Venue
The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre
The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre, DIFC, off - Sheikh Zayed Rd - Dubai - UAE

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Event Date Mon Oct 30 +04 - Wed Nov 1 +04 (about 1 year ago)
In your timezone (EST): Sun Oct 29 4:00pm - Tue Oct 31 4:00pm
Location The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre
DIFC, off - Sheikh Zayed Rd - Dubai - UAE
Region EMEA
Details

Discover the Future of Private Capital Investing in The Middle East. Connect with 400+ senior attendees, including 125+ LPs and 200+ GPs from MENA & beyond. Get the inside track on tech, venture capital, value creation, sustainability & more

This events brings you face-to-face with the regional and international investment community.

Join 400+ Middle East-focused senior private capital executives from 20+ countries and take part in a series of interactive panels, presentations, interviews and more. Be a part of the conversations that matter most today. Discover where the region's most influential investors are looking to do deals.

Who will you meet?
Connect with senior private equity leaders, including founders, CEOs and managing directors in the investment community. Grow your network and expand your opportunities by connecting with 125+ LPs and 200+ GPs.

Attendees include Development Partners International (DPI), Emerging Investment Partners, Quadria Capital, She Capital, True Green Capital Management LLC, Next Energy Capital, StepStone Capital, Vintage Investment Partners and many more.

Speakers

2023 Speakers

Tariq Bin Hendi
Senior Partner, Global Ventures

Ruchi Dana
Partner & Executive Board Member, DANA Group

Adil Alzarooni
Chief Executive Officer, Al Zarooni Emirates Investments

Kshitij Jain
Investment Professional, Miras Management

Selma Ribica
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, First Circle Capital

Racha Alkhawaja
Board Member/Board Director, Gate Capital

Nicolas Schellenberg
Managing Director, Cambridge Associates

Maria Dolores Fernandez Flores
Senior Associate, VentureSouq

Michael Elio
Partner, StepStone Global

Karim Burhani
Managing Director & Co-Founder, Emerging Investment Partners

Christos Mastoras
Founder & Managing Partner, Iliad Partners

Bhupinder Singh
Managing Director, Head of Leveraged & Acquisition Finance, First Abu Dhabi Bank

Bassirou Niang
Director and Head of Investor Coverage, Development Partners International (DPI)

Tamara Abdel-Jaber
Partner, Amam Ventures

Omar Al Yawer
Partner, Ruya Partners

Jonathan Alden
SVP Investor Relations, Vintage Investment Partners

Alexandre Alfonsi
Founding Partner, Axonia Partners

Sarah AlSaleh
Investment Partner, Outliers Venture Capital

Vishnu Amble
Director, GreenBear Group LLC

Richard Anton
Co-Founder and Partner, Oxx

Alex Bebov
Managing Director, BAC Securities

Apurva Beniwal
VP, Investments, She Capital

Edmund Buckley
Global Co-Head of Private Equity and Head of Entrepreneur Capital, Pictet

Faisal Butt
CEO and Founder, Pi Labs

Donatella Callegaris
Managing Partner, Flashpoint Venture Debt

Rene Canezin
Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Evolution Credit Partners

Philippe Chalu
Investment Analyst, Al Othaim Holding Co

Karthik Chandrasekar
Founding Partner, Sangam Ventures

Cathryn Chen
Founder and General Partner, MarketX

Pearce Clune
Founding Partner, True Global Ventures Opportunity Fund

Christiaan de Lint
Managing Partner, Headway Capital Partners

Sunny Dhillon
Managing Partner, Kyber Knight Capital

Elizabeth Di Cioccio
Head of Middle East, Managing Director, KKR

Karim El Solh
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Gulf Capital

Madison Elkhazin
Head of Capital Markets, Georgian

Hany Emad
Director of SME Finance and Investment Central Sector, MSMEDA (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Development Agency)

Amir Farha
Managing Partner, COTU Ventures

Philippe Ferneini
Partner, StepStone Group

Abderahmane Fodil
Managing Partner, idi Emerging Markets

Sara Gamay
Advisory Board Member, Cairo Angels

Sonia Gokhale
Co-Founder and General Partner, VentureSouq FinTech Fund

Swapna Gupta
Partner, Avaana Climate & Sustainability Fund

Hasan Haider
Managing Partner, Plus VC

Jamal Hammoud
Business Development, Credit Value Partners

Ben Harburg
Managing Partner, MSA Capital

Sion Hau
Ventures Associate, Plug and Play

James Hewitt
Senior Vice President, Investor Relations, Next Energy Capital

Kamil Homsi
Founder and CEO, Global Realty Capital

Charles Hoskinson
CEO, Input Output Global

Sriram Jaganmohan
Head of Investments - Private Markets, Miras Investments

Amit Jain
Chief Investment Officer, Gulf Islamic Investments (GII)

Ramy Jallad
Group CEO, Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ)

Hemang Kapasi
Managing Director, XCEL

Iqbal Khan
CEO, Fajr Capital

Zahir Khan
Managing Director, Head of Middle East Relationship Management, Ares Management

Rabih Khoury
General Partner & Chief Exit Officer, Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)

Ajit Kumar
Managing Partner, Evolvence India Fund

Taimoor Labib
Founding Partner, Affirma Capital

Jeffrey Lau
Partner, Primavera

Eli Levy
Co-CEO, More Mutual Funds

Adrian Li
Founder & Managing Partner, AC Ventures

Chirag Locham
Senior Vice President, Miras Management

Chris Macbeth
Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Varun Malhotra
Vice President, Quona Capital

Khuram Maqsood
Partner, Triago

Alex Murray
VP, Research Insights, Preqin

Rafik Mzah
Senior Partner and Group General Secretary, AfricInvest

Eid N. Alrashidi
Managing Partner, FGA Partners LLC

Tariq Nakhooda
Senior Executive Officer, IQ-EQ

Karthik Narayanaswamy
Co-Founder and Partner, SeaLink Capital Partners

Yipin NG
Co-founder and Managing Partner, Yunqi Partners

Panos Ninios
Managing Partner, Co-founder & Chairman of the Investment Committee, True Green Capital Management LLC

Sudarshan Pareek
Vice President, CE-Ventures

Tammer Qaddumi
Co-Founder and General Partner, VentureSouq

Mohammed Rasouli
AI Expert for Investment, Stanford University

Peter Roos
COO, Target Global

Rasmus Rothe
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Merantix

Kadir S. Gungor
Chairman, Sustainable Impact Capital & Holding

Bader Saad
Senior Vice President, Alix Partners

Faraidon Saheb-Zadha
Founder, Constellation Equity Partners

Gayatri Sarkar
Founder & General Partner, Advaita Capital

Venktesh Shukla
Managing Partner, Monta Vista Capital

Anisha Singh
Founder, She Capital

Roland Stamm
Partner – Quantitative Services, Acadia

Michael Steingold
Director, Private Markets, Russell Investments

Shane Swords
Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations, Next Energy Capital

Hasnae Taleb
Partner and CIO, Ento Capital

Mert Tarlan
Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Credia Partners

Sunil Thakur
Partner, Quadria Capital

Ben Topor
Founder & Managing Partner, Titan Capital

Zia Ul Rab Siddiqui
Director – Investments & Partnerships, Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (AP

Sponsors & Partners

2023 Sponsors

CO-SPONSORS:

• Credia Partners
• Evolution Credit Partners
• Georgian Partners
• Pictet Asset Management

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:
• Cleary Gottlieb
• IQ-EQ
• LSV Advisors
• Monta Vista Capital
• NextEnergy Capital
• Pi Labs
• Primavera Capital
• R136 Ventures
• Red Dot 2 Ltd
• Russell Investments
• True Global Ventures 4Plus
• True Green Capital

HOST OF THE EVENING NETWORKING RECEPTION - MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 1:
• IQ-EQ

DATA PARTNER:
• Preqin