2018

Speakers

2018

Speakers

Speakers by lastname alphabetical order

H.E. Eng. Huda Abdulla Fakhroo

Assistant Undersecretary for Roads, Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affair and Urban Planning

Dr. Khalid Adbulla

General Manager, Eskan Bank

Managing Director, 1984 Ventures

Mr. Neeraj Agrawal

Group CFO & Board Member, Crescent Group Holdings

United Arab Emirates

H.E. Eng. Mariam Ahmed Jumaan

Undersecretary of Land Transport, Ministry of Transportation & Telecommunications

Ms. Maryam Al Ansari

First Deputy Prime Minister’s Office

H.E. Eng. Basim Bin Yacob Al Hamer

Minister of Housing

Mr. Abdulaziz Al Jouf

Shaikh Abdulla bin Khalifa Al Khalifa

Chief Executive Officer, Osool Asset Management

H.E. Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa

Minister of Finance, Ministry of Finance

H.E. Shaikh Mohamed bin Essa Al Khalifa

Chairman, Tamkeen

H.E. Shaikh Mohamed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa

Minister of Oil, National Oil & Gas Authority

H.E. Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa

General Director, First Deputy Prime Minister’s Office

Hamad Al Mahmeed

Director of Research, The Office of the First Deputy Prime Minister

H.E. Rasheed Al Maraj

Governor, Central Bank

H.E. Khaled Nasser Abdullah Al Roudan

Minister of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of Commerce and Industry

H.E. Khalid Al Rumaihi

Chief Executive & Chairman, Bahrain Economic Development Board, Edamah

Mr. Maher Al Shaer

Chief Executive Officer, Diyar Al Muharraq

Ms. Fatema Al-Arayedh

Associate, Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton LLP

Bahrain/United Kingdom

Mr. Yamen Al-Hajjar

Partner, Olive Tree Capital

Mr. Meshary M. Al-Judaimi

Division Head – Financial Services & Utilities, Gulf Investment Corporation (GIC)

Mr. Khaled Mubarak Al-Mushaileh

Vice President - Europe, Kuwait Petroleum International

H.E. Eng. Ibrahim Al-Omar

Governor, Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA)

Mr. Mohammed Al-Shatti

Manager CEO Office, KPC

H.E. Mohamed Ali AlQaed

Chief Executive, Information & E-Government Authority

Mr. Ausamah Alabsi

Chief Executive Officer, Labour Market Regulatory Authority

Mr. Alharith Alatawi

Chief Executive Officer, onegcc

H.E. Dr. Nayef Falah Alhajraf

Minister of Finance

Chairman & Managing Director, Lulu Group International

United Arab Emirates

Mr. Yusuf Abdalla Alireza

CEO and CO-CIO, ARP Global Capital

United Arab Emirates

Mr. Abdulhakeem Y. Alkhayyat

Kuwait Finance House

Mr. Mahmood H. Alkooheji

Chief Executive Officer, Mumtalakat

Ms. Wafa Alobaidat

Chief Executive Officer, Obai and Hill

Mr. Jassim Alseddiqi

Chief Executive Officer, ADFG - Abu Dhabi Financial Group

United Arab Emirates

Mr. Mohammed Alshaya

Executive Chairman, Alshaya Group

Mr. Tariq Alturkestani

PhD Student, KAUST, Co-Founder & VP Business Development, Kasper

Mr. Rami Alturki

President & CEO, Alturki Holding

H.E. Zayed R. Alzayani

Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism

Mr. Christophe Amadei

Director, Unconventionals, Total

Mr. Robbie Antonio

Chief Executive Officer, Revolution Precrafted

Senior Manager, Bahrain EDB

Ms. Zeinab Badawi

International Broadcaster & Chair of the Royal African Society

Mr. Farouk A. Bastaki

Managing Director (Group CEO), Kuwait Investment Authority

Mr. Hazem Ben-Gacem

Head of Corporate Investment-Europe, Investcorp

Mr. Nabil Borhanu

Founder and Managing Director, Graphene Ventures

H.E. Mohammed Boussaid

Minister of Finance and Economy, Ministry of Finance and Economy

Mr. Charles-Edouard Bouée

CEO, Roland Berger

Mr. Amjad Bseisu

Chief Executive, EnQuest PLC

Mr. Samuel Burke

Business & Technology Correspondent, CNNMoney

Mr. Gordon Campbell Gray

Founder, Campbell Gray Hotels

CEO, Candy Capital

Ms. Teresa Carlson

Vice President, Worldwide Public Sector, Amazon Web Services

Mr. Jason Channell

Global Head of Sustainable and Responsible Investment, Citi

Mr. Tan Chin Hwee

Asia Pacific CEO, Trafigura Group

Mr. Khush Choksy

Senior Vice President, Middle East & Turkey Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Frédéric Claux

Head of Asset Management for the GCC & Pakistan, ENGIE

Ms. Trisha Curtis

President and Co-Founder, Petronerds

Mr. John Defterios

Emerging Markets Editor, CNNMoney

Mr. Orion Despo

Research Associate, Stanford Al Lab & Co-founder, Orelias

Mr. Johannes Distler

Principal, Roland Berger

United Arab Emirates

Mr. Song Dongsheng

President, PowerChina International

Mr. Bernard Dunn

President, Boeing Middle East, North Africa and Turkey

Mr. Ahmed El Alfi

Chairman, Sawari Ventures

Mr. Nichola Eliovits

Managing Partner, Olive Tree Capital

Ms. Tala Fakhro

Executive Director, Market & Strategy Intelligence, Bahrain EDB

Partner & Investment Principal, Wamda Capital

United Arab Emirates

Mr. Colin Foreman

Deputy Editor, MEED

United Arab Emirates

Ms. Hadley Gamble

Mr. Fadi Ghandour

Executive Chairman, Wamda Group & Founder, Aramex

United Arab Emirates

Professor, Broadcaster & Journalist

Mr. Hasan Haider

Partner, 500 Startups

Ms. Nadine Hani

Anchor, Al Arabiya News Channel

United Arab Emirates

Mr. Douglas Hansen-Luke

Executive Chairman, Future Planet Capital

Mr. Sassan Hatam

Partner, Roland Berger

Mr. Abdulla Janahi

General Partner, TCM & Co-Founder, Orelias

Mr. James Janoskey

Managing Director, Global Co-Head Oil & Gas, J.P. Morgan

Mr. Stuart Jones

Region President, Europe and Middle East, Bechtel

H.E. Essam Bin Abdullah Khalaf

Minister of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning

Mr. Faraz Khalid

Chief Executive Officer, Noon.com

United Arab Emirates

Mr. Nicholas Aaron Khoo

President (IDM), Singapore Computer Society

Dr. Klaus Kleinfeld

Chief Executive Officer, NEOM

Mr. Steve Krausz

General Partner, U.S. Venture Partners

Group CEO, Ransat

Mr. Mehmet Kutman

Chief Executive Officer, Global Investment Holdings

Mr. Yong Kwek Ping

Chief Executive Officer, Inventis Investment Holdings

Ms. Michèle Lamarche

Global Head of Sovereign Advisory, Lazard Frères

H.E. Abdul-Hussain Bin Ali Mirza

Minister of Electricity and Water Affairs

H.E. Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed

Minister of Transportation & Telecommunications

Mr. Lawrence Morgan

CEO, Nest Global

Mr. Abdulrahman bin Mutrib

Group CTO, Al Tayyar Travel

Mr. T. R. Kishor Nair

Chief Operating Officer, AVAADA Power Private Limited

Mr. Adnan Nawaz

Broadcaster, TRT World

Mr. Safder Nazir

Vice President Digital Industries Strategy, Huawei Middle East

Mr. Richard Paton

Partner, Roland Berger

Mr. Dominic Perks

Co-Founder, Hambro Perks

Mr. Richard Quest

Anchor, "Quest Means Business", CNN International

Global Head of Infrastructure Innovation, Ripple

Mr. Bernard-Louis Roques

Co-Founder & General Partner, Truffle Capital

Mr. Khalid Saad

Chief Executive Officer, Bahrain FinTech Bay

Mr. Ben Simpfendorfer

Founder & CEO, Silk Road Associates

General Partner, Global Ventures

United Arab Emirates

Vice President, Consulting & Project Management, Halliburton

Mr. Richard Thompson

Editorial Director, MEED

United Arab Emirates

Mr. Marco Villa

President Onshore - Offshore EMIA, TechnipFMC

Mr. Winston Wenyan Ma

Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer (CIO), China Silkroad Investment Capital (CSIC)

Head of Global Commodities Strategy, Bank of China International

Strategic Advisor, FoxConn Industrial Internet