Breadcrumb Home Events Middle East and Africa Summit 2025 Speakers Overview Livestream Program Speakers Private Sessions Sponsors A Image Alok Agarwal Senior Advisor, Reliance Industries Limited Image Adeeb Ahamed Founder and Managing Director, Lulu Financial Holdings Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Image His Excellency Jasem Al Budaiwi Secretary-General, Gulf Cooperation Council Image His Royal Highness Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud Chairman, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies Image His Excellency Mansoor Ibrahim Al Mansoori Chairman, Department of Health, Abu Dhabi Image His Excellency Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak Managing Director and Group CEO, Mubadala Investment Company Instagram Twitter Image His Excellency Waleed Al Mokarrab Al Muhairi Deputy Group CEO, Mubadala Investment Company Image His Excellency Omar Sultan Al Olama Minister of State for AI, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications, United Arab Emirates Image Her Highness Princess Noura bint Faisal Al Saud Founder, Culture House; CEO, Jay3lle Image His Excellency Majid Al Suwaidi CEO, Altérra Instagram LinkedIn Image Her Excellency Nawal Al-Hosany United Arab Emirates Permanent Representative, IRENA Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Image Najla Al-Jeaid Deputy Secretary General, Alwaleed Philanthropies Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter KK Khaled Al-Khattaf CEO, Saudi Investment Promotion Authority Image Basma AlBuhairan Managing Director, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Saudi Arabia LinkedIn Twitter Image Armaan Ali CEO and Co-Founder, Human Capital AA Ammar Alkhudairy Chairman and Founding Partner, Amwal Capital Partners Image Muteb Alshathri Head, Regional Investments Section and Acting Head, Private Equity Investments Section, PIF DA Her Excellency Deemah AlYahya Secretary-General, Digital Cooperation Organization LinkedIn Twitter Image Sameer AlZahrani CEO, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center IMC Image Nour Amache Senior Presenter, Business News, Asharq Image Yoni Assia Co-Founder and CEO, eToro LinkedIn Twitter Image Miguel Azevedo Managing Director and Vice Chairman, Investment Banking Middle East and Africa, Citi Image Jihad Azour Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF B Image Sandro Baggiani Chief Merchandising Officer, Golden Goose Image Amena Bakr Head of Middle East & OPEC + Insights, KPLER Image Victoria Barbary Senior Advisor, Milken Institute LinkedIn Image Tom Barrack US Ambassador to the Republic of Türkiye LinkedIn Twitter Image Sonia Ben Jaafar CEO, Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Image Nana Dwemoh Benneh CEO, Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund Image Lucie Berger Ambassador of the EU to the United Arab Emirates Image Jonathan Berman CEO, Shell Foundation Image Matthias Berninger Executive Vice President, Public Affairs and Sustainability, Bayer Image Hunny Bhagchandani Founder, Torchit Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Image Her Excellency Mariam bint Mohammed AlMheiri Managing Director, 2pointZero Instagram Twitter Image Kurt Björklund Executive Chairman, Permira Image John Bowman CEO, CAIA LinkedIn Twitter Image Christopher Bredholt Chief Underwriting Officer, The Development Guarantee Group LinkedIn Image Marc Buchli Co-CEO and Executive Board Member, Flick Family Office and Foundation Image Maazin Buhari Senior Associate, Business and Program Development, Middle East, Milken Institute Image Kaushik Burman CEO, Spiro C Image Camila Cabello Singer and Songwriter Image Pablo Casado Founder, Hyperion Defense Image Michael Chalhoub CEO, Chalhoub Group Image Sui Ling Cheah Executive Board Chair, ecoSPIRITS Image Curtis S. Chin Chair, Senior Fellows, and Senior Advisor, Milken Institute Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Image Steven Ciobo Managing Director, Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners LinkedIn Twitter Image James Clarke Senior Managing Director and Global Head, Institutional Capital, Blue Owl Image Akunna Cook CEO, Next Narrative Africa Instagram LinkedIn Image Frans Cronje Founder, DataProphet Image Jake Cusack Managing Partner and Co-Founder, CrossBoundary Group Facebook LinkedIn Twitter D Image Isabella da Costa Mendes Founding Partner and Co-CEO, ImpactA Global Image Laura Deal Lacey Executive Vice President, Milken Institute International Image Songo Didiza CEO, GreenBDG Africa LinkedIn Twitter Image Guy Diedrich Senior Vice President and Global Innovation Officer, Cisco Image Alex Dooler Money and Power Reporter, Bloomberg Image Badr Drissi Chief Investment Officer, Ithmar Capital Image Molly Duffy Global Head, Financial Sponsors Coverage, Standard Chartered E Image Alain Ebobissé CEO, Africa50 Image Christopher Egerton-Warburton Partner, Lion's Head Global Partners Image Mostafa El-Ghorab Partner and Chief Business Officer, INDOS (Garment IO) LinkedIn Twitter Image Kweilin Ellingrud McKinsey Global Institute Director and Senior Partner, McKinsey LinkedIn Twitter Image Nneka Eze Managing Partner, VestedWorld F Image Jean-Baptiste Fantun Co-Founder and CEO, NukkAI Image Petra Freddi Managing Director, Europe and Middle East, Milken Institute LinkedIn G HG Hadley Gamble Chief International Anchor, IMI Instagram Twitter Image Goodwin Gaw Chairman, Managing Principal and Co-Founder, Gaw Capital Partners Image Rick Gerson Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Investment Officer, Alpha Wave Global Image Roberto Giacalone Global Head, Liquid Strategies, Icona Capital Image Matthew Gibson Head, Client Solutions Group, Goldman Sachs Asset Management Image Eleni Giokos Anchor and Correspondent, CNN Image Dario Giuliani Founder and Managing Director, Briter Bridges Image Mateo Goldman Senior Vice President, Investments, US International Development Finance Corporation Image Jonathan Goldstein CEO, Cain LinkedIn Twitter Image Lawrence Golub CEO, Golub Capital LinkedIn Image Aarti Gupta Chief Investment Officer, Family Office, Jagran Group, Anikarth Ventures Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Image Gstaad Guy Founder, Poubel H Image Georges Pascal Haber CEO, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Instagram LinkedIn Image Rani Haj-Yehia CEO, Jordan Gateway Industrial Park & Free Zone Image Hisham Halbouny Managing Partner, P1 Ventures LinkedIn Image Adel Hamaizia Managing Director, Highbridge Advisory LinkedIn Twitter Image Hisham Hamdan Chief Investment Officer, Khazanah Image Sumera Haque Founder and CEO, An-Nisa; Senior Advisor, Milken Institute Women's Health Network Image Walid Haram Chief Investment Officer, Dara Management Image Ben Harburg Managing Partner, Novo Capital Image Elizabeth Hewitt Chief Investment Officer, Miras Investments Image Rob Heyvaert Founder and Managing Partner, Motive Partners LinkedIn Image Martin Horne Co-Head, Global Investments and Head, EMEA, Barings Image Aubrey Hruby General Partner, Tofino Capital LinkedIn Twitter I Image Jerry Inzerillo CEO, Diriyah Company Image Alex Israel CEO, Metropolis LinkedIn Twitter J Image Rovshan Javadov Deputy CEO, State Oil Fund, Republic of Azerbaijan LinkedIn Image Bruce Johnson Director, Corporate Finance and Treasury LinkedIn Image Dhani Jones Chairman, QEY Capital; Former NFL Athlete Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter K Image John Kamara Chair, AI Center of Excellence Africa Image Mary Kamari Executive Director, Trade and Development Fund and Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations, Trade and Development Bank Group LinkedIn Image Marie-Chantal Kaninda President, Glencore DRC; Chairperson, Kamoto Copper Company LinkedIn TK Thomas Kaplan Chairman, The Electrum Group, LLC AK Antoun Karam Managing Partner, Able & Baker Image Francis Kariuki Chief Operating Officer, Toto Safi Limited Image Stephen Ketchum Managing Partner, CEO, and Chief Investment Officer, Sound Point Capital LinkedIn Image Rishi Khosla Co-Founder and CEO, OakNorth Bank LinkedIn Image Thomas Khoury Managing Director, Condé Nast Middle East LinkedIn Image Dana Khraiche United Arab Emirates Bureau Chief, Bloomberg Image Conrad Kiechel Executive Director, Global Programming and Events, Milken Institute Image Irene Kiwia Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer, Adanian Labs Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Image Boris Kodjoe Co-Founder, Full Circle Economic Conference Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Image Ashish Koshy CEO, Inception (a G42 company) L Image Raelan Lambert Global Alternatives Leader LinkedIn Image Camilla Languille Co-CEO, Private Equity, Mubadala Investment Company Image Vincent Levita Founder and CEO, InfraVia Capital Partners Image Oskar Lewnowski Founder and Group CEO, Orion Resource Partners LinkedIn Image Meranda Ling Miao Executive Vice President, Private Markets Investments, Shamal Holding LinkedIn IL Ian Livingstone Executive Chairman, London & Regional Properties Image Kevin Lu Partner and Chairman of Asia, Partners Group Image Erin Lubitz Director, Business and Program Development, Milken Institute M Image Caitlin MacLean Managing Director, Innovative Finance, Milken Institute Image Yasseen Mansour Chairman, Palm Hills Developments Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Image Alexandre Mars Founder and CEO, Mission M Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Image Todd McDonald President, Liberty Bank and Trust Company LinkedIn Image Travis McGhee Global Head, Predictions, Crypto.com LinkedIn Image Joseph McMonigle President and CEO, Global Center for Energy Analysis Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Image Vinay Menda Co-Founder, Blank Street Coffee Image Laura Merlini Managing Director, EMEA, CAIA LinkedIn Image Clemens Mewald CEO, BrainCo Image Michael Milken Chairman, Milken Institute Twitter Image Jane Millichip CEO, BAFTA LinkedIn Image Tony Minella CEO, Eldridge Capital Management LinkedIn Twitter Image Manish Mittal Head, Private Markets, Qatar Insurance Company Image Ayaan Mohamed Founder and CEO, Digitech Oasis LinkedIn Image Majed Mohammed Head, Community Engagement and Advocacy, Friends of Cancer Patients, United Arab Emirates Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Image Saadi Monla Payment Partnership Subject Matter Expert, Flutterwave Image Rachel More-Oshodi Managing Director and CEO, ARM-Harith Infrastructure Investment Ltd Image Tshepidi Moremong Chief Operating Officer, Africa50 Image Editha Mshiu Founder, Freshpack Technologies EM Elizabeth Muller CEO, Deep Fission Image Dan Murphy Anchor and Correspondent, CNBC Instagram LinkedIn Twitter AM Ambareen Musa CEO GCC, Revolut Image Nicole Musicco Managing Partner, Square Nine Capital Image Emily Musil Managing Director, Social Innovation, Milken Institute Image Kimbal Musk Founder and CEO, Nova Sky Stories Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Image James Mwangi Group CEO, Equity Group Holdings Limited Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Image James Irungu Mwangi Founder and CEO, Africa Climate Ventures LinkedIn N Image Martin Nagell Director, Responsible Investing, Mubadala Image Hawazen Nassief CEO, Sustainable Tourism Global Center LinkedIn Image Jack Neumark Co-CEO and Managing Partner, Fortress Investment Group Image Antonoaldo Neves CEO, Etihad Airways Image Sue Nickason Vice President, Dart Family Office Image Michael B. Nierenberg CEO, Rithm Capital Image Nneile Nkholise Founder, Thola Inc. Image Derick Nwumfor Chunga President, BleagLee Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter O Image Paul Oliver Head, Private and Alternative Credit, Emirates Investment Authority Image Brieane Olson CEO, Pacsun P Image Marcelo Paiva Co-Founder, A10 Invest LinkedIn Image Jennifer Park Partner, Altérra Image Jenica Patterson Senior Director, Women's Health Network, Milken Institute Health LinkedIn Image Stephanie Phair Senior Advisor, L Catterton; Chair, Invisible Dynamics Instagram LinkedIn Image Michael Piwowar Executive Vice President, Milken Institute Finance Q Image Nabeel Qadir Senior Partner, Lunate R Image British Robinson Chair, Africa, Milken Institute International Image Guadalupe Rodriguez Chief Investment Officer, Talipot LinkedIn Twitter Image Yuval Rooz Co-Founder and CEO, Digital Asset Image Andrea Rossi Group CEO, M&G plc S Image Ibrahim Sagna Executive Chairman, Silverbacks Holdings Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Image Robert Salomon Professor and NEC Faculty Fellow of International Management, NYU Stern School of Business Image Jamie Salter Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Authentic Brands Group Instagram LinkedIn Image Sarah Sandler Executive Vice President, Chief Growth Officer, Milken Institute Image Naguib Sawiris Chairman, Ora Holding and Orascom Investments Holding Twitter Image Hayfa Sdiri Chief Impact Officer, RIVET Instagram LinkedIn Image Philip Seager Managing Director and Head, Portfolio Strategy, Capital Fund Management Image Dana Settle Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Greycroft LinkedIn Twitter Image Nilesh Shah Group President and Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Asset Management RS Rayhaneh Sharif-Askary Head, Product and Research, Grayscale Image Sameh Shenouda Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) Image Jessica Sibley CEO, TIME Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Image Simranjit Singh CEO, Guardant Health AMEA LinkedIn Image Nicole Sirotin CEO, Institute for Healthier Living Abu Dhabi; Former Department Chair, Preventive Medicine, Medical Subspecialties Institute LinkedIn Twitter Image Ayo Sopitan CEO, Metalex Commodities Inc. LinkedIn Image Shiv Srinivasan Chief Investment Officer, Public Markets, Abu Dhabi Investment Council Image David Steinbach Global Chief Investment Officer, Hines LinkedIn Image Michelle Stevenson Executive Director, Marketing and Communications, Milken Institute Image Joanne Strain Partner, United Arab Emirates, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP T Image Louise Tabbiner Senior Advisor, Milken Institute LinkedIn Twitter Image Alan Tisch CEO and Founder, Atria Health and Research Institute Image Ekta Tolani Chief Investment Officer, KBW Ventures Instagram LinkedIn Image Maria D. Toler Founding and Managing Partner, SteelSky Ventures LinkedIn Twitter Image Saad Toma General Manager, Middle East and Africa, IBM LinkedIn DT Danny Townsend CEO, SURJ Sports Investments Image Trevor Traina Chief Business Officer, Tools for Humanity U Image Aminu Umar-Sadiq Managing Director and CEO, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority V Image Nicole Valentine Fintech Director, Milken Institute Image Jeffrey Valliere Chief Strategy Officer, Milken Institute W Image Rohit Walia Executive Chairman and CEO, Alpen Capital LinkedIn Image Paul Wallace Managing Editor, Middle East Economic, Political News, Bloomberg LinkedIn Twitter Image Anne Walsh Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Guggenheim Partners Investment Management Image Erik Wandrag CEO, Oceans Finance Company LinkedIn Image Andrew Weinberg Founder, CEO, and Co-Chair, Brightstar Capital Partners LinkedIn Image Guy Weldon Group Managing Partner and Head of Investment, Bridgepoint Group Image Matthew Whitaker US Ambassador to NATO Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Image Sharon White Senior Managing Director and Head, Global Affairs, La Caisse Image Don Wilson Founder and CEO, DRW Holdings LinkedIn Twitter Image Bob Wilt CEO, Maaden Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Image Shawn Wischmeier Chief Investment Officer, Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies Image Susie Wolff Entrepreneur; Managing Director, F1 Academy Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Y Image Glenn Yago Senior Fellow/ Founder, Financial Innovations Lab, Milken Institute LinkedIn Z Image Summia Zaher CEO, Women and Children’s Care, M42 Image Samaila Zubairu President and CEO, African Finance Corporation (AFC) Twitter
