The Leading Alternative Investment Summit 2024 - Dubai | Aim Summit | 20 October 2024 | Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Sheikh Zayed Rd - Trade Centre - Trade Centre 2 - Dubai - UAE

This Summit is a platform for discussions on investment developments, global market conditions and latest trends. The only conference of its nature and magnitude organized and orchestrated by the industry in an intimate setup to encourage real debates on the best practices and know-hows.

AIM Summit acts as a bridge between the West and East through its global network base. It has created an ecosystem of 135,000 Fund managers, Institutional Investors, Family Offices, Sovereign Wealth Funds and Financial Associations.

AIM Summit is a high-level forum inviting only key decision makers and C-level executives who are interested in the Alternative Investment space

2024 Speakers

H.E. Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri
Minister of Economy, UAE

Rt Hon Boris Johnson
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Kevin McCarthy
55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

H.E. Badr Jafar
CEO, Crescent Enterprises, Special Envoy for Business & Philanthropy, UAE

HRH Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud
Founder and CEO, KBW Ventures

Charles Myers
Chairman & Founder, Signum Global Advisors

Becky Anderson
Managing Editor and Anchor of Connect the World, CNN

Nick Candy
Chief Executive Officer, Candy Capital

Robby Yung
CEO of Investments, Animoca Brands

Fadi Ghandour
Executive Chairman, Wamda Capital

Dan Murphy
Anchor & Correspondent, CNBC

Ben Powell
Managing Director, Chief Middle East and APAC Investment Strategist, BlackRock

Jad Ellawn
Managing Partner, Regional Head of the Middle East, Brookfield

Dino Varkey
Group Chief Executive Officer, GEMS Education

Mohieddine Kronfol
Chief Investment Officer - Global Sukuk & MENA Fixed Income, Franklin Templeton Investments (ME) Ltd

Ryan Taylor
Group Head of Compliance and CAO Digital, Brevan Howard

Tushar Sial
Senior Executive Officer, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors (DIFC) Limited

Reeve Collins
Chairman & Co-Founder, TreasuryX, Former CEO & Co-Founder, Tether

Ajaz Sheikh
Group CEO, The Arts Club

Benjamin Yi
Executive Chairman, Riot Platforms

Fred Thiel
Chairman & CEO, MARA

Adam Sullivan
Chief Executive Officer, Core Scientific

Michael Singh
Director & Senior Fellow, The Washington Institute

Sam Tabar
CEO, Bit Digital

Lucy Gazmararian
Founder & Managing Partner, Token Bay Capital

Matt Schultz
Executive Chairman & Co-Founder, CleanSpark

Daniel Masters
Chairman, CoinShares

Nell Mackenzie
EMEA Hedge Fund Correspondent, Thomson Reuters

Bundeep Singh Rangar
CEO, Fineqia

Jonathan Beardall
Head of Wealth & Asset Management, Dubai International Financial Centre Authority

Mark Price
Regional Head of Markets, Middle East & Africa, Standard Chartered Bank

John D'Agostino
Head of Strategy, Coinbase Institutional

David Gibson-Moore
Chairman, Dalma Capital, President & CEO, Gulf Analytica

Taras Kulyk
Co-Founder & CEO, Synteq Digital

Kavita Gupta
Founder & General Partner, Delta Blockchain Fund

Irene Gao
VP of Mining, BITMAIN

Jeffrey Lucas
Chief Financial Officer, Bitfarms

Nael Mustafa
Chief Executive Officer, GFH Partners Ltd.

Nazar Khan
Co-founder, Chief Technology Officer, & Chief Operating Officer, TeraWulf Inc

Dylan Cox
Head of Private Markets Research, PitchBook Data

Robert Mitchnick
Head of Digital Assets, BlackRock

Rami Kiwan
Senior Economist – Minister’s Office, Ministry of Economy

Jamil Asfour
Subject Matter Expert in AI

Brandon Robinson
Deputy Head of Private Markets, JPMorgan Asset Management

Christof H. Rühl
Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, Global Advisor, Crystol Energy

Maurice Gravier
Group Chief Investment Officer, Wealth Management, Emirates NBD

Dr. Bassem Kamar
Chief Economist, Central Bank of the UAE

Taimoor Labib
Founding Partner, Head of MENA & Chairman of Africa, Affirma Capital

Alexander Green
Chief Commercial Officer & Co-Founder, Globacap

Bill O'Regan
Group CEO, Modon Holding

William Reichert
Partner, Head of Corporate Middle East, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

Luca Banderet
Managing Partner, J12

Niall Brennan
Chief Executive Officer, Artemis Education Group

Richard Draycott
Group Chief Investment Officer, ISP (International Schools Partnership)

Fiona Treble
Managing Director, Global Head of Membership, AIMA

Manoj Narender Madnani
Managing Director, International, MARA

Zachary Cefaratti
Founder, Dalma Capital, AIM Summit, Venture Partner, Draper Associates

Sanjay Nandi
Chief Executive Officer, ADMO Lifestyle Holding

Navin Gupta
Chief Executive Officer, Crystal Intelligence

Christopher Smart
Managing Partner, Arbroath Group

Gary A. Vecchiarelli
Chief Financial Officer, CleanSpark

Peter Ackerson
Managing General Partner, Audere Capital

Rachel Pether
TV Anchor, Digital Asset Report, FintechTV

Hedi Ben Mlouka
Founder & CIO, FIM Partners

Henri Arslanian
Co-Founder, Nine Blocks Capital Management

Samia Bouazza
Group CEO and Managing Director, Multiply Group

James Burron
Co-Founder & Partner, Canadian Association of Alternative Strategies & Assets

Anatoly Crachilov
CEO & Founding Partner, Nickel Digital Asset Management

Matein Khalid
Chief Investment Officer, Phoenix Holdings

Cameron Joyce
Global Head of Research Insights, Preqin

Tom Kehoe
Managing Director, Global Head of Research and Communications, AIMA

Simo Lamine
Product Group Director for Digital Market Infrastructure, London Stock Exchange (LSEG)

Antonio Gonzalez
Chairman & Group CEO, Sunset Hospitality Group

Ali Abussaud
Founding Managing Partner, HALA Ventures

Ekta Tolani
Chief Investment Officer, KBW Ventures

Dr. Jörg Goschin
Co-CEO, Senior Managing Director, KfW Capital

Angel Versetti
Founder, DOGE.ORG

Jeremy Sewell
Senior Advisor, Lian Group

Simon Morgan
Chief Commercial Officer, Copper Securities

Andrew Nichol
Senior Partner, Lumina Capital Advisers

Fabio Frontini
Founder, Abraxas Capital

Gayatri Sarkar
General Partner and CEO, Advaita Capital

Dr. Pablo Fetter
Partner, Fiduciary Co-Investment Partners

Munal Mehta
Director and Head of Middle East & Africa, HWF Partners

Ivan Ong
General Partner, AFG Partners

Dr. Markus Federle
Founder & Managing Partner, Tholus Capital

Khuram Maqsood
Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey

Owen Waft
Group Chief Legal Officer, Gargash Group

Dr. Anish Shivdasani
Senior Advisor, Roland Berger

Seth Ginns
Managing Partner & Head of Liquid Investments, CoinFund

Omar Al Yawer
Partner, Ruya Partners

Antoine Blondeau
Co-founder and Managing Partner, Alpha Intelligence Capital

Alex Chehade
Digital Assets and Fintech Innovation Leader, Former General Manager, Binance

Matthias Dux
Founding Partner, Avellinia Capital

Lina Hediah
Chief Executive Officer, CXDA Markets

Brad van Voorhees
CEO and Co-Founder, Sustainable Bitcoin Protocol

Nikita Sachdev
Founder & CEO, Luna Media Corporation

Rima Semaan
Data/AI Director, Microsoft

Abeer Abu Omar
Deputy UAE Bureau Chief, Economics Reporter, Bloomberg

Ronit Ghose
Global Head of Future of Finance, Citi Global Insights, Citi

2024 Sponsors

NETWORKING COCKTAIL SPONSOR:
• Core Scientific

PREMIUM GOLD SPONSORS:
• Mara
• PitchBook
• Bitmain
• Emirates NBD

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Franklin Templeton
• Bitfarms
• GFH
• Riot
• Bit Digital
• CleanSpark

ROUNDTABLE SPONSOR:
• Standard Chartered

HOSPITALITY SPONSOR:
• Terawulf

FOCUS SESSION SPONSOR:
• Synteq

PREMIUM SILVER SPONSORS:
• DIFC
• Resonanz Capital
• Newmoney

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Apex
• Charles Russell Speechlys