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Matt Timbrell
Sales Director of MATCH Hospitality AGMatt has been with MATCH Hospitality since 2014 and has overseen official hospitality sales for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia & now the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar, as well as other high profile events such as The British Grand Prix and Nitto ATP Finals
Dan Ipsen
Managing Director of Pincvision UK LimitedDan is the Managing director and CEO at Pincvision UK, who have integrated in-depth knowledge of legislation into their automated RegTech solutions & supplementary services, helping customers with automize integrated compliance solutions, Regulatory Reporting, Risk Management & Monitoring and Export Documents.
With a broad background in the logistics industry and most recently Uber - having lived and worked in both Europe and Africa, Dan has a broad experience in life and professional challenges.
Hanadi Al-Mubaraki
Founder & CEO of Ecosystem Consultants ,Kuwait UniversityOver 25 years of business experience with more than15 years in consulting with high impact worldwide. Dr. Hanadi Mubarak Al-Mubaraki has succeeded in business, academic, public, and private sector as an expert in creating and sustaining supportive innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem for smart growth, economic diversification, educational, and investment purposes.
As international business advisory, she is adept at identifying new business opportunities, business models, innovated intuitive and accelerating innovation strategies.
Dr. Al-Mubaraki was the driving force behind the Excellence Center at Kuwait University. She has managed schemes through the full project lifecycle with international practitioner and policymakers.
As a consultant for over 15 years, she established an internationally recognized exemplar for: Technology Incubators, Business Incubation, Start-up Accelerators, Technology Commercialization , Innovation Programs, Technology Transfer, Smart Growth , Innovation & Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Economic Growth , Economic Diversification.
Dr. Hanadi Mubarak Al-Mubaraki as practitioner she transfers the knowledge, perspectives ,innovative techniques and tools for MENA as well as GCC. Her expertise in business incubators, Business accelerator, business ecosystem, innovation ecosystem, entrepreneurship ecosystem in developing countries, economic diversification & growth which helping our clients in executing their unique visions & best practices. She works to ensure that smart growth, inclusion and sustainable development approaches and methods are utilized on your behalf as we implement the best practical business implications for strategies unique to help your business soar.
Mark Batt-Rawden
Managing Director of Envorem LimitedMark Batt-Rawden is the Managing Director of Envorem. With a Beng Degree in Electrical & Electronic engineering Mark spent most of his career in business management and development. After reaching a senior position in British Telecom in 2005 he left to enter the world of small business. Successfully establishing two start-ups he has spent the last 10 years developing environmental systems for soil and sludge treatment targeted primarily at oil production. Envorem was formed in January 2019 to commercialise the technology.
Hannah Wailoo
Partner, Private Client & Tax at Withers LLPHannah is a specialist succession and personal tax planning lawyer whose clients include domestic and international individuals, entrepreneurs, families, trustees, family offices and private banks.
Hannah provides tax efficient and estate planning solutions, with a particular focus on international families with a presence in the UK, or who are investing into or relocating to the UK. Many of Hannah’s clients live in or have a connection to the Middle East region. Her key specialism is UK real estate ownership for international families and investors, where she provides inheritance tax and other personal tax mitigation advice for real estate investment to the UK and for existing ownership structures.
Hannah’s work also involves the administration of estates with multi-jurisdictional connections.
Her clients benefit from her holistic approach to estate and tax planning, and she operates as an embedded trusted advisor alongside her clients’ other professional advisors and family offices to provide tailored legal and tax structuring solutions.
Thomas Ready
Head of Strategic Intelligence at Aperio Intelligence LtdTom leads Aperio’s Strategic Intelligence and Political Risk practice. Tom provides intelligence and analysis to help clients enter new markets, navigate complex commercial situations, and respond to political crises. Prior to joining Aperio in January 2017, Tom worked for ten years as a diplomat in the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office, specialising in the Middle East region. He is a fluent Arabic, French and Italian speaker who covered the Arab Spring while posted to the British Embassies in Jordan and Riyadh. He has experience of dealing with some of the most challenging areas of UK foreign policy and counter-terrorism. Tom holds a bachelor’s degree in Arabic from the University of Cambridge and a master’s degree in International Conflict Studies from King’s College London.
Ihsane Elidrissi Elhassani
Founder/CEO of Sterling Stamp Law FirmIhsane is the Founder and Principal Solicitor of Sterling Stamp. She is a qualified lawyer in England & Wales. In 2018, Ihsane was shortlisted for the Law Society’s prestigious Excellence Award, the highest accolade for lawyers in England and Wales in the Woman Lawyer of the Year category.
Prior to establishing Sterling Stamp, Ihsane practiced law in different jurisdictions across North Africa, France, Belgium and the Middle East. In her last assignment as Legal Director at the Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFCA), she led the QFCA’s Legal Department.
During her tenure at the QFCA, Ihsane headed the legislative drafting department and produced the entire suite of QFC legislation. She represented the QFC in a number of high profile domestic and international litigation and arbitration cases.
She also assisted the state of Qatar in various legislative matters including the creation of a PPP legislative framework and a mega islamic bank.
The Law Society describes her “as passionate, relational, concerned, ethical, caring advocate for client’s, values centred, utmost professional, sees the big picture, empowers others, solid facilitator, multicultural, polyglot with strong charisma and presence”.
Houda Ounnas
CEO of Dr Houda 360Dr Houda Ounnas is the CEO and founder of Dr Houda 360, integrating her expertise of 15 years in general practice and mental health to create complete, holistic, sustainable and scalable solutions.
Carlos Claro
Managing Director Europe – Document & Legalisation Services of Blair
Mikael Thiery
Co-Managing Director of Comedy App LtdCreative producer and entrepreneur, Mikaël Thiery is the co-founder of Comedy App Ltd (trading as Twisted Mirror), the freemium comedy service developed in multiple platforms including Smart TVs. After his experience in Warner Bros France, Mikael has explored the comedy space by producing and directing sketches as well as comedy specials. He's also directed music videos for the London based record label Undertake Records. After his first successful fundraising campaign for his comedy venture, Mikael is delighted to continue his entrepreneurial journey by moving forward with his next fundraising round to scale up Comedy App Ltd.
Elham Gobran
Co-founder of Comedy App LtdElham is an Egyptian businesswoman, with managerial experience of 10 years within the Middle East region, Elham is an expert when it comes to business development, communications and relationships. An Arabic speaker with a great business knowledge of the MENA region, she embraces intercultural awareness. Elham co-founded Comedy App Ltd (trading as Twisted Mirror), her approach to comedy is dedicated to family comedy content and romantic comedy films.
Bandar Reda
Secretary General & CEO of Arab British Chamber of CommerceMr Bandar Ali Reda joined the Arab British Chamber of Commerce, on 1st March 2019, as Secretary General and CEO, becoming the fourth person to lead the Chamber since its foundation almost five decades ago.
As CEO, Mr Reda contributes his expertise by drawing on his wealth of experience as a diplomat and extensive time spent in the private sector to ensure the Chamber moves to the next level.
Mr Reda has a distinguished professional career of more than a decade in banking and corporate industry at SABB HSBC Saudi Arabia, prior to senior positions in the diplomatic service of his country, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he served as Commercial Attaché in the UK & Europe, based in London, and in Italy and as part of the Saudi delegation to the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) in Paris.
Mr Reda holds a BA in Economics and Business Administration from Orlando, USA. He has been an Executive Member of the Saudi-Italian Business Council, the Council of Saudi Chambers; a Member of the Business Youth Committee, Jeddah Chamber of Commerce; a Member of the Saudi Economy Association; and a Member of the Saudi Arabian legal accountants.
Mr Reda has demonstrated his experience and abilities in his roles in both public and private sectors.
Since taking up his post, Mr Reda has successfully steered the Chamber throughout the difficult months of the pandemic and lockdown, a period which presented unprecedented challenges for international trade and the business community. Under Mr Bandar Reda’s guidance and leadership, the Chamber not only continued all its activities uninterrupted but extended its services during this period and has reinforced its reputation as the leading strategic business services organisation in the UK dedicated to strengthening Arab-British trade and building closer business co-operation.
Abdeslam El-Idrissi
Deputy CEO & Secretary General of Arab British Chamber of CommerceMr Abdeslam El-Idrissi is proud to have served the best part of over 36 years with the Arab British Chamber of Commerce, serving both as Director of Trade Services, Acting General Manager and now his present position as Deputy CEO and Secretary General. During this time, he has cultivated strong relationships with British Chambers, Government bodies, educational institutions, NGOs across both the Arab world and the UK regions, as well as the UK-Arab business communities as a whole.
To this end, Mr El-Idrissi is in much demand across the regions as a keynote speaker and as one of the UK’s leading experts on UK-Arab trade relations.
He is also a key member of the Institute of Export where in the past he has held the position of Vice Chair of the Institute of Export, London Branch for a period of 7 years.