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Speakers

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Alok Agarwal

Senior Advisor, Reliance Industries Limited

Adeeb Ahamed

Founder and Managing Director, Lulu Financial Holdings

His Excellency Jasem Al Budaiwi

Secretary-General, Gulf Cooperation Council

His Royal Highness Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud

Chairman, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies

His Excellency Mansoor Ibrahim Al Mansoori

Chairman, Department of Health, Abu Dhabi

His Excellency Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak

Managing Director and Group CEO, Mubadala Investment Company

His Excellency Waleed Al Mokarrab Al Muhairi

Deputy Group CEO, Mubadala Investment Company

His Excellency Omar Sultan Al Olama

Minister of State for AI, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications, United Arab Emirates

Her Highness Princess Noura bint Faisal Al Saud

Founder, Culture House; CEO, Jay3lle

His Excellency Majid Al Suwaidi

CEO, Altérra

Her Excellency Nawal Al-Hosany

United Arab Emirates Permanent Representative, IRENA

Najla Al-Jeaid

Deputy Secretary General, Alwaleed Philanthropies

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Khaled Al-Khattaf

CEO, Saudi Investment Promotion Authority

Basma AlBuhairan

Managing Director, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Saudi Arabia

Armaan Ali

CEO and Co-Founder, Human Capital

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Ammar Alkhudairy

Chairman and Founding Partner, Amwal Capital Partners

Muteb Alshathri

Head, Regional Investments Section and Acting Head, Private Equity Investments Section, PIF

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Her Excellency Deemah AlYahya

Secretary-General, Digital Cooperation Organization

Sameer AlZahrani

CEO, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center IMC

Nour Amache

Senior Presenter, Business News, Asharq

Yoni Assia

Co-Founder and CEO, eToro

Miguel Azevedo

Managing Director and Vice Chairman, Investment Banking Middle East and Africa, Citi

Jihad Azour

Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF

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Sandro Baggiani

Chief Merchandising Officer, Golden Goose

Amena Bakr

Head of Middle East & OPEC + Insights, KPLER

Victoria Barbary

Senior Advisor, Milken Institute

Tom Barrack

US Ambassador to the Republic of Türkiye

Sonia Ben Jaafar

CEO, Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation

Nana Dwemoh Benneh

CEO, Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund

Lucie Berger

Ambassador of the EU to the United Arab Emirates

Jonathan Berman

CEO, Shell Foundation

Matthias Berninger

Executive Vice President, Public Affairs and Sustainability, Bayer

Hunny Bhagchandani

Founder, Torchit

Her Excellency Mariam bint Mohammed AlMheiri

Managing Director, 2pointZero

Kurt Björklund

Executive Chairman, Permira

John Bowman

CEO, CAIA

Christopher Bredholt

Chief Underwriting Officer, The Development Guarantee Group

Marc Buchli

Co-CEO and Executive Board Member, Flick Family Office and Foundation

Maazin Buhari

Senior Associate, Business and Program Development, Middle East, Milken Institute

Kaushik Burman

CEO, Spiro

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Camila Cabello

Singer and Songwriter

Pablo Casado

Founder, Hyperion Defense

Michael Chalhoub

CEO, Chalhoub Group

Sui Ling Cheah

Executive Board Chair, ecoSPIRITS

Curtis S. Chin

Chair, Senior Fellows, and Senior Advisor, Milken Institute

Steven Ciobo

Managing Director, Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners

James Clarke

Senior Managing Director and Global Head, Institutional Capital, Blue Owl

Akunna Cook

CEO, Next Narrative Africa

Frans Cronje

Founder, DataProphet

Jake Cusack

Managing Partner and Co-Founder, CrossBoundary Group

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Isabella da Costa Mendes

Founding Partner and Co-CEO, ImpactA Global

Laura Deal Lacey

Executive Vice President, Milken Institute International

Songo Didiza

CEO, GreenBDG Africa

Guy Diedrich

Senior Vice President and Global Innovation Officer, Cisco

Alex Dooler

Money and Power Reporter, Bloomberg

Badr Drissi

Chief Investment Officer, Ithmar Capital

Molly Duffy

Global Head, Financial Sponsors Coverage, Standard Chartered

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Alain Ebobissé

CEO, Africa50

Christopher Egerton-Warburton

Partner, Lion's Head Global Partners

Mostafa El-Ghorab

Partner and Chief Business Officer, INDOS (Garment IO)

Kweilin Ellingrud

McKinsey Global Institute Director and Senior Partner, McKinsey

Nneka Eze

Managing Partner, VestedWorld

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Jean-Baptiste Fantun

Co-Founder and CEO, NukkAI

Petra Freddi

Managing Director, Europe and Middle East, Milken Institute

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Hadley Gamble

Chief International Anchor, IMI

Goodwin Gaw

Chairman, Managing Principal and Co-Founder, Gaw Capital Partners

Rick Gerson

Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Investment Officer, Alpha Wave Global

Roberto Giacalone

Global Head, Liquid Strategies, Icona Capital

Matthew Gibson

Head, Client Solutions Group, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Eleni Giokos

Anchor and Correspondent, CNN

Dario Giuliani

Founder and Managing Director, Briter Bridges

Mateo Goldman

Senior Vice President, Investments, US International Development Finance Corporation

Jonathan Goldstein

CEO, Cain

Lawrence Golub

CEO, Golub Capital

Aarti Gupta

Chief Investment Officer, Family Office, Jagran Group, Anikarth Ventures

Gstaad Guy

Founder, Poubel

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Georges Pascal Haber

CEO, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

Rani Haj-Yehia

CEO, Jordan Gateway Industrial Park & Free Zone

Hisham Halbouny

Managing Partner, P1 Ventures

Adel Hamaizia

Managing Director, Highbridge Advisory

Hisham Hamdan

Chief Investment Officer, Khazanah

Sumera Haque

Founder and CEO, An-Nisa; Senior Advisor, Milken Institute Women's Health Network

Walid Haram

Chief Investment Officer, Dara Management

Ben Harburg

Managing Partner, Novo Capital

Elizabeth Hewitt

Chief Investment Officer, Miras Investments

Rob Heyvaert

Founder and Managing Partner, Motive Partners

Martin Horne

Co-Head, Global Investments and Head, EMEA, Barings

Aubrey Hruby

General Partner, Tofino Capital

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Jerry Inzerillo

CEO, Diriyah Company

Alex Israel

CEO, Metropolis

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Rovshan Javadov

Deputy CEO, State Oil Fund, Republic of Azerbaijan

Bruce Johnson

Director, Corporate Finance and Treasury

Dhani Jones

Chairman, QEY Capital; Former NFL Athlete

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John Kamara

Chair, AI Center of Excellence Africa

Mary Kamari

Executive Director, Trade and Development Fund and Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations, Trade and Development Bank Group

Marie-Chantal Kaninda

President, Glencore DRC; Chairperson, Kamoto Copper Company

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Thomas Kaplan

Chairman, The Electrum Group, LLC

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Antoun Karam

Managing Partner, Able & Baker

Francis Kariuki

Chief Operating Officer, Toto Safi Limited

Stephen Ketchum

Managing Partner, CEO, and Chief Investment Officer, Sound Point Capital

Rishi Khosla

Co-Founder and CEO, OakNorth Bank

Thomas Khoury

Managing Director, Condé Nast Middle East

Dana Khraiche

United Arab Emirates Bureau Chief, Bloomberg

Conrad Kiechel

Executive Director, Global Programming and Events, Milken Institute

Irene Kiwia

Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer, Adanian Labs

Boris Kodjoe

Co-Founder, Full Circle Economic Conference

Ashish Koshy

CEO, Inception (a G42 company)

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Raelan Lambert

Global Alternatives Leader

Camilla Languille

Co-CEO, Private Equity, Mubadala Investment Company

Vincent Levita

Founder and CEO, InfraVia Capital Partners

Oskar Lewnowski

Founder and Group CEO, Orion Resource Partners

Meranda Ling Miao

Executive Vice President, Private Markets Investments, Shamal Holding

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Ian Livingstone

Executive Chairman, London & Regional Properties

Kevin Lu

Partner and Chairman of Asia, Partners Group

Erin Lubitz

Director, Business and Program Development, Milken Institute

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Caitlin MacLean

Managing Director, Innovative Finance, Milken Institute

Yasseen Mansour

Chairman, Palm Hills Developments

Alexandre Mars

Founder and CEO, Mission M

Todd McDonald

President, Liberty Bank and Trust Company

Travis McGhee

Global Head, Predictions, Crypto.com

Joseph McMonigle

President and CEO, Global Center for Energy Analysis

Vinay Menda

Co-Founder, Blank Street Coffee

Laura Merlini

Managing Director, EMEA, CAIA

Clemens Mewald

CEO, BrainCo

Michael Milken

Chairman, Milken Institute

Jane Millichip

CEO, BAFTA

Tony Minella

CEO, Eldridge Capital Management

Manish Mittal

Head, Private Markets, Qatar Insurance Company

Ayaan Mohamed

Founder and CEO, Digitech Oasis

Majed Mohammed

Head, Community Engagement and Advocacy, Friends of Cancer Patients, United Arab Emirates

Saadi Monla

Payment Partnership Subject Matter Expert, Flutterwave

Rachel More-Oshodi

Managing Director and CEO, ARM-Harith Infrastructure Investment Ltd

Tshepidi Moremong

Chief Operating Officer, Africa50

Editha Mshiu

Founder, Freshpack Technologies

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Elizabeth Muller

CEO, Deep Fission

Dan Murphy

Anchor and Correspondent, CNBC

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Ambareen Musa

CEO GCC, Revolut

Nicole Musicco

Managing Partner, Square Nine Capital

Emily Musil

Managing Director, Social Innovation, Milken Institute

Kimbal Musk

Founder and CEO, Nova Sky Stories

James Irungu Mwangi

Founder and CEO, Africa Climate Ventures

James Mwangi

Group CEO, Equity Group Holdings Limited

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Martin Nagell

Director, Responsible Investing, Mubadala

Hawazen Nassief

CEO, Sustainable Tourism Global Center

Jack Neumark

Co-CEO and Managing Partner, Fortress Investment Group

Antonoaldo Neves

CEO, Etihad Airways

Sue Nickason

Vice President, Dart Family Office

Michael B. Nierenberg

CEO, Rithm Capital

Nneile Nkholise

Founder, Thola Inc.

Derick Nwumfor Chunga

President, BleagLee

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Paul Oliver

Head, Private and Alternative Credit, Emirates Investment Authority

Brieane Olson

CEO, Pacsun

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Marcelo Paiva

Co-Founder, A10 Invest

Jennifer Park

Partner, Altérra

Jenica Patterson

Senior Director, Women's Health Network, Milken Institute Health

Stephanie Phair

Senior Advisor, L Catterton; Chair, Invisible Dynamics

Michael Piwowar

Executive Vice President, Milken Institute Finance

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Nabeel Qadir

Senior Partner, Lunate

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British Robinson

Chair, Africa, Milken Institute International

Guadalupe Rodriguez

Chief Investment Officer, Talipot

Yuval Rooz

Co-Founder and CEO, Digital Asset

Andrea Rossi

Group CEO, M&G plc

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Ibrahim Sagna

Executive Chairman, Silverbacks Holdings

Robert Salomon

Professor and NEC Faculty Fellow of International Management, NYU Stern School of Business

Jamie Salter

Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Authentic Brands Group

Sarah Sandler

Executive Vice President, Chief Growth Officer, Milken Institute

Naguib Sawiris

Chairman, Ora Holding and Orascom Investments Holding

Hayfa Sdiri

Chief Impact Officer, RIVET

Philip Seager

Managing Director and Head, Portfolio Strategy, Capital Fund Management

Dana Settle

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Greycroft

Nilesh Shah

Group President and Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Asset Management

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Rayhaneh Sharif-Askary

Head, Product and Research, Grayscale

Sameh Shenouda

Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC)

Jessica Sibley

CEO, TIME

Simranjit Singh

CEO, Guardant Health AMEA

Nicole Sirotin

CEO, Institute for Healthier Living Abu Dhabi; Former Department Chair, Preventive Medicine, Medical Subspecialties Institute

Ayo Sopitan

CEO, Metalex Commodities Inc.

Shiv Srinivasan

Chief Investment Officer, Public Markets, Abu Dhabi Investment Council

David Steinbach

Global Chief Investment Officer, Hines

Michelle Stevenson

Executive Director, Marketing and Communications, Milken Institute

Joanne Strain

Partner, United Arab Emirates, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

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Louise Tabbiner

Senior Advisor, Milken Institute

Alan Tisch

CEO and Founder, Atria Health and Research Institute

Ekta Tolani

Chief Investment Officer, KBW Ventures

Maria D. Toler

Founding and Managing Partner, SteelSky Ventures

Saad Toma

General Manager, Middle East and Africa, IBM

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Danny Townsend

CEO, SURJ Sports Investments

Trevor Traina

Chief Business Officer, Tools for Humanity

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Aminu Umar-Sadiq

Managing Director and CEO, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority

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Nicole Valentine

Fintech Director, Milken Institute

Jeffrey Valliere

Chief Strategy Officer, Milken Institute

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Rohit Walia

Executive Chairman and CEO, Alpen Capital

Paul Wallace

Managing Editor, Middle East Economic, Political News, Bloomberg

Anne Walsh

Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Guggenheim Partners Investment Management

Erik Wandrag

CEO, Oceans Finance Company

Andrew Weinberg

Founder, CEO, and Co-Chair, Brightstar Capital Partners

Guy Weldon

Group Managing Partner and Head of Investment, Bridgepoint Group

Matthew Whitaker

US Ambassador to NATO

Sharon White

Senior Managing Director and Head, Global Affairs, La Caisse

Don Wilson

Founder and CEO, DRW Holdings

Bob Wilt

CEO, Maaden

Shawn Wischmeier

Chief Investment Officer, Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies

Susie Wolff

Entrepreneur; Managing Director, F1 Academy

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Glenn Yago

Senior Fellow/ Founder, Financial Innovations Lab, Milken Institute

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Summia Zaher

CEO, Women and Children’s Care, M42

Samaila Zubairu

President and CEO, African Finance Corporation (AFC)