·       Symax Partner, Corporate Finance

·        Cash flow model, business strategy and digitization

·        Partner of and Co-investor with Lombard Street Ventures, San Francisco, USA

·        Advisor of fintech and e-commerce start ups,

·        ZPrime Board member (AI platform in smart water and industrials – Brunel University spin off)

·        Investor in DEX and CEX, Metaverse start ups

·        Active investor in NFTs and Crypto projects

·        Co-investor with Wellington Partners on Onward pre IPO on Euronext

·        Investor in Monzo Bank UK

·        NEOM in KSA advisor to the deputy CEO, Rayan Fayaz from June to December 2023

05/2022 – to date

Hyperloop TT, Los Angeles, USA

Chief Labs Officer

·        Open Innovation, DAOs, decentralized and centralized Talent pools

·        Web 2 to Web3 digital bridges

·        Digital identity, Artificial intelligence models, decentralized data strategy

·        Venture Capital, Private Equity global engagement

·        Partnership with Nepal government

·        Partnership with Harvard University and Imperial College

07/2018 – 01/2021

ArabClicks (Morexa DMCC), Dubai, UAE

Founder and CEO

·        ArabClicks the first Arabic performance marketing network. Driving onlines traffic to Amazon, Chaloub Group, Al Shaya Group, Landmark Group, Noon, Emirates Airlines, Adidas and many more global brands

·        Development and integration of USA technology infrastructure, pixel based tracking solution and postbacks GMV optimizers

·        Development of coupon management system

·        Working on a strategic partnership with SkyNews on Artificial Intelligence, developed one of the first Arabic based NLP solution for reading automatically articles, understanding market sentiment and mapping keywords and client preferences through machine learning algorithms

·        Partnering with Harvard Business School Club of the GCC on Education programs

·        Exited in Jan 2021

01/2017 – 05/2018

Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange, Dubai, UAE

Head of Europe and US, Sales Trading and Business Development

10/2015 – 12/2016

London Stock Exchange Group, London, UK

Senior Global Business Development Manager,

07/2010 – 09/2015

London Stock Exchange Group, London, UK

Institutional Brokerage – Business Development Manager,

10/2008 – 06/2010

ActivTrades, London, UK

Head of Sales and Trading, FSA Registered CF30

06/2006 – 06/2007 ABN Amro Bank NV, London, UK Relationship Manager, ABS, CMBS, RMBS, CDOs

06/2004 – 05/2006

The Bank of New York, London, UK

Relationship Manager, ABS and CMBS

Education

·         03/2023 – Private Equity Program, Imperial College, London, UK

·         12/2017 – 05/2018 Senior Executive Leadership Program Middle East, Harvard Business School, Boston, US.

·         09/2007 – 06/2008 Master in Quantitative Finance and Risk Management, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy.   ·         10/1997–10/2003 BA and MS in Economics and International Markets, Parthenope University, Naples, Italy.

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