Breadcrumb Home Events Middle East and Africa Summit 2020 Speakers Overview Program Speakers Sponsors A PA Penny Abeywardena Commissioner for International Affairs, Mayor's Office, City of New York; former Director of Girls and Women Integration, Clinton Global InitiativeTwitterMAMr Mohammad Abu-Ghazaleh Chairman and CEO, Fresh Del Monte ProduceLinkedInTwitterIAMr Ibrahim Ajami Head of Ventures, Mubadala Investment CompanyLinkedInTwitterNA Noora Al Akhzami Child and Teen Psychologist, Whispers of SerenityDA Deena Al Asfoor Expert in Public Health, Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman HHRH His Royal Highness, Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud Chairman of the Board, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies AH Asma Al Hamiz Asset Management and Treasury Manager, Emirates Investment AuthorityLinkedInHK Her Excellency Noura Al Kaabi Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, United Arab EmiratesLinkedInTwitterHMHE Dr. Her Excellency Hawaa Althahak Al Mansouri Member, Federal National Council, United Arab Emirates; Deputy Medical Director, Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist, Imperial College LondonNM Nabyl Al Maskari Vice Chairman and CEO, Al Maskari HoldingsHM His Excellency Waleed Al Mokarrab Al Muhairi Deputy Group CEO and CEO, Alternative Investments and Infrastructure, Mubadala Investment CompanyTwitterHM Her Excellency Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak Managing Director, Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund and Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD)HMHE His Excellency Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak Chairman, Department of Culture and Tourism, Abu DhabiTwitterHMH.E. His Excellency Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak Group CEO and Managing Director, Mubadala Investment CompanyTwitterHHE His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan Cabinet Member, Minster of Tolerance, United Arab Emirates YOAmbassador His Excellency Yousef Al Otaiba Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the United States of America, Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Washington, DCTwitterHRHis Excellency His Excellency Khalid Al Rumaihi CEO, Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding CompanyLinkedInISSheikha Intisar Al Sabah Founder and Chairwoman, Intisar FoundationLinkedInTwitterHSHRH His Royal Highness Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud Founder and CEO, KBW Ventures LinkedInTwitterKS Khaled Al Shamlan Head of Sovereign Investment Partnerships, Mubadala Investment CompanyLinkedInJS Jawaher Al Sudairy Director, Al Nahda Center for ResearchLinkedInAZ Abdulla Mohammed Al Zamil Board Member and CEO, Zamil Industrial (Public Joint Stock Co.)MA Mina Al-Oraibi Editor-in-Chief, The NationalLinkedInTwitterPA Princess Alia Al-Senussi Advisor, Arts and Culture, Milken Institute; UK and MENA Representative, Art BaselLinkedInTwitterBAMrs. Baria Alamuddin Editor-in-Chief, Media Services Syndicate; Columnist, Arab News; former Editor at Large, Al-HayatMA Mohammed Alardhi Executive Chairman, Investcorp HA Haifa Albedrawi Senior Advisor, MENA, Program Development, Milken InstituteTwitterKA Khaled AlMheiri Founder and CEO, Evolvence GroupHAHE Her Excellency Mariam Almheiri Minister of State for Food Security, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesTwitterIADr. Ibrahim Saad Almojel CEO, Saudi Industrial Development FundLinkedInTwitterAADr. Alanoud Alsharekh Director, Ibtkar Strategic Consultancy; Founding Member, Abolish 153; Associate Fellow, Chatham House MENA ProgramLinkedInTwitterFA Fahad AlSharekh Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Techinvest Corporation; Founder, AlSharekh CollectionLinkedInTwitterMAMr. Mohammed Alshaya Executive Chairman, Alshaya GroupYADr. Yasmin Altwaijri Senior Scientist and Head of Epidemiology Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research CenterLinkedInTwitterMA Mohammed Alyahya Editor-in-Chief, Alarabiya EnglishTwitterAA Abdullah Adib AlZamil Managing Director, Zamil GroupAA Acaena Amoros Co-Founder and Director, Elixir ClinicLinkedInTwitterNA Nicolas Anelka Former Player and Professional Football ManagerEAMs Elissar Farah Antonios CEO, Citi UAE and Cluster Head for Levant & Iraq, CitiLinkedInMA Mahi Aramideh Co-Founder and Director, Elixir ClinicDA Dave Asprey Founder, Bulletproof 360LinkedInTwitterMA Myrna Atalla Executive Director, AlfanarLinkedInTwitterGA Glenn August Founder and CEO, Oak Hill AdvisorsNA Nazym Azimbayev Deputy CEO, Chief Investment Officer and Member of the Executive Board at National Investment Corporation of National Bank of KazakhstanLinkedIn B JBDr. Jason Bantjes Psychologist and Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch UniversityLinkedInNBDr. Nir Barzilai Professor of Medicine and Genetics and Director, Institute for Aging Research, Albert Einstein College of MedicineTwitterTB Talal Bayaa Co-Founder and CEO, BayzatLinkedInTA Tarak Ben Ammar International Film Producer and DistributorHB Hazem Ben-Gacem Co-CEO, InvestcorpTwitterAB Abdou Bensouda Managing Director, FINANCECOMRB Rick Berke Co-Founder and Executive Editor, STATTwitterCB Carole Biau Director, Global Market Development, Milken InstituteTwitterLB Leon Black Chairman, CEO and Director, Apollo Global ManagementTwitterAB Adam Boehler CEO, US International Development Finance CorporationTwitterPB Philip Boigner CEO, IDO InvestmentsLinkedInHA Hala Bou Alwan Founder and CEO, Hala Bou Alwan ConsultancyLinkedInRHDr. Rayana Bou Haka Manager Country Focus Support and Desk Officer UAE, WHO EMROMBDr. Michael Breus Sleep Specialist, The Sleep DoctorLinkedInTwitterEJMr Edgar Bronfman Jr. Executive Chairman, Global Thermostat LLC; Chairman, Endeavor GlobalTwitterRBDr. Ronny Bruffaerts Associate Professor, Center for Public Health Psychiatry, KU Leuven C RC Ron Cao Founder and Partner, Sky9 CapitalLinkedInIC Ilaria Chan Group Advisor, GrabLinkedInAC Anla Cheng Founder and CEO, SupChinaLinkedInTC Timothy Childs Founder and Co-CEO, Treasure8LinkedInTwitterCC Curtis Chin Milken Institute Asia Fellow; Trustee, World Education Services; Former US Ambassador to the Asian Development BankLinkedInTwitterDCDr. Deepak Chopra Founder, The Chopra Foundation and Chopra GlobalTwitterSCThe Hon. Steven Ciobo Former Minister for Defence Industry and Former Minister Trade, Tourism and Investment, Australia; Milken Institute Asia FellowLinkedInTwitterMC Matthew Crisp President and CEO, Benson Hill, Inc.LinkedInTwitter D RDMr Raymond Dalio Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Investment Officer, Bridgewater AssociatesLinkedInTwitterHD Hassan Damluji Deputy Director, Global Policy and Advocacy, Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationLinkedInTwitterGD Gwendoline Darguste Financial Officer, Central Bank of Haiti; IFC-Milken Institute Alum, Class of 2018LinkedInRD Roxanne Davies Advisory Board Member, Miras Investments LLC; CEO, Parly Singapore Pte LtdLinkedInAD Aradhna Dayal CEO, Access Alts AsiaLinkedInJD John Defterios Emerging Markets Editor and Correspondent, CNN BusinessLinkedInTwitterCD Chris Dercon President, Réunion des Musées Nationaux Grand Palais; former Director, Tate Modern, LondonND Nishith Desai Founder, Nishith Desai AssociatesLinkedInSD Sherwood Dodge Global Head of Private Equities, Abu Dhabi Investment AuthorityLinkedInMD Maura Donlan Director, Center for Strategic Philanthropy, Milken InstituteTwitterDD Didier Drogba Retired Professional Football Player and Ivory Coast National Team Captain (2006–2014); Founder, The Didier Drogba FoundationTwitter E NTMs. Neveen El Tahri Chairperson and Managing Director, Delta Shield for Investment; 138 PyramidsLinkedInPE Paige Elenson Co-Founder and Executive Director, Africa Yoga ProjectLinkedInTwitterAE Avi Eyal Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Entrée CapitalLinkedInTwitter F MF Maggie Fanari Managing Director, Teachers' Innovation Platform and High Conviction Equities, Ontario Teachers' Pension PlanLinkedInDF David Farquhar CEO, Intelligent Growth SolutionsLinkedInTwitterPFDr. Phil Febbo Chief Medical Officer, IlluminaLinkedInTwitterTF Tom Finke Chairman and CEO, BaringsLinkedInTwitterTF Timothy Fitzgerald CEO, ForeLight Inc.LinkedIn G HG Hadley Gamble Reporter and Anchor, CNBCLinkedInTwitterMG Matthew Gamser CEO, SME Finance Forum, International Finance CorporationLinkedInTwitterGG Gary Gauba Founder and Managing Director, CXO FundLinkedInRG Robert A. Gillam CEO and Chief Investment Officer, McKinley Capital Management, LLCAG Anita Goel Chairman and CEO, Nanobiosym DiagnosticsLinkedInTwitterJG Jonathan Goldstein CEO, Cain InternationalLinkedInTwitterJGDr. James Gordon Founder and Executive Director, The Center for Mind-Body MedicineDG Damian Graham Chief Investment Officer, First State SuperLinkedInSG Sir Gerry Grimstone Chairman, Aberdeen Standard Investcorp InfrastructureTwitterSGMr. Stephen Groff Governor, Saudi National Development FundLinkedInTwitterMG Michael Gronager Co-Founder and CEO, ChainalysisLinkedInTwitterNG Navin Gupta Managing Director, South Asia and MENA, RippleLinkedInTwitter H AH Alan Hahn CEO, MycoTechnologyLinkedInAHDr. Abeer Hamadah Founder, MindME Campaign; Junior PsychiatristLHDr. Lamees Hamdan Former Curator, UAE Pavilion Venice Bienalle; Serial EntrepreneurMH Mona Hamdy Entrepreneur; Applied Ethics Teaching Fellow, Harvard UniversityLinkedInTwitterDH Dana Hamilton Senior Managing Director and Head of Real Estate, PretiumLinkedInNH Niall Hannigan Chief Financial Officer, MasdarEH Elizabeth Hewitt Chief Investment Officer and Senior Vice President, Alfred P. Sloan FoundationLinkedInPH Paris Hilton CEO, Paris Hilton EntertainmentTwitterSH Sir Michael Hintze Group Executive Chairman and Senior Investment Officer, CQSLinkedInAH Alex Hirschi Digital CreatorLinkedInTwitterPHDr. Phil Hopley Consultant Psychiatrist and Managing Director, Cognacity WellbeingTwitterAH Aubrey Hruby Co-Founder, Africa Expert Network; Senior Fellow, Africa Center, Atlantic CouncilLinkedInTwitterHH Herve Marwan Hurstel Co-Founder, KHK PartnersAH Amir Husain Founder and CEO, SparkCognitionLinkedInTwitter J SJ Steve Jacobs Managing Partner, BTG PactualLinkedInBJ Badr Jafar CEO, Crescent Enterprises; President, Crescent PetroleumTwitter K SK Sunil Kaushal Regional CEO, Africa and Middle East, Standard Chartered BankLinkedInTwitterKK Kerry Kennedy President, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights TwitterGK George Kikvadze Executive Vice President, The Bitfury GroupLinkedInTwitterSK Simon Seojoon Kim Managing Director and CEO, HashedLinkedInTwitterDK Denis Kizito Senior Market Supervision Officer, Ugandan Capital Markets Authority; IFC-Milken Institute Alum, Class of 2019WK Wladimir Klitschko Longest Reigning Heavyweight Boxing Champion; Entrepreneur and Investor TwitterMK Michael Klowden CEO, Milken InstituteTwitterNHis Excellency Dr. Nabeel Koshak CEO, Saudi Venture CapitalLinkedInTwitterTK Taavi Kotka Founder, Proud Engineers; Former Chief Information Officer, EstoniaLinkedInTwitterSK Sarah Kunst Managing Director, Cleo CapitalLinkedInTwitter L SLDr. Suzanne LeBlang Director of Clinical Relationships, Focused Ultrasound FoundationLinkedInTwitterJL Jamie Levy General Counsel, Abu Dhabi Investment OfficeLinkedInJL Jianwei Li Managing Partner, Zhencheng CapitalCL Charles Liebenberg Chief Financial Officer, AMEA PowerSL Sonia Lo CEO, Crop One HoldingsLinkedInTwitter M CM Caitlin MacLean Senior Director, Innovative Finance, Milken InstituteTwitterWM Walid Majdalani Managing Partner, Privet Equity-MENA, Investcorp Financial ServicesSM Sumant Mandal Managing Director, March Capital Partners; Co-Founder, The HiveLinkedInTwitterDM Damien Mander Founder and CEO, The International Anti-Poaching Foundation TwitterSM Strive Masiyiwa Founder and Chairman, Econet GroupTwitterSM Stephen McClelland Program Director, Credit Strategies, Virginia Retirement SystemDM David McCormick Co-CEO, Bridgewater AssociatesLinkedInAMDr. Anamika Mehta Patient Wellness Manager, NovomedLinkedInTwitterJM Jim Mellon Co-Founder and Chairman, JuvenescenceMMMr. Michael Metcalfe Senior Managing Director, Head of Multi Asset Strategy, State Street Global MarketsLinkedInCM Cornelia Meyer Chairman and CEO, MRL Corporation; Chairman and Chief Economist, LBV Asset ManagementLinkedInTwitterMM Michael Milken Chairman, Milken InstituteTwitterAM Arieh Mimran Chief Investment Officer, Groupe Mimran and to.orgLinkedInKM Khurram Mirza Acting Chief Investment Officer, Osool Asset ManagementLinkedInRM Rajeev Misra CEO, SoftBank Investment AdvisersLinkedInSM Sara Mohammadi CEO, Family Business Council GulfLinkedInTwitterPMDr. Precious Moloi-Motsepe Co-Chair, The Motsepe FoundationCMDr. Christopher Mores Professor and Program Director, Global Health Epidemiology and Disease Control, MPH Program, George Washington University School of Public HealthLinkedInJM James Morgon Managing Director, Europe, Milken InstituteTwitterMMDr. Marcel Muenster Founder and Director, The Gritti FundLinkedInTwitterDM Dan Murphy Anchor, CNBC InternationalTwitterNM Nicole Musicco Partner, RedBird Capital PartnersLinkedInAMMr. Atherton Mutombwera Founder and CEO, Hutano Diagnostics LtdLinkedIn N LN Lekha Nair CEO, Seychelles Pension FundMN Mike Novogratz Founder and CEO, Galaxy Digital Twitter O MO Mark Oline Managing Director, Fitch RatingsMODr. Mohammed Omran Chairman, Financial Regulatory Authority of EgyptLinkedIn P WP Walter Pacheco General Director of the Public Debt Management Unit, Ministry of Finance, Republic of AngolaLinkedInPPMr Paddy Padmanathan President and CEO, ACWA Power TwitterMP Michael Piwowar Executive Director, Center for Financial Markets, Milken InstituteTwitterPP Paul Pogba Professional Football Player, Manchester UnitedTwitterDMMrs. Dina Powell McCormick Partner, Goldman SachsTwitter R MR Manuel Rabaté Director, Louvre Abu DhabiLinkedInTwitterJRAmbassador John Rakolta US Ambassador to the United Arab EmiratesCR Carter Reum Co-Founder, M13LinkedInTwitterPRDr. Patricia Richter Chief, Global Noncommunicable Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and PreventionLinkedInTR Tomaso Rodriquez CEO, TabalatLinkedInTwitterCR Christopher Rogers Partner, Lumia CapitalER Ed Royce Former Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, US House of Representatives; Policy Director, Brownstein Farber Hyatt Schreck, LLPPR Paul Ryan 54th Speaker of the US House of RepresentativesTwitter S IS Ibrahim Sagna Global Head, Advisory and Capital Markets, African EXIM BankLinkedInHS Hussain Sajwani Founder and Chairman, DAMACTwitterFS Frédéric Samama Co-Head, Institutional Clients Coverage, Amundi Asset ManagementLinkedInTwitterSS Sarah Sandler Senior Director, Business and Program Development, Milken InstituteTwitterOS Olia Sardarova Founder and CEO, BXR LondonLinkedInJS John Schellhase Associate Director, Global Market Development, Milken InstituteTwitterAS Alexandra Schueler Director, Business and Program Development, Milken InstituteLinkedInTwitterCS Clarence Seedorf Football Legend, Business Consultant, Philanthropist, and Public SpeakerInstagramJS Jack Selby Managing Director, Thiel Capital LLCNS Nico Sell Executive Chairman, Shuttle; Founder, WickrTwitterVS V Shankar Co-Founder and CEO, Gateway PartnersLinkedInJSDr. Jian Guang Shen Vice President and Chief Economist, JD DigitsLinkedInJS Jeff Singer Group CEO, YBA Kanoo GroupLinkedInJS Joseph Sitt Chairman, Thor Equities GroupLinkedInTwitterCSDr. Christopher Smart Chief Global Strategist and Head, Barings Investment InstituteLinkedInTwitterTS Tad Smith Board Member, Prostate Cancer FoundationSS Shiv Srinivasan Chief Investment Officer, Active Investments, Abu Dhabi Investment CouncilCS Caroline Stanbury Brand Ambassador, NMC Healthcare and CosmesurgeTwitterMS Melissa Stevens Executive Director, Center for Strategic Philanthropy, Milken InstituteTwitterMSProfessor Molly Stevens Professor of Biomedical Materials and Regenerative Medicine, Imperial College LondonLinkedInNS Nora Super Senior Director, Center for the Future of Aging, Milken InstituteLinkedInTwitterRSDr. Rakesh Suri CEO, Cleveland Clinic Abu DhabiTwitter T LT Louise Tabbiner Senior Advisor, Business and Program Development, Milken InstituteLinkedInTwitterPTMr. Pule Taukobong Co-Founder and Managing Partner, CRE Venture CapitalLinkedInTwitterMT Mehdi Tazi Advisor, Milken InstituteTwitterWT Wray Thorn Chief Investment Officer, Sightway Capital, a Two Sigma CompanyIT Ida Tin Co-Founder and CEO, ClueLinkedInTwitterST Serge Tohme Managing Director, Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, FinastraLinkedIn U CU Chukwudi Ugwu Deputy Manager of Liquidity Forecasting and Analysis, Central Bank of Nigeria; IFC-Milken Institute Alum, Class of 2019 V JV Jeff Valliere Director, FasterCures, Milken InstituteTwitterMSDr. Marc van der Schee Head of Clinical, Owlstone MedicalLinkedInTwitterDV Dino Varkey CEO, GEMS EducationLinkedInTwitterSV Stergios Voskopoulos CEO, Kanoo Capital W SW Staci Warden Executive Director, Global Market Development, Milken InstituteLinkedInTwitterHWDr. Hugh Waters Director, Health Economics Research, Milken InstituteLinkedInTwitterAW Andrew Weinberg Founder, Managing Partner and CEO, Brightstar Capital PartnersLinkedInTwitterMW Mark Williams Associate Director, FasterCures, Milken InstituteTwitterMW Millicent Wilner Director, Gagosian Gallery X BX Bing Xiang Founding Dean and Professor of China Business and Globalization, Cheung Kong Graduate School of BusinessTwitter Y BY Brad Young Global Co-Chief Investment Officer, Private Markets, MercerDY Don Young Co-Founder and Partner, CBAM PartnersLinkedIn Z AZ Alireza Zaimi Executive Director and Head of Corporate Finance, Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia Book traversal links for Speakers ‹ Program Up Sponsors ›