Asad Hussaini is Managing Partner UAE at Fortinbras, a New York based firm focused on structured credit and special situations investing. Mr. Hussaini is the Head of Scimitar an ADGM family-based office, Vice Chairman of Peninsula Real Estate, an Abu Dhabi based Real Estate Investment Company, and a board member of Keyper, a UAE based proptech firm. In January 2025, Mr. Hussaini was recently appointed as Board of Director at SHUAA Capital, a leading asset management and investment banking platform in the UAE. Mr. Hussaini has been a seed and early-stage investor in a large number of US & Middle Eastern based startups. Mr. Hussaini is a member of the Global Advisory Council of the Wilson Center, a Congressionally funded bi-partisan think tank based in Washington D.C. focused on issues of US and global trade, economic, national security & defense matters. He was educated at Georgetown University in Washington D.C.