The Leading Alternative Investment Management Summit Dubai Edition 2019 | Aim Summit | 18 November 2019 | Waldorf Astoria Dubai International Financial Centre, Happiness St - Dubai, UAE

Gathering and connecting regional investors and managers in the world of alternatives (Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Private Debt) with global industry leaders.
AIM Summit is a platform for discussions on investment developments, global market conditions, latest trends and acts as a networking forum for future business opportunities. The only conference of its nature and magnitude organized and orchestrated by the industry in an intimate setup to induce real discussions on the best practices and know-how.

2019 Speakers

Mishal Kanoo
Chairman - UAE & Oman, The Kanoo Group

Peter Rockefeller
Board Member & Vice Chairman, Managing Director, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Brock Capital Group

Dame Sheila B. Driscoll
Founder, Sheila B. Driscoll Foundation

Dr. Sabah al-Binali
CEO, Vice Chairman of the Board, Universal Strategy, The National Investor

Dr. Ryan Lemand
Senior Executive Officer & Board Director, ADS Investment Solutions

Zachary Cefaratti
Founder & CEO, Dalma Capital Management Limited

Christof Rühl
Advisory Board, Crystol Energy

Navin Gupta
Managing Director, South Asia & MENA, Ripple

Dominique Lecocq
Managing Partner, lecocqassociate

James McCormack
Managing Director, Fitch Ratings

David Gibson-Moore
President and CEO, Gulf Analytica

Carol Pepper
CEO & Founder, Pepper International

Kunal Lahori
Director, Manrre REIT

Heather Henyon
Founding General Partner, Mindshift Capital

Patrick Oerer
CEO, Emirates Wealth

Walter Schindler
Founder & CEO, Transformation LLC & SAIL Capital Partners LLC

Lee C. Tashjian
Managing Director, Special Assistant to the Chairman & CEO, Transformation LLC, Fluor Corporation

Dominic Longman
CEO, Digital Asset Advisory

James Stull
Partner, King & Spalding LLP

Tone Vays
Content Creator, Derivatives Trader & Consultant, Bitcoin

Chaim Hack
Director of EMEA Business, Enfusion

Lucy Chow
Senator, Director, World Business Angels Investment Forum, Women's Angel Business Network (WAIN)

William Reichert
Partner,C harles Russell Speechlys LLP

Bader Al Sayer
CEO, Al Dhow Holding

Razvan Remsing
Director of Investment Solutions, Aspect Capital

Andrea Marmolejo
Managing Partner, Blue Topaz Capital

Wael Aburida
Managing Partner, Halo Investment Management

Deniz Erkus CFA
Managing Partner, SiDeMi Business Consulting GmbH

Dr. Markus Federle
Senior Managing Director & General Counsel, Samena Capital Investments

Ashish Marwah
CIO, ADS Investment Solutions

Gary Sheynkman
Partner, Leyden Ventures

Daniel Schwartzkopff
CEO, Invictus Capital

James Fierro
CEO, ECO Capacity Exchange Ltd.

David Moscato
Managing Partner, Quarantia Capital Advisory

James Burron
President, Canadian Association of Alternative Strategies & Assets

Saeed Al Darmaki
Managing Director, Alphabit

Yuri Lobyntsev
Co-Founder & CTO, Cindicator

Ramy Echo
Managing Director, Echo Capital

Mustafa Kheriba
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Abu Dhabi Financial Group

Michael Langton
Head of Outsourced Services Sales - APAC, Enfusion

Nabil Issa
Partner, King & Spalding LLP

William Tohmé
Regional Head - MENA, CFA Institute

Han Verstraete
Founder & CEO, Senior Advisor, Otonomos, Bitfolio

Fabio Scacciavillani
Chief Economist, Nuverse

Paula Petkova
Senator, World Business Angels Forum

Irina Heaver
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Emirex.com

Ahmed Ismail
Co-Founder, HAYVN

John Trammell
Managing Director, Symphony Financial Partners

Amy Bensted
Head of Data Products, Preqin

Arshad Mohammad Khan
Co-Founder & CEO, Arabian Bourse

Pascal van Knijff
Founder & CEO, Chief Strategy Officer, Future of Trust BV, Crypto Daily

Essam Albakr
CEO, Ejada Investments

Rami M. Alnajjar
Founder & CEO, Black Bull Options

Sonia Gokhale
Partner, VentureSouq

Dana Novakovic
Managing Director, LBC Energy Advisory

Leon Smith
CEO, DEX

Paritosh Gambhir
Audit Partner, KPMG Lower Gulf

Manmeet Singh
CFO & CIO, EMURGO

Anton Gans
Founder & Managing Partner, Zenith Family Office

Gabriel Abed
Founder, Bitt, Digital Asset Capital Management

Ram Gopalakrishnan
Director, Affirma Capital

Michael Gord
CEO, GDA Capital

John Hensel
COO/CRO, Securrency, Inc

Christine Kampinga
Managing Director, Quantum Impact Investing

Chengsen Yeh
Founder & Managing partner, ZiAsset Consulting

Dino Verbrugge
Founder, DV Trading

Talal Tabbaa
COO, Jibrel AG

Robert E. Kiernan III
Chief Executive Officer, Advanced Portfolio Management LLC

Shaun Lim
Co-Head & Managing Director, Hopu-Arm Innovation Fund

Dr. Ruchi Dana
Partner, Dana Group

Laura Merlini
Managing Director, EMEA, CAIA Association

Rachel Pether
Senior Advisor & Co-Host, Follow the Money, Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute

May Ben Khadra
Business Anchor, CNBC Arabia

Emilio Escartin
Professor of Islamic Finance Asset Management & Private Equity, IE Business School

Henny Sender
Chief Correspondent, Financial Times Hong Kong

Saber Farooqi
COO, Dalma Capital Management Limited

Matthias Knab
Founder, Opalesque Global Services

2019 Sponsors and Partners

STRATEGIC PARTNER:
• Dalma Capital

GOLD SPONSORS:
• ADS Investment Solutions
• Lecocq Associate
• Bitfolio
• IG
• Symphony Financial Partners

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Emirates Wealth
• Apex
• Manre
• Fitch Ratings
• Murex
• King & Spalding

BREAK-OUT SPONSOR:
• Enfusion

HOSPITALITY SPONSOR:
• CAIA Association

OFFICIAL WATCH SPONSOR:
• Franck Muller

EXHIBITORS:
• University of Oxford
• Disruptive
• F4 Group
• Primier Consulting Group

OFFICIAL BROADCAST PARTNER:
• CNBC

ASSOCIATION:
• AIMA
• 100 Women in Finance