Speakers for SALT Abu Dhabi 2019
Speakers for SALT Abu Dhabi will be added on a rolling basis.
H.E. AHMED ALI AL SAYEGH
Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM)
Minister-of-State (UAE) & Chairman
H.R.H. PRINCE TURKI AL FAISAL
King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies
Chairman
H.E. KHALDOON KHALIFA AL MUBARAK
Mubadala Investment Company
Managing Director & Group Chief Executive Officer
H.E. DR. HAWAA AL THAHAK AL MANSOORI
Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates
Member
H.E. KHALIFA SALEM AL MANSOURI
Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX)
Chief Executive
H.E. OMAR SULTAN AL OLAMA
Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, United Arab Emirates
FAISAL J. ABBAS
Arab News
Editor-in-Chief
YAZAN ABDEEN
Invest AD
Head of Public Equities
MAHA ABOUELENEIN
Organizational Consultants
Managing Director
DEEPAK ABRAHAM
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Managing Director
RAYA ABU GULAL
Women Lawyers Group ME
Founder
IBRAHIM AJAMI
Mubadala Investment Company
Head of Ventures
NAJEEB MOHAMMED AL ALI
Bureau Expo 2020 Dubai
Executive Director
BASIL AL ASKARI
MidChains
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
TALAL AL DHIYEBI
Aldar Properties
Chief Executive Officer
HUSSEIN AL GAAOD
Adroit Sports Management
Chief Executive Officer
FAISAL AL HAMMADI
YACOB
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
IBRAHIM AL HUSSEINI
FullCycle Climate Partners
Managing Partner
AMMAR A. AL KHUDAIRY
Samba Financial Group
Chairman
HASHIM AL KUDSI
Liwa Capital Advisors
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
HUDA AL LAWATI
Gateway Partners
Partner
NABYL AL MASKARI
Al Maskari Holding
Chief Executive Officer
WALEED AL MUHAIRI
Mubadala Investment Company
Investment Committee, Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer & Chief Executive Officer, Alternative Investments & Infrastructure
YOUSUF AL MULLA
E11 Capital
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
SAUD HASSAN AL NOWAIS
Commercial Counselor for the United Arab Emirates to the United States of America
ABDULMOHSIN AL OMRAN
The Family Office Co. BSC
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
MUSTAFA AL RAWI
The National
Assistant Editor-in-Chief
THAMER AL SAEED
Mad’a Investment Company
Chief Investment Officer
JASSIM AL SEDDIQI
Abu Dhabi Financial Group (ADFG)
Chief Executive Officer
AREIJE AL SHAKAR
Bahrain Development Bank
Senior Vice President
ABDULLAH AL SHAKSY
Phaze Ventures
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
FAHAD AL SHAREKH
Tech Invest
Co-Founder & General Partner
YUSUF ALIREZA
ARP Global Capital
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
MARINA ANTONOPOULOU
Emirates Nature - WWF
Marine Program Lead
FADI ARBID
Amwal Capital Partners
Founding Partner & Chief Investment Officer
JAMIL ASFOUR
Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO)
Executive Director, Technology Partnerships
KAMRAN S. BAJWA
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Partner
THOMAS BARDAWIL
Plug & Play Smart Cities
Director
STEPHEN BARNETT
Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM)
Executive Director, Business Development
ALEXANDRA BAUSE
Apollo Health Ventures
Co-Founder, Investment Director & Head of VentureLabs
RANDY BELL
Atlantic Council
Director, Global Energy Center
CHAVAN BHOGAITA
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)
Managing Director & Head of Market Insights & Strategy
TARIQ BIN HENDI
Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO)
Director General
DR. FRANCISCO BLANCH
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Head of Global Commodities, Derivatives Research & Cross-Asset Quantitative Investment Strategies
THOMAS P. BOSSERT
Trinity Cyber, Inc.
Chief Strategy Officer
CAMERON BROWNJOHN
Federation Asset Management
Chief Executive Officer
HEATHER D. CERESINI
EJF Capital
Managing Director, Portfolio Management
CATHRYN CHEN
MarketX Ventures
Founder & Managing Director
DR. JEFFREY CHI
Vickers Venture Partners
Managing Director & Vice Chairman, Asia
GANG CHU
China International Capital Corporation (CICC)
Chief Operating Officer & Chairman, Capital Markets Committee
TIMOTHY C. COLLINS
Ripplewood Advisors LLC
Chief Executive Officer
AMBASSADOR MICHAEL CORBIN
Corbin Crossroads Consulting
Chief Executive Officer
MARK NICHOLAS CUTIS
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)
Group Chief Financial Officer
DR. ERIC DAIMLER
Conexus
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
DR. RUCHI DANA
DANA Group
Board Member
DAVID DARST
The Family Office
Chief Investment Officer
ROXANNE DAVIES
Parly Singapore Pte Ltd
Managing Partner
TARA COURTNEY DAVIES
KKR
Member & Head of European Infrastructure
RYAN DENEHY
Electric AI
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
ALEXANDER DENNER, PH.D.
Sarissa Capital Management LP
Chief Investment Officer
VIVEK DHAYAGUDE
SkyBridge
Chief Technology Officer
BOB DIAMOND
Atlas Merchant Capital
Founding Partner & Chief Executive Officer
CHRISTIAN DILLER
Montana Capital Partners
Managing Partner & Co-Founder
TIM DRAPER
Draper Associates & Draper University
Founder
NATASHA D’SOUZA
Journalist
T.J. DURKIN
Angelo Gordon
Co-Head, Structured Credit & Head of Residential and Consumer Debt
MARTIN L. EDELMAN
Paul Hastings LLP
Senior of Counsel
MOHAMED EL ERIAN
Allianz
Chief Economic Advisor
HISHAM EL HADDAD
HOF Capital
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
MOHAMED EL JAMAL
Waha Capital
Managing Director & Head of Public Markets
SIMON FENTHAM-FLETCHER
Freedom Asset Management
Chief Investment Officer
SIMONE FOXMAN
Bloomberg
Correspondent
THOMAS P. GALLAGHER
Miami International Holdings, Inc. (MIH)
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
HADLEY GAMBLE
CNBC International
Anchor
PARTH GANDHI
Aion CP
Managing Director
TROY A. GAYESKI, CFA
SkyBridge
Partner, Co-Chief Investment Officer & Senior Portfolio Manager
RICK GERSON
Falcon Edge Capital
Chief Executive Officer
NANCY GLEASON
NYU Abu Dhabi
Director, Hilary Ballon Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
PETER GLEYSTEEN
AGL Credit Management
Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer
SONIA GOKHALE
VentureSouq
Founding Partner
ALISON GRAHAM
Voltan Capital Management
Chief Investment Officer
BILL GROSS
Idealab
Founder & Chairman
DR. RICHARD HAASS
Council on Foreign Relations
President
MOHAMMED HAMDI
NV ADO Den Haag
Chief Executive Officer
THE RIGHT HONORABLE PHILIP HAMMOND
Chancellor of the Exchequer (2016-2019)
DOMINIQUE HATCHER
PiiSec
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
BEN HINDMAN
Splash
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
SIMON HOPKINS
Milltrust International Group
Chief Executive Officer
CHIEH HUANG
Boxed
Chief Executive Officer
PETER HUGHES
Apex Group
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
GUY HURLEY
Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners
Chief Executive Officer
MAJID H. JAFAR
Crescent Petroleum
Chief Executive Officer
GOSEGO JANUARY
Debswana Pension Fund
Chief Executive Officer
JALAK JOBANPUTRA
Future\Perfect Ventures
Founding Partner
RJ JOHNSTON
Eurasia Group
Executive Advisor & Managing Director, Global Energy & Natural Resources
GEN. JAMES L. JONES, USMC (Ret.)
Jones Group International
Founder & President
ERIK KAAS
Partners Group
Partner & Chairman of Europe
ABHI KANE
SkyBridge
Managing Director - Head of Investment Research
DR. THOMAS KAPLAN
NOVAGOLD
Chairman
SCOTT KAPNICK
HPS Partners
Chief Executive Officer & Governing Partner
RYAN KAVANAUGH
Proxima
Principal
GEN. JOHN F. KELLY, USMC (Ret.)
White House Chief of Staff (2017-2019)
IQBAL KHAN
Fajr Capital
Founding Board Member & Chief Executive Officer
PARAG KHANNA
FutureMap
Founder & Managing Partner
DR. DANIA KOLEILAT KHATIB
American University of Beirut (AUB)
Affiliated Scholar, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs
SARAH KUNST
Cleo Capital
Managing Director
SKY KURTZ
Pure Harvest
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
PETER LEJRE
Al Maskari Holding
Advisor
ERHFEI LIU
Asia Investment Capital
Founding Partner & Chief Executive Officer
ZIDI LIU
Green Harbor Investment
Founding Partner
WILLIAM MA
Noah Holdings Limited
Chief Investment Officer
WINSTON MA, CFA, ESQ
China Investment Corporation (CIC)
Former Managing Director
OMEED MALIK
Farvahar Partners
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
PRASANTH MANGHAT
NMC Healthcare
Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director
MARTY MARTIN
MMartin & Associates LLC
Director
JON MEDVED
OurCrowd
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
JAWAD MIAN
Stray Reflections
Founder
DOUGLAS MONTICCIOLO
Brevet Capital
Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer
JASON MUDRICK
Mudrick Capital Management, LP
Founder & Chief Investment Officer
DAN MURPHY
CNBC International
Anchor
MAY NASRALLAH
deNovo Corporate Advisors
Founder & Executive Chairman
HON. PROF. MTHULI NCUBE
Zimbabwe
Minister of Finance & Economic Development
SECRETARY KIRSTJEN M. NIELSEN
Secretary of Homeland Security (2017-2019)
ABDALLAH OBEIKAN
Obeikan Investment Group
Chief Executive Officer
KALPEN PAREKH
DSP Mutual Fund
President
SORANA PARVULESCU
Control Risks
Senior Partner
KETAN PATEL
Greater Pacific Capital
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
CAROL PEPPER
Pepper International, LLC
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
RACHEL PETHER, CFA
Sovereign Wealth Ltd
Managing Partner
DAVID PILLING
Financial Times
Associate Editor & Africa Editor
DEBORAH QUAZZO
GSV AcceleraTE Fund
Managing Partner
GIDEON RACHMAN
Financial Times
Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator
AMIRA RASHAD
BulkWhiz
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
DR. RUSSELL READ
C Change Group
Group Managing Partner
MATTEO RENZI
Prime Minister of Italy (2014-2016)
ADAM RILANDER
The Galton Team at Mariner Investment Group
Portfolio Manager & Head of Agency MBS Trading
TAREK RIZK
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)
Head of Systematic & Global Macro Funds
CHRISTOPHER T. ROGERS
Lumia Capital
Partner
HARTLEY ROGERS
Hamilton Lane
Chairman
SALEH ROMEIH
SoftBank
Managing Partner, EMEA
NORMAN T. ROULE
Pharos Strategic Consulting LLC
Chief Executive Officer
DAVID RUBENSTEIN
The Carlyle Group
Co-Founder & Co-Executive Chairman
ELLIE RUBENSTEIN
Manna Tree Partners
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
DR. JOHN RUTLEDGE
Safanad
Chief Investment Officer, Investment Committee Member & Management Committee Member
ELLECIA SAFFRON
Maysaffron
Founder & Managing Director
HUSSAIN SAJWANI
DAMAC Properties
Founder & Chairman
FAISAL MANSOUR SARKHOU
KAMCO Investment Company
Chief Executive Officer
BOBBY SARNEVESHT
Proxima Media
Partner
ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI
SkyBridge
Founder & Managing Partner
DANNY E. SEBRIGHT
U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council
President
ROBERT SHAFIR
Sculptor Capital
Chief Executive Officer & Member, Partner Management Committee
SIDDHARTH SHAH
Khaitan & Co.
Senior Partner
BEN SIMPFENDORFER
Silk Road Associates
Chief Executive Officer
PONTUS SIREN
INNOSIGHT
Managing Director
DAVID SMITH
CapitalDynamics
Senior Managing Partner, Co-Investment Team
FERRAN SORIANO
City Football Group
Chief Executive Officer
ALEX SPIRO
Brighteye
Managing Partner
MASUDA SULTAN
Symbio Services
Chief Executive Officer
NOOR SWEID
Global Ventures
Founder
AHMED TALHAOUI, CFA
BlackRock
Managing Director, Head of Middle East & Africa and Head of EMEA Product Strategy for Global Fixed Income
SIMON TANDY
Areef Investments
Chief Investment Officer
ABDULRAHMAN TARABZOUNI
Saudi Technology Ventures
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director
DANIEL TERAN
Managed by Q
Founder
JIM TOTTY
Earth Capital
Managing Partner
BJORN TREMMERIE
European Investment Fund (EIF)
Head of ICT & Business Angel Investments
TOLGA UZUNER
Odyssey Infrastructure
Chief Executive Officer
DINO VARKEY
GEMS Education
Chief Executive Officer
JEAN-PAUL VILLAIN
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)
Director, Strategy & Planning Department
STERGIOS VOSKOPOULOS
Kanoo Capital
Chief Executive Officer
MICHAEL VRANOS
Ellington Management Group
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
JASON WALKER
CQS
Co-Chief Investment Officer ABS & Partner
RAN WANG
CEC Capital Group
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
SETH WEINGRAM
Acadian Asset Management
Senior Vice President & Director, Client Advisory
RONALD WUIJSTER
APG Group NV; APG Asset Management
Executive Board Member; Chief Executive Officer
PENG XIAO
Group 42
Chief Executive Officer
GUANG YANG
BrightSphere Investment Group
Executive Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
MIN YANG
Winton
Chief Executive Officer, Greater China
DAVID K. YOUNG
Oxford Analytica
Chief Executive Officer
HAMED IBRAHIM ZAGHW
AECOM
Chief Executive, Middle East & Africa
ZADE ZALATIMO
Houlihan Lokey
Managing Director, Private Funds Group
JENNY (YU) ZENG
MSA Capital
Managing Partner
ROSLYN ZHANG
China Investment Corporation (CIC)
Managing Director & Head of Hedge Fund Investments