Sherif El-Said

<p><strong>Sherif El-Said, VP Internal Audit, Etisalat Group, is a professional executive</strong>, with deep industry and Big4 experience in various areas of Risk and Assurance including Internal Audit, Governance, Risk and Compliance (“GRC”), Regulatory Assurance, IT and business processes.</p><br /> <p>Through his career Sherif has worked with and advised many listed and private companies in Europe, USA, ASIA and Middle East.</p>

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Dave Crane

<p> </p><br /> <p style="margin: 0in 0.35in 12pt 0in; text-align: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-line-height-alt: 1.35pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Dave Crane </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.davecraneglobal.com/"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">http://www.davecraneglobal.com</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> is one of the most experienced entertainers in the region with over 40 years in the industry and over 2 billion people reached throughout his career including shows in Spain, India, South Africa, Germany, Austria, France, Greece, Egypt, the Caribbean, Italy and Monaco.</span></span></p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="margin: 0in 0.35in 12pt 0in; text-align: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-line-height-alt: 1.35pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Dave’s online TV Show </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.turbochargeyourbrand.tv/"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">http://www.turbochargeyourbrand.tv</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> is watched in 144 countries and his guests include business gurus like Brian Tracy, Jack Canfield, Dr John Gray, Perry Marshall and Allan Pease.</span></span></p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="margin: 0in 0.35in 12pt 0in; text-align: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-line-height-alt: 1.35pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dave works with the world’s biggest brand names from Visa, Mastercard and Emirates Airlines to Cisco, HSBC and FIFA. One particular motivational session in Greece led to a global company recording a 49% spike in sales within the next 12 months of which they attributed much to his work.</span></span></p><br /> <p> </p>

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Johan H. Brand

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Johan Brand</span></span></strong><span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;"> is a well-experienced leadership professional. He is sought after by his clients for his top level business expertise and Board/Executive advisory competence. He aims to improve the effectiveness of the Board's and Executive's leadership roles within companies. He mainly advises Chairmen and Family Heads as well as guides CEOs to success. </span></p><br /> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"> </p><br /> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Operating within the highest levels of confidentiality and trust, Johan's leadership advisory services specifically focus on:</span></p><br /> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">1) Board Leadership, Effectiveness and Succession</span></p><br /> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">2) CEO/ C-level Succession Processes and Effectiveness</span></p><br /> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"> </p><br /> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Johan started his career in commercial leadership roles with Procter & Gamble and PepsiCo in Europe. After 9 years, in 1995, he moved to the privately held executive search firm Egon Zehnder, initially operating from Amsterdam and since 2008 from Dubai where he became a Senior Partner.  </span></p><br /> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"> </p><br /> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Johan holds an MSc in Business Economics, an MA in Business Law and an MA in Private Law, all from Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.</span> </p>

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Alec Aaltonen

<p><strong>Alec Aaltonen is the Associate Director-Corporate Governance at Hawkamah Institute for Corporate Governance</strong>. He is in charge of the Hawkamah/S&P Pan Arab ESG Index, Hawkamah’s small medium enterprise (SME) corporate governance initiatives, as well as corporate governance assessments. He is also a Global Corporate Governance Forum accredited facilitator for the Director Development Programmes run by the Mudara Institute of Directors (MIOD). </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p>Prior to joining Hawkamah, Alec worked for HSBC Global Asset Management in London, where he engaged with boards of FTSE-listed companies on their corporate governance practices. This entailed detailed corporate governance analysis of companies from sectors such as Banks, Financial Services, and Telecommunications and covered areas ranging from executive remuneration schemes to board balance and audit independence.</p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p>He also prepared voting instructions for HSBC shareholdings at the general meetings of these companies. Prior to HSBC, he worked for a corporate governance consultancy in London as a Corporate Governance Executive.</p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p>He holds Bachelor and Master’s degrees in International Relations, a Graduate Diploma in Law and a Master’s degree in International Commercial Law.</p>

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Ahmed Al Ansari

<h6><span style="font-size: medium;">Ahmed Al Ansari, Acting Chief Executive Officer at Dubai South, leads the formulation, approval and implementation of the overall strategy and long term business plan for Dubai South. He is responsible for the urban development of the 145 sq. km. city and the evolution and success of its free zones. Al Ansari is also entrusted with the execution of strategic government initiatives and the establishment of subsidiaries within Dubai South. </span></h6><br /> <p> </p><br /> <h4 align="LEFT">Some of his key responsibilities at Dubai South include driving revenue growth and optimizing asset utilization, ensuring effective management of the talent pipeline and providing overall direction for the development and implementation of strategic and operational policies and procedures to ensure that the organisation’s activities are fully integrated and delivered to global industry standards.</h4><br /> <p> </p><br /> <h4>Prior to his appointment as Acting CEO, Al Ansari was the Deputy COO at Dubai South, responsible for the oversight of planning and zoning, business development, cost and margin control, and financial goals management related to the 145 sq. km. urban development.</h4><br /> <p> </p><br /> <h4>Previous to this role, he was Vice President of Internal Audit and Risk Assessment Group at Dubai Aviation City Corporation (DACC), where he was responsible for tasks related to risk assessment and audit as well as for raising awareness on corporate governance initiatives.</h4><br /> <p> </p><br /> <h4>Before joining DACC, Al Ansari was Vice President of the Investment and Acquisitions Unit (logistics, aviation and industry) at Dubai Investment Group, Dubai Holding. He also worked in the Financial Auditing department at the Ruler's Court for more than six years during which period he audited various government departments and investments in the Emirate of Dubai. Al Ansari is a certified financial expert at the Dubai Courts.</h4><br /> <p> </p><br /> <h4>Al Ansari started his professional career as a financial auditor with Arthur Andersen Global, which enabled him to experience the best professional practices related to auditing.</h4><br /> <p> </p><br /> <h4>Ahmed Al Ansari was formerly the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Smart World, a partnership between Etisalat and Dubai Aviation City Corporation. He currently holds various other positions at investment companies and community institutions across the UAE including:</h4><br /> <p><br /><br /></p><br /> <ul><br /> <ul><br /> <li><br /><br /> <h4>Chairman of Duserve, wholly owned by Dubai Aviation City Corporation and a leading provider of facilities management solutions, MEP and solar technologies and practices</h4><br /> </li><br /> </ul><br /> </ul><br /> <p> </p><br /> <ul><br /> <ul><br /> <li><br /><br /> <h4>Member of the Board of Directors and Head of the Auditing Committee at SouqExtra, an investment company specialized in building community shopping centers</h4><br /> </li><br /> </ul><br /> </ul><br /> <p> </p><br /> <ul><br /> <ul><br /> <li><br /><br /> <h4>Member of the Board of Directors at the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)</h4><br /> </li><br /> </ul><br /> </ul><br /> <p> </p><br /> <ul><br /> <ul><br /> <li><br /><br /> <h4>Member of the Board of Directors at the Al Noor Centre for Children with Special Needs</h4><br /> </li><br /> </ul><br /> </ul><br /> <p><br /><br /></p><br /> <p> </p>

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Bryan Stirewalt

<div align="LEFT"><br /> <p><strong><span lang="EN-GB">Mr </span><span lang="EN-GB">Bryan Stirewalt</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB"> joined the DFSA in 2008 and has served as a <strong>Managing Director of the Supervision Division</strong> since 2010. The Supervision Division includes prudential- and conduct-oriented oversight of a variety of financial service providers, including: commercial banks, investment banks, insurance companies, wealth managers, and a variety of advisory services.  The Supervision Division also oversees the DFSA's role with auditors and credit rating agencies.  Mr Stirewalt is active in the DFSA’s efforts to fight methods of illicit finance with respect to the entities mentioned above, as well as with other designated non-financial businesses and professions.</span></p><br /> <p><span lang="EN-GB">Mr Stirewalt has extensive experience in the financial regulatory sphere, in both public and private sector roles. From 1985 to 1996, he worked for the US Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency as a National Bank Examiner, where he specialised in policy development and implementation, problem bank rehabilitation and banking fraud initiatives.</span></p><br /> <p><span lang="EN-GB">From 1996 to 2008, he worked for an international consulting and advisory firm, focusing his attention on emerging markets development programmes, including management of large-scale and multi-faceted projects in Poland, Ukraine, Cyprus and Kazakhstan. These projects related to a wide array of topics including financial sector development, risk management policies and practices, anti-money laundering systems and controls and methods of supervising complex financial conglomerates.</span></p><br /> <p><span lang="EN-GB">Mr Stirewalt serves as the Co-Chair of the Basel Consultative Group (BCG) which </span><span lang="EN">provides a forum for deepening the Basel Committee's engagement with supervisors around the world on banking supervisory issues. The BCG facilitates broad supervisory dialogue with non-member countries on new Basel Committee initiatives early in the process by gathering senior representatives from various countries, international institutions and regional groups of banking supervisors that are not members of the Committee.</span></p><br /> </div>

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Christina Ioannidis

<p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Christina is a globally-recognised speaker, facilitator and entrepreneur. She is the CEO (Chief Engagement Officer) of Aquitude, a brand engagement consultancy which works with corporations to engage with their main stakeholders – their employees and their customers.  </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">She is </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">the co-author of <em>Your Loss: How to Win Back your Female Talent (and Customers)</em>, featured in the UK’s Lord Davies Report on “Women in the Boardroom” and the BBC2 documentary “<em>Women at the Top</em>”. Christina </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">has extensive insight into gender science and is apt at applying predictive behavioural differences to business practices.</span></p><br /> <p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Christina is also the founder of Top of Her Game, a platform which</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> redresses gender- bias through the power female role-models in the male-dominated science, engineering (STEM) fields and openly challenges limiting perceptions relating to women in the GCC. It also offers corporations solutions for internal culture change and talent management impacting the complete talent pipeline, including its signature Female Majlis, the GCC’s first cross-industry peer-mentoring programme. </span></p><br /> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Christina is a thought leader in the subjects of Gender-Savvy marketing, Customer and Employee engagement, Women in Leadership, Diversity and Talent Management. She has been invited to comment on Emirates News – Dubai One TV, DubaiOne Radio, Bloomberg TV, Sky News, The Sunday Times, The Observer, The Evening Standard, The Guardian, Marie Claire, to name but a few.  </span></p>

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John Everington

<p>John Everington, is a business reporter for The National newspaper in Abu Dhabi, where he writes on subjects including markets, governance, legal affairs and technology. Prior to joining The National in 2013, he has written for a wide range of news and business information providers including the Financial Times group, Dun and Bradstreet and the Economist Intelligence Unit, and has also worked as a market intelligence specialist for Ooredoo in Qatar. </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p>

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Anil Kumar Parimoo

<h2><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; color: windowtext;">Chief Risk Officer, </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; color: windowtext;">Dubai Islamic Bank</span></h2><br /> <p>Anil Kumar Parimoo is the Chief Risk Officer and “<strong>Member of Executive Management</strong>” at Dubai Islamic Bank, UAE (DIB). He is responsible for managing Enterprise Wide Risk within DIB.</p><br /> <p><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Anil has<strong> 25 years</strong> of rich and multi-faceted experience in Banking Industry across 5 different and large banking institutions and multiple geographies having started his career with <strong>State Bank of India, </strong>the largest Indian Bank </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">in India and then moving on to<strong> ABN AMRO </strong>(one of the then top-20 global Banks), <strong>Bank Danamon, Indonesia</strong>, 6^th largest local Indonesian Bank (<strong>owned by Temasek</strong>), <strong>Techcombank</strong>, a leading private sector Bank in Vietnam and currently with DIB, one of the leading Islamic Banks globally and Top-5 Bank in the UAE.</span></p><br /> <p><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Anil has operated in areas like Credit & Risk Management, Corporate/Commercial & SME Banking, Transaction Banking (sales & operations), Treasury, Retail Banking and Operations gaining valuable experience in <strong>India</strong>, <strong>Hong Kong</strong>, <strong>Thailand</strong>, <strong>Indonesia </strong></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">and<strong> Vietnam </strong>besides the<strong> UAE</strong>.</span></p><br /> <p>Anil is a Science graduate with Diploma in Banking from the Indian Institute of Bankers. </p>

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Khawar Ansari

<h4><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 32pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;">Regional Program Manager, Corporate Governance, MENA</span></span></h4><br /> <div style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in; margin-top: 7.68pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; -ms-word-break: normal; language: en-US; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 32pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;">International Finance Corporation</span></div><br /> <h4><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;">Khawar</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;"> has over thirty years’ professional experience advising boards and senior management teams in large financial institutions and publicly traded companies based in emerging and developed markets. In his role at IFC, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;">Khawar</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;"> has managed numerous corporate governance assessments of companies and banks across the MENA region. He has led project teams in analyzing the companies’ current corporate governance practices, developing recommendations for improvement, and defining plans for implementation. He has also advised various regulators to develop Corporate Governance laws and codes across the MENA region, and, trained more than 250 board directors and executives on these subjects in MENA. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;">Khawar</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;"> has been chairman, CEO and non-executive director on boards of companies in Europe and MENA.</span></h4><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p>

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Hisham Farouk

<p>Hisham is the CEO of Grant Thornton in the United Arab Emirates, as a dynamic leader who has a professional and academic footprint in the United States, United Kingdom and across the Middle East region, he is known to be the driving force behind many private and public organisations growth strategies, who today continue to mature under his mentorship and strategic input. With over eighteen years of professional and commercial experience he has led high profile advisory engagements for some of the largest groups in the region.</p><br /> <p>Hisham is known as a key influencer in the UAE for family owned businesses, having worked with and advised leading family members in the region for a number of years on their growth and investment needs.</p><br /> <p>Hisham also works closely with numerous financial institutions in the UAE, mainly advising them on regulatory and compliance matters. He has also supported many firms in dispute resolution and has acted as an expert witness on a number of arbitration cases across industry, in particular Hospitality, Real Estate and Construction, Aviation and FMCG.</p><br /> <p>He sits on various boards including a renowned regional investment firm and is a patron and avid mentor for dynamic SME’s and entrepreneurial businesses. Hisham also mentors a number of start-ups and works closely as an entrepreneur with REACH and Endeavour, a global not for profit organisation who support multi-million dollar SMEs. He is also a committee member for Elevate Dubai and regularly provides strategic advice to the GCC chapter of the 30% club. He actively supports the young leaders of tomorrow through various initiatives including working with the government sector to support emiratization and develop UAE nationals.</p>

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H.E. Mona Al Marri

<p><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Mona Al Marri</span></strong></p><br /> <p><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Director General</span></strong></p><br /> <p><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Government of Dubai Media Office</span></strong></p><br /> <p><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">United Arab Emirates</span></strong></p><br /> <p>Mona Al Marri is one of the most prominent young Emirati leaders in the UAE media landscape with a strong record of achievements in media and strategic communications. She is also a leading advocate for the empowerment of women and their greater participation in national development.</p><br /> <p>Al Marri holds a number of leadership positions including the Director General of the Government of Dubai Media Office (GDMO), President of the Dubai Press Club (DPC), Secretary-General of the Arab Journalism Award (AJA), Chairperson of the Organising Committee of the Arab Media Forum (AMF) and Chairperson of the Organising Committee of the Arab Social Media Influencers Summit. Al Marri is also responsible for supervising the publishing sector of Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI). In addition, she is a Member of the Boards of the National Media Council, DMI and Young Arab Leaders. She was also a member of the first Board of Dubai Media City in 2001.</p><br /> <p>Al Marri’s journey as an advocate for women’s development and empowerment began in 2003 when Her Highness Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum appointed her as the Vice President of the Dubai Ladies Club. She also led the creation and development of the Dubai Women Establishment (DWE), and is currently the Chairperson of DWE’s Board. She was a<a name="_GoBack"></a>ppointed Vice President of the UAE Gender Balance Council in 2015.</p><br /> <p>The World Economic Forum (WEF) named her as a Young Global Leader (YGL) in 2014 in recognition of her accomplishments. Mona Al Marri is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council.</p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p>

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Sophie L’Hélias

<p><span style="line-height: 19pt; text-align: justify;">Sophie L’Hélias began her career as an M&A attorney in New York and Paris. She later joined an event-driven hedge fund in New York as Managing Director and founded a strategic corporate governance advisory firm.</span> </p><br /> <p>An expert on corporate governance issues, she co-founded the International Corporate Governance Network (www.ICGN.org<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">), </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">today’s leading global investor-led governance organization</span><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. </span> Ms. L’Hélias recently founded LeaderXXchange™, which collaborates with institutional investors, business leaders and other market participants to promote board diversity worldwide.</p><br /> <p>Author of the book “Le Retour de l’Actionnaire” (“The Shareholder Comeback”), she has also frequently written articles for European, American and Canadian publications. Ms. L’Hélias is a regular speaker at international business, economic and academic forums on international corporate governance, shareholder activism and board diversity.</p><br /> <p>She holds an MBA from INSEAD, an LLM from the University of Pennsylvania, a Masters of Laws from the University of Pantheon-Sorbonne- Paris I law school after law studies at the University of Saarbrücken, Germany.</p><br /> <p>She <span lang="FR">serves on the board of Kering (www.kering.com), a company listed on Euronext  Paris. Kering is a </span><span lang="FR">world leader in apparel and accessories that </span><span lang="FR">develops an ensemble of powerful brands across Luxury and Sport & Lifestyle</span><em><span lang="FR" style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> with brands that include Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, Stella McCartney, and Boucheron…</span></em></p><br /> <p><span lang="FR">Ms. L’Helias </span>is a Senior Fellow at the Conference Board, Governance Center and the Samuel Heyman Center for Corporate Governance at Cardozo Law School in New York.</p><br /> <p><span lang="FR">She has </span>serves the Sciences-Po US Foundation in New York and has served on the Board of Governors at the University of Ottawa, Canada. </p><br /> <h1> </h1>

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Musaed Al-Mineefi

<p><strong>Mr. Musaed Al-Mineefi is the Chief Executive Officer of Saudi Investment Bank, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.</strong></p><br /> <p>April 1992 to Present:</p><br /> <p>Joined The Saudi Investment Bank in April 1992 as Head, Financial Controls.  Progressed through varied senior management functions and responsibilities that include positions with demanding role in the bank’s operations, financial controls, and administration. </p><br /> <p>Group Head - Financial Controls & Administration (February 1997); Group Head - Finance, Operations & Administration (December 1997); Group General Manager - Finance, Operations & Administration (October 2000); Deputy General Manager (April 2009) Present Position: Chief Executive Officer, since January 2010.</p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p>

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Lubna Qassim

<p><strong>Group Chief General Counsel and Company Secretary, Emirates NBD (PJSC)</strong></p><br /> <p>Lubna Qassim is the Group Chief General Counsel & Company Secretary of Emirates NBD Bank (PJSC). She is also, at present, the first female EXCO member of Emirates NBD. Previously, Ms Qassim has held positions as Director of the Department of Economic Legislations at the UAE Ministry of Economy and the Executive Director of the Legal and Regulatory Affairs Department at Dubai Economic Council. Prior to that, Ms Qassim spent considerable years in the corporate practice offices of Clifford Chance both in Dubai and London.</p><br /> <p>Ms Qassim is the first UAE national to have worked at the World Bank as the Public Sector Consultant and at the House of Lords, Parliament of the UK. In 2013 she was selected by William Hague, United Kingdom’s First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for her leadership skills to participate in the Future International Leadership Programme which took place in London. </p><br /> <p>Ms Qassim is a fellow at Dubai School of Government and also sits on the Global Economic Symposium Fellows Advisory Committee of the Kiel University of the World Economy.  In 2011 she was elected to sit on the Boards of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment (CISI) and Injaz UAE Foundation. Ms Qassim was also the first national to sit on the Committee of the British Business Group in Dubai and Northern Emirates in 2009 and in 2013 the British Business Group of Abu Dhabi as the UAE Alliances Director.  </p><br /> <p>In 2015 Ms Qassim was elected by HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum to sit on the Board of Dubai Women’s Establishment. Ms Qassim was also appointed as Founding Chair of the 30% Club GCC Chapter.</p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p>

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Sheikh Hussain A. Al Banawi

<p><strong>Sheikh Hussein A. Al-Banawi is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Industrial Group</strong>, a market leader in packaging, specialty chemicals and food flavors in the Broader Middle East, Africa, and Indian Subcontinent.</p><br /> <p>He is an inspirational leader dedicated to helping the next generation of enterprise leaders in the Arab World. He is Founder of the Chair in Islamic Economics, Finance and Management at Rice University in Houston, Texas and also serves on the board of various civic organizations. He is also a founding member of The John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement at the American University of Cairo. Sheikh Hussein is a member of the Board of Trustees, Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee, and Chairman of the Investment Committee of the World Waqf Foundation of the Islamic Development Bank.</p><br /> <p>An advocate and proponent of good corporate governance in both private and public institutions, Sheikh Hussein Al-Banawi is a member of the Board of Directors of Hawkamah, The Institute for Corporate Governance of the Dubai International Financial Centre. Sheikh Hussein Al Banawi is also the Chairman of the Advisory Committee of The Effat Ambassadors Program, a program established at Effat University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to empower aspiring women leaders.</p><br /> <p>With Sheikh Hussein’s founding vision, The Al-Banawi Scholarship for Personal Development was established at Franklin University in Switzerland with the unique purpose of providing financial aid to outstanding students in need who reciprocate by acting as academic mentors for other students facing language, learning or cultural challenges. After embarking on his early undergraduate studies at Franklin University in Switzerland, Sheikh Hussein thereafter pursued his bachelor’s degree with a dual major in political science and business administration at Rollins College in the United States, culminating in a Master of Business Administration from Rollins.</p><br /> <p>Sheikh Hussein is the author of the recently published book, The Unknown Leader, one of the foremost publications on leadership which has emerged from our region.</p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p>

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Hassan Jarrar

<p><strong><span lang="EN-AU">Hassan Jarrar </span></strong><span lang="EN-AU"><strong>was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Bahrain Islamic Bank</strong> in July, 2015.  He is responsible for leading and implementing of the overall strategy of Bahrain’s first Islamic financial institution. </span></p><br /> <p><span lang="EN-GB">Hassan has over </span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">28</span><span lang="EN-GB"> years of banking experience, </span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">19</span><span lang="EN-GB"> of which have been in the Middle East.  Prior to joining Bahrain Islamic Bank, he served as Chief Executive Office of Standard Chartered Bank, Bahrain since October 2011. He has a diverse banking background with extensive experience in retail, SME and corporate banking in the Middle East and the US. Hassan’s previous appointments in the region include Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate and SME Banking at Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank and Head of Corporate Banking, Abu Dhabi at Mashreq bank.</span></p><br /> <p>Before returning to the Middle East, Hassan spent 20 years in the United States where he began his career and held key management positions with Security Pacific Bank and Bank of America.  He received his BSc in Finance from California State University, San Jose. Hassan serves on the Boards of the Bahrain Association of Banks , Bahrain Institute of  Banking and Finance (BIBF)  and Tamkeen.</p>

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Dr. Sameer Al Ansari

<p><strong>Sameer Al Ansari qualified as a Chartered Accountant in London</strong> in 1987 and has worked in Dubai since then. </p><br /> <p>Sameer founded PEPlus in 2012, a regional boutique investment bank based in Dubai.  He was the Chief Executive Officer of SHUAA Capital, the region’s leading financial services institution between Sept 2009 and Oct 2011. Between 2005 - 09, Dr. Al Ansari was the founding Chairman & CEO of Dubai International Capital, creating a global investment company with AUMs of $13B by 2008. He was also the founding Chairman of JD Capital (Jordan Dubai Capital) in 2005, and the founding Chairman of MENA Infrastructure Fund in 2006.</p><br /> <p>He previously served as Group Chief Financial Officer for The Executive Office of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.</p><br /> <p>Prior to joining the Executive Office, Mr. Al Ansari was Chief Financial Officer at Dubai Aluminium Company (DUBAL) between 1992-2000, where he played a significant role in the successful turnaround of the company to what is today one of the largest and most profitable aluminium companies in the world. </p><br /> <p>Sameer is widely considered as one of the most respected senior financial figures in the GCC and has and continues to sit on many Boards around the world. Below listed current Board positions:</p><br /> <p>ICAEW MENA advisory board</p><br /> <p>Hawkamah Institute of Governance, UAE</p><br /> <p>The Industrial Group, KSA</p><br /> <p>Eureeca Capital, Crowd funding platform (UK, DIFC, Malaysia)</p><br /> <p>TVM Healthcare Partners, PE Healthcare Fund,  DIFC, UAE</p><br /> <p>Page Group, Hong Kong</p><br /> <p>Homes & Houses, UK</p>

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Eng. Anas Al Madani

<p><strong>Anas Almadani is the Vice Chairman and Group CEO of INDEX Holding. </strong></p><br /> <p>His core responsibility is to oversees the operation of INDEX and its subsidiaries; develop business opportunities in the GCC, Korea, Japan, China, Germany, and the US. Anas has extensive experience in managing teams and companies of diverse portfolios, working with government organizations and NGO’s establishing international business relationship and setting up new businesses. INDEX has 12 subsidiaries under its umbrella with Core businesses in events management, health care, and general trading.</p><br /> <p>One of his key inputs lies in introducing new business portfolios and evaluating and making decisions on investment opportunities for INDEX Holding and its subsidiaries. He holds a BSCE Civil Engineering, Specialization: Environmental Engineering from Seattle University, Seattle, Washington and an MBA (from Korea University Business School in Seoul, Korea with concentrations in Strategy and Marketing.</p>

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Michael Mascarenhas

<p><strong>Michael is the CEO of Desert Group</strong> which is one of the world’s largest concentrically diversified group of horticultural and lifestyle companies –centered around green, water and people – truly biophilic.  At Desert Group he has articulated a clear vision, goals and expectations, decentralised decision making and focused on a performance minded organisation.</p><br /> <p>An FCA, MBA, CIA, an alumnus of the <span lang="EN-GB">Saïd </span>Business School and a Certified Member at Hawkamah, he has tremendous experience in business resuscitation and transformation and thrives in expansive business operations that have lost their direction.  With more than 30 years hands-on experience of cross national, multi-sectoral businesses in an international environment, Michael’s career and reputation is based on his achievements in accomplishing successful turnarounds of damaged or underperforming assets and transforming them into dynamic centres of creative energy where the employees are empowered and value is created for all stakeholders alike.</p><br /> <p>His cross sectoral experience include Aerospace, Education, Financial Services & Investments, Construction & Real Estate, Horticulture, Manufacturing, Distribution and Retail.  A strong ambassador of CSR, Desert Group has one of the most vibrant CSR programs focused on Special Needs and Cognitive Disabilities, recently winning the regions Taa’theer CSR MENA award.</p><br /> <p>Michael believes that his experiences are something to share at a global level and that there are lessons to be learned through re-energizing businesses and transforming them to be both customer focused and innovative. Ultimately the purpose of a successful business is to have  positive impact on society by enhancing people’s lives and he recognizes that his customers and employees are at the centre of this.</p>

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Huda BUHUMAID

<p><strong>Chief Marketing Officer</strong> – Group Communications Dubai Holding Oct 2006 till date. Chief Marketing Officer, Group Communications at Dubai Holding, a global investment company, where she effectively manages Corporate Communications, Public Relations, Marketing and branding. </p><br /> <p>Huda successfully steers Dubai Holding’s communication including matters pertaining to its companies; Jumeirah Group, Dubai Properties Group, TECOM Group and Emirates International Telecommunications as well as the investments side represented by Dubai Group and Dubai International Capital.</p><br /> <p>Prior to joining Dubai Holding Corporate Office, Huda was Managing Director – Marketing & Communications, Dubai Group, a member of Dubai Holding.  She oversaw the marketing and communications strategies for Dubai Group subsidiaries in various international markets.  Huda successfully developed and launched new brand identities for companies such as Borse Dubai, Emirates Investment Authority, Qatar Investment Authority Joint Venture as well as re-branding Dubai International Financial Exchange into NASDAQ Dubai.</p><br /> <p>In addition, Huda revamped the strategy for the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) for Her Royal Highness Princess Haya bint Al Hussain and effectively managed the complex transaction of Borse Dubai bidding for the Nordic Exchange OMX.  Previously, Huda worked with Citibank UAE quickly moving the ranks from Marketing Manager – Credit Cards to Assistant Vice President – Marketing and Business Development.  At Citibank, Huda launched several “first” initiatives, including the internet and mobile banking service, which received several advertising recognitions.</p><br /> <p>Huda holds a master’s degree in Organisational Excellence with Honours from Bradford University, UK and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai.</p><br /> <p>Huda is currently a board member at TECOM Group and Dubai Women Establishment, she was the Vice Chair of Dubai First, a consumer finance company, Board Member at Khaleej Times newspaper and the Vice Chair of the Middle East Public Relations Association.</p>

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Omar Al-Wahaibi

<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Omar Al-Wahaibi was appointed as EHC’s CEO</strong> in November 2011. Previously, Omar was the CEO for Haya Water (Oman Wastewater Services Company S.A.O.C.) since its establishment in 2003.</p><br /> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">He holds a BSC Degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and began his career at Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) where he held several different positions including serving in Shell Exploration and Production in the Hague from 1998 until 2001. He is also a Board Member at Oman Broard band Company, The Gulf Cooperative Council Interconnection Authority(GCCIA) and REN - Redes Energéticas Nacionais of Portugal.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">   </span>  </p>

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Chris Hodge

<p><strong>Chris Hodge is an experienced policy-maker</strong> who has worked at the highest levels with business, investors, regulators, governments and international organisations, and has written and presented extensively on the topics of governance and stewardship.</p><br /> <p>He is currently acting as an advisor to ICSA: The Governance Institute and Nestor Advisors, the corporate governance consultancy. He is also a member of the Hellenic Corporate Governance Council and Hawkamah’s International Advisory Board.</p><br /> <p>For ten years until 2014 Chris was Director of Corporate Governance at the UK’s Financial Reporting Council. He was responsible for developing and promoting the UK Corporate Governance Code, one of the earliest and most influential codes for companies. Chris was also responsible for introducing the first national stewardship code for investors in the UK in 2010. Similar codes have since been introduced in many other countries.</p><br /> <p>Between 2014 and January 2016, Chris was the FRC’s Strategy Director. In this capacity he was responsible for developing the FRC’s overall strategy for 2016-19 and overseeing and co-ordinating its external communications, public affairs and international influencing activities.</p>

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Adrian Bertrand

<p><strong>Adrian Bertrand is the head of Africa at UNPRI. </strong></p><br /> <p>In this role, Adrian is responsible for raising awareness about the materiality of ESG issues for investment processes among asset owner, investment manager and service provider signatories to the UN-supported PRI across the African continent.</p><br /> <p>Adrian supports new and existing PRI signatories in their voluntary implementation of the PRI Principles through best practice development and dissemination, and institutional shareholder collaboration opportunities in Africa. Prior to PRI, Adrian spent four years as the ESG Manager at the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF), where Adrian was responsible for managing and implementing the GEPF’s Responsible Investment programme.</p>

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Dr. Ashraf Gamal

<p><strong>Dr. Ashraf Gamal El Din is the Chief Executive Officer of Hawkamah, the Institute for Corporate Governance, the DIFC. </strong>Prior to joining Hawkamah, Dr. Ashraf was the Executive Chairman of Egypt Post. Before that, he was the Deputy Executive Director of the Egyptian Banking Institute, the training arm of the Central Bank of Egypt. He was also the founder and Project Manager of the Egyptian Corporate Responsibility Center working on promoting the concepts and application of CSR in Egypt. Furthermore, he was the Executive Director of the Egyptian Institute of Directors (EIoD), the Institute of Corporate Governance in Egypt and the Arab Region Dr. Ashraf served as a board member and head of the Audit Committee in a number of listed, non-listed, State Owned and family owned companies. He also served a member of the General Assembly of the Holding Company for Transportation.</p><br /><br /> <p>Furthermore, Dr. Ashraf is an Associate Professor of Management, Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University and holds a Ph.D. degree from Manchester University, UK, and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Carleton University, Canada. He further holds a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from Cairo University with highest honor. Dr. Ashraf worked as head of Business Administration Department at Nile University for Graduate Studied, affiliated with the Ministry of Communication & Information Technology. Since 1997, he taught a large number of management and business courses in Egypt, the US, and the Gulf Area.</p>

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H.E. Hamad Buamim

<p><strong>Hamad Buamim has been the President & CEO of Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry</strong> since November 2006. He also serves as the Chair of the World Chambers Federation - ICC in Paris.</p><br /> <p><br /><br /></p><br /> <p>Educated in the USA, Buamim graduated with Honors (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of Southern California - Los Angeles in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. In 2002, he obtained an MBA with Honors in Finance from the University of Missouri - Kansas City.</p><br /> <p><br /><br /></p><br /> <p>Buamim is a Member of the Board of Directors of the UAE Central Bank, Managing Director and Board Member of Dubai World, Chairman of National General Insurance and Board Member of Union Properties.</p><br /> <p><br /><br /></p><br /> <p>Previously, Buamim served as Chairman of Emirates Financial Services, Chairman of Emirates NBD Capital and Board Member of Emirates NBD Bank and Network International.</p>

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