkhou
Chief Executive Officer, Kamco Investment Company

Bobby Sarnevesht
Partner, Proxima Media

Anthony Scaramucci
Founder & Managing Partner, Skybridge

Danny E. Sebright
President, U.s.-u.a.e. Business Council

Robert Shafir
Chief Executive Officer & Member, Partner Management Committee, Sculptor Capital

Dr. B.r. Shetty
Founder & Chairman, Nmc Healthcare, Finablr, Neopharma & Brs Ventures

Ben Simpfendorfer
Chief Executive Officer, Silk Road Associates

Pontus Siren
Managing Director, Innosight

David Smith
Senior Managing Partner, Co-investment Team, Capitaldynamics

Ferran Soriano
Chief Executive Officer, City Football Group

Alex Spiro
Managing Partner, Brighteye

Masuda Sultan
Chief Executive Officer, Symbio Services

Noor Sweid
Founder, Global Ventures

Ahmed Talhaoui, Cfa
Managing Director, Head of Middle East & Africa and Head of Emea Product Strategy for Global Fixed Income, Blackrock

Simon Tandy
Chief Investment Officer, Areef Investments

Abdulrahman Tarabzouni
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Saudi Technology Ventures

Daniel Teran
Founder, Managed by Q

Jim Totty
Managing Partner, Earth Capital

Navroz Udwadia
Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Falcon Edge Capital

Tolga Uzuner
Chief Executive Officer, Odyssey Infrastructure Partners

Dino Varkey
Chief Executive Officer, Gems Education

Stergios Voskopoulos
Chief Executive Officer, Kanoo Capital

Michael Vranos
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Ellington Management Group

Jason Walker
Co-chief Investment Officer Abs & Partner, Cqs

Ran Wang
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Cec Capital Group

Seth Weingram
Senior Vice President & Director, Client Advisory, Acadian Asset Management

Ronald Wuijster
Executive Board Member; Chief Executive Officer, Apg Group Nv; Apg Asset Management

Peng Xiao
Chief Executive Officer, Group 42

Guang Yang
Executive Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Brightsphere Investment Group

Min Yang
Chief Executive Officer, Greater China, Winton

David K. Young
Chief Executive Officer, Oxford Analytica

Hamed Ibrahim Zaghw
Chief Executive, Middle East & Africa, Aecom

Jenny (Yu) Zeng
Managing Partner, Msa Capital

Roslyn Zhang
Managing Director & Head of Hedge Fund Investments, China Investment Corporation (Cic)

2019 Sponsors and Partners

STRATEGIC PARTNER:
• Abu Dhabi Global Market

CO-PRESENTING SPONSOR:
• Mubadala

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• ADNOC
• Airways Abu Dhabi

GOLD SPONSOR:
• MIAX

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Brevet
• EJF
• Invest AD
• Sculptor Capital Management
• The Family Office

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• APEX
• Atlas Merchant Capital
• First Abu Dhabi Bank
• Mariner Galton
• SWFI

OFFICIAL AIRLINE:
• Etihad Airways

BROADCAST PARTNERS:
• Arab News
• Bloomberg
• CNBC
• Forbes Middle East

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• 33voices
• Associated Press
• Arab News
• Bloomberg TV
• Bloomberg News, Dubai
• CNBC
• Eurabia Media
• Financial Times
• Forbes Middle East
• HFMWeek
• Opalesque
• The National
• Sky News Arabia
• Thomson Reuters