World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa List of Participants As of 7 April 2014
Dead Sea, Jordan, 24-26 May 2013 Mhammed Abbad Andaloussi
Founder
Al Jisr
Morocco
Mahmoud Abbas
President of the Palestinian National Authority; Chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization Executive Committee
Mohamed Hisham Abbas Zaazou
Minister of Tourism of Egypt
Ali Abbasov
Minister of Communication and Information Technologies of Azerbaijan
Gus Abboud
Region Manager, Discrete Automation and Motion
ABB
United Arab Emirates
Waleed Abd El Rahman
General Manager
Red Sea World
Egypt
Hassan El-Sayed Hassan Abdalla
Chief Executive Officer
Arab African International Bank
Egypt
Nouf Al Abdul Razzaq
General Manager, Kuwait and Qatar
BP Kuwait Ltd
Kuwait
Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein
King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Hend Abdulwahed
Officer, Public Relations
LAP GreenN
Libya
Sami Abi Esber
President
MDS UAE (Holding)
United Arab Emirates
Jihad Abi Saleh
Chief Executive Officer and President
MDS East Gulf
Qatar
Khaled Abou Zahr
Chief Executive Officer and Editor-in-Chief
Eurabia Media Corporation
United Arab Emirates
Hamza Aboulfeth
Chief Executive Officer
Genious Communications
Morocco
Rayd Abu Ayyash
Acting Chief Executive Officer
Capital Invest
Jordan
Ayman Abu Dhaim
Vice-Chairman
National Bank of Iraq
Iraq
Ahmad Abu Eideh
Chief Executive Officer
Standard Chartered
Jordan
Reem Abu Hassan
Minister of Social Development of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Rami Abu Omar
Chief Executive Officer
Jordan Egypt Company
Jordan
Rami Abu Shaqra
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Owner
Abu Shakra Trading Company Jordan
Mohammed Abu Taleb
Keeper of the Royal Privy Purse
The Royal Hashemite Court
Jordan
Khaled Abu-Ajwa
Managing Partner, Business Development
Fanbase
Jordan
Fadi Abuali
Managing Director; Head of Middle East, Goldman Sachs Africa and New Markets, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
United Arab Emirates
1/27
Yousif Al Abualqassim Al Khoei
Director
Al-Khoei Foundation
United Kingdom
Ahmad Abughuname Student
Al-Albayt University
Jordan
Sa'd F. Abujaber
Managing Director
Sa'd Abujaber & Sons Co. Ltd Jordan
Hilal Abuzeid
Chairman
Al Matal Tourism & Entertainment
Jordan
Rami Adwan
Chief Executive Officer
Electronic Health Solutions
Jordan
Sami Al Afghani
Chief Executive Officer
Jordan Dubai Islamic Bank
Jordan
Neeraj Agrawal
Group Chief Financial Officer
Crescent Petroleum
United Arab Emirates
Adeeb Ahamed
Chief Executive Officer
Lulu Financial Group
United Arab Emirates
Masood Ahmed
Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington DC
Siddeek Ahmed
Chairman and Managing Director
Eram Group
Saudi Arabia
Bader A Al Ajeel
Executive Director, General Reserves
Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA)
Kuwait
Ammar Aker
Chief Executive Officer
Paltel Group
Palestinian Territories
Jameel Akhrass
Partner
Perella Weinberg Partners (Europe) LLP
United Kingdom
Nadia Akil
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
United Projects for Aviation Services Company
Kuwait
Yasser Akkaoui
Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief
Executive Magazine
Lebanon
Jamal Akl
Senior Group Vice-President, Sales, Proposals and Support
Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC)
Greece
Al Hussein Bin Abdullah
Crown Prince of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Khalid Omar M.H. Al Director-General Midfa
Sharjah Media CorporationSharjah Media Corporation
United Arab Emirates
Khaled Al Ruwaih
Director, Chairman's Office
Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA)
Kuwait
Nasser S. Alabbadi
Managing Director
Intrah
Jordan
Mohamed Alabbar
Chairman
Emaar Properties PJSC
United Arab Emirates
Rashid Alabbar
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Symphony
United Arab Emirates
Azzam Alameddin
Regional Head, Government Relations
Visa Inc.
United Arab Emirates
Hassan Alassaad
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
EQLIM
Lebanon
Ali Alayed
Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communication of Jordan (2010-2011)
Yousif Albinkhalil
Chief Executive Officer
Al Watan News
Bahrain
Thomas Alexander Aleinikoff
Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, Geneva
Wassel Alfakhoury
Board Member and Group General Counsel
Arabtec Holding
Jordan
Ahmed El Alfi
Founder and Partner
Sawari Venture Partners
Egypt
Omar K. Alghanim
Chief Executive Officer
Alghanim Industries
Kuwait
Fareed Algheyath
Senior Director, Corporate Excellence and External Affairs
du Telecom
United Arab Emirates
Anas Alhajji
Chief Economist
NGP Energy Capital Management
USA
Samir Alheyari
Chief Editor
Al Rai (Newspaper)
Jordan
Khalifa Ahmed Al Ali
Managing Director
Food Security Center - Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Mohamed Ali Abdallah
President
National Front Party
Libya
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
2/27
Samer Alkharrat
Managing Director
SAP Middle East and North Africa
United Arab Emirates
Khalid Alkhudair
Chief Operating Officer, Markets
KPMG
Saudi Arabia
Perihane Allam
Staff Member, Human Rights Department, League of Arab States, Cairo
Patrick Allman-Ward General Manager
Dana Gas
Egypt
Alsharif Mohammed Alluhaymaq
Chairman
Midrar Capital Holdings
Jordan
Emad Almadadha
Chief Executive Officer
Jordan Phosphate Mines Co. Ltd
Jordan
Narkis Alon
Co-Founder
Ze-ze
Israel
Omar O. Alonazi
Director
Saudi Telecom Group
Saudi Arabia
Manhal AlQaisi
Senior Adviser
Samena Capital Investments Limited
United Arab Emirates
Mohammed Alsousi
Head of Region, Middle East and Eastern Europe
Islamic Relief Worldwide
United Kingdom
Azzam Alwash
Chairman
Nature Iraq
Iraq
Khalid Al Amin
Member of the Board of Directors and Chief Operating Officer
Ali Rashid Al Amin Co. BSC
Bahrain
Mohammad Al-Amoush
Specialist, Youth Programmes
The Jordanian Hashemite Jordan Fund for Human Development
Tarek Anabtawi
Director
Perella Weinberg Partners UK United Arab Emirates LLP
Farid Anabtawi
Vice-President, Automotive Division
Alghanim Industries
Kuwait
Jawad Anani
Deputy Prime Minister for Development Affairs and Royal Court Chief of Jordan (1997-1998)
Inger Andersen
Vice-President, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank, Washington DC
Stuart Anderson
Managing Director, Regional Head, Middle East
Standard & Poor's Rating Services
United Arab Emirates
Jacqueline Andrews
Vice-President and General Manager, United Kingdom and Ireland
CA Technologies
United Kingdom
Mohammad Al Ansari Chairman
Global Clearing House Systems
Kuwait
Wassim Al Arabi
Chief Executive Officer
Alshaya Group
Kuwait
Gabriel Aractingi
Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Arabia
Morgan Stanley
United Arab Emirates
Iyad Asali
General Manager
Islamic International Arab Bank
Jordan
Samer I. Asfour
Director, Economic and Social Affairs Directorate, Royal Hashemite Court, Jordan
Thomas Ashby
Group Vice-President, Corporate Communications
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA)
United Arab Emirates
Hani Ashkar
Deals Leader, Middle East and Country Leader, Saudi Arabia
PwC
Saudi Arabia
Kamel Al Asmar
Founder
Nakhweh
Jordan
Nagwa Assran
Bureau Chief, Kuwait and Cairo
CNBC Arabiya
Kuwait
Myrna Atalla
Executive Director
Alfanar
United Kingdom
Basil George Atalla
Vice-President
Booz & Company
United Arab Emirates
Stefano Aversa
President and Member of the Board
AlixPartners
United Kingdom
Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou
Member of Parliament, Greece
Eytan Avriel
Founder and Editor
Ha'aretz-TheMarker Daily Newspaper
Israel
Tomoh Advisory
Jordan
Bassem I. Awadallah Chief Executive Officer
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
3/27
Abdulla Al Awar
Director, Institutional Affairs and Business Development
Majid Al Futtaim Properties
United Arab Emirates
Muna Awwadova
Partner
CTPartners Middle East FZ LLC
United Arab Emirates
Ihab Ayoub
General Manager, Middle East and North Africa
Visa Inc.
United Arab Emirates
Randa S. Ayoubi
Chief Executive Officer
Rubicon Group Holding "RGH" Jordan
Aygen Ayozger
Vice-President, Business Development
Dogan Holding
Turkey
Makram Azar
Vice-Chairman, Investment Banking
Barclays
United Kingdom
Saad Azhari
Chairman and General Manager
Blom Bank SAL
Lebanon
Khaled Mahmoud Minister of Manpower and Immigration of Mohamed Hamed Al Egypt Azhary Khaled Mahmoud Minister of Manpower and Immigration of Mohamed Hamed Al Egypt Azhary Azizi Al-Azmy
Senior Vice-President, Investments
Khazanah Nasional Berhad
Malaysia
Henry Azzam
Chairman
Social Security Investment Fund
Jordan
Alaeddin Mohamed Baayou
Chairman, Dubai Office
Libya Africa Investment Portfolio
Libya
Stefanie Babst
Chief Strategic Policy Analyst to the Secretary-General and Chairman of the Military Committee, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Brussels
Luc Bachelerie
Managing Director
Adecco Middle East
United Arab Emirates
Dari Al Bader
Chairman
Kuwait China Investment Company (KCIC)
Kuwait
Fadhel Ali Othman Al Senior Vice-President, Oil, Gas and Badran Chemicals
Habboush Group
Iraq
Reem Badran
Chairperson
Al Hurra for Management and Jordan Business Development Co.
Ahmed Badreldin
Partner
The Abraaj Group
United Arab Emirates
Bishr Baker
Managing Partner, Jordan and Iraq
EY
Jordan
Loulwa M. Bakr
Corporate Finance Professional, Saudi Arabia
Hamish Banks
Vice-President, Public Affairs and The Coca-Cola Company Communications, Middle East and North Africa
Egypt
Sabah T. Barakat
Vice-President, Engineering and Construction Materials
Olayan Financing Company
Saudi Arabia
Said Baransi
Chairman
BCI Group
Palestinian Territories
Samir Barhoum
Editor-in-Chief
The Jordan Times
Jordan
Andy Barrett
Senior Adviser
IHS
United Kingdom
Alaa A. Batayneh
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (2012-2013)
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Jordan Resources of Jordan
Bassam Batieneh
Manager, Information and Social Media, The Royal Hashemite Court, Jordan
Rajul Batra
Chief Financial Officer, Retail
M.H.Alshaya Co
Attaf Al Bawaneh
Student
Al-Hussein Bin Talal University Jordan
Isam Mohamed Ali Othman Bdeir
Chairman
Jordanian Electric Power Company
Jordan
Eli Beer
Founder and President
United Hatzalah of Israel
Israel
Leila Benali
Director
IHS CERA
France
Touria Benlafqih
Programme Director
Enactus
Morocco
Imad Benmoussa
General Manager
Coca-Cola Middle East Region United Arab Emirates
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
Kuwait
4/27
Philip Bennett
First Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), London
Yousef Al Benyan
Executive Vice-President, Corporate Human Resources
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC)
Saudi Arabia
Eugenio Berenga
Managing Director
AlixPartners LLP
United Arab Emirates
Erik Berglöf
Chief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), London
Mohd Sa'd Beseiso
Chief Sales, Marketing and Customer Experience Officer
Royal Jordanian Airlines
Jordan
Vishesh L. Bhatia
Chief Executive Officer
Jumbo Electronics Co. Ltd LLC
United Arab Emirates
Deema W. Bibi
Chief Executive Officer
INJAZ
Jordan
Serdar Bilgili
Chairman
Bilgili Holding
Turkey
Nicholas Billotti
Founder and Executive Director
Terminal 3 Media
USA
Tony Blair
Middle East Quartet Representative
Kito de Boer
Director
McKinsey & Company
United Arab Emirates
Marwan M. Boodai
Chief Executive Officer
Boodai Corporation
Kuwait
Mbarka Bouaida
Vice-President, International Parliamentarian Forum for Democracy, Parliament of Morocco
Mbarka Bouaida
Vice-President, International Parliamentarian Forum for Democracy, Parliament of Morocco
Mounir Bouaziz
Vice-President, Commercial and New Shell Markets (Middle East) Business Development, MENA; Country Limited Chair
United Arab Emirates
Francis Bouchard
Group Head of Government and Industry Zurich Insurance Group Affairs
Switzerland
Wadih Boueiz
Co-Head, MENA Corporate and Investment Banking; Global Head, Sovereign Wealth Funds
Bank of America Merrill Lynch United Kingdom
Sir Graham Boyce
Senior Adviser
Bank of America Merrill Lynch United Kingdom
Charles Brandes
Chairman and Founder
Brandes Investment Partners L.P.
USA
Werner Brandt
Chief Financial Officer
SAP AG
Germany
Peter Bray
Vice-Chancellor
Bethlehem University
Palestinian Territories
Peter R. Breen
Senior Partner
Heidrick & Struggles
United Kingdom
Børge Brende
Managing Director and Member of the Managing Board, World Economic Forum
Børge Brende
Managing Director and Member of the Managing Board, World Economic Forum
Lucien Yehuda Bronicki
Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Ormat Industries Ltd
Israel
Ronald Bruder
Founder and Chair
Education For Employment (EFE)
USA
Wolfgang A. Bruelhart
Ambassador of Switzerland to the United Embassy of Switzerland Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
Ron Burton
President (2013-14)
Rotary International
USA
Azzan Al Busaidi
Chief Executive Officer
International Research Foundation (IRF)
Oman
Bilal Bushnaq
Director, Finance
Royal Jordanian Airlines
Jordan
Beatriz Butsana-sita
Managing Director, Global Telecom Markets
BT Group Plc
United Kingdom
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
5/27
Jin-Yong Cai
Executive Vice-President and Chief Executive Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC), Washington DC
Rod Cartwright
Partner and Director, Global Corporate Practice
Ketchum Ltd
United Kingdom
Paolo Cervini
Vice-President, Lighting, Philips Middle East and Turkey
Royal Philips
United Arab Emirates
Shmuel Chafets
Partner
Giza Group
Israel
Henri Chaoul
Chief Investment Strategist
Al Khabeer Capital
Saudi Arabia
Mazen Chebaklo
Chief Commercial Officer
Averda
United Arab Emirates
Yvonne Chebib
Founder
V-Accelerate
United Arab Emirates
Samir Cherfan
Managing Director
Nissan Middle East FZE
United Arab Emirates
Amine Chouaieb
Chief Executive Officer
CHIFCO Consultants
Tunisia
Sir Ronald Cohen
Co-Founder and Chairman
The Portland Trust
United Kingdom
Charles Collyns
US Assistant Secretary for International Finance
Charles Collyns
US Assistant Secretary for International Finance
Marco Comastri
President and General Manager, Europe, Middle East and Africa
CA Technologies
Switzerland
John B. Craig
Chairman
The Jadwin Group MENA LLC United Arab Emirates
Heidi Crebo-Rediker
Chief Economist, US Department of State, USA
Heidi Crebo-Rediker
Chief Economist, US Department of State, USA
Nina Curley
Editor-in-Chief
Wamda
Lebanon
Douglas Cusick
Head, International Population Health Solutions
Aetna International
United Kingdom
Jay Cziraky
Member of the Board
Move One Inc.
United Arab Emirates
Manar M. Dabbas
Director of Political Affairs Directorate
The Royal Hashemite Court
Jordan
Rabih Dabboussi
Managing Director
Cisco Systems International BV
United Arab Emirates
Ibrahim S. Dabdoub
Group Chief Executive Officer
National Bank of Kuwait
Kuwait
Bruno Daher
Co-Chief Executive Officer, Middle East Credit Suisse and Head, Private Banking, Middle East, Africa and Indian sub-Continent
United Arab Emirates
Roland Daher
Head, Business Development
Wamda
United Arab Emirates
Mohamed El Dahshan
Senior Research Fellow
Center for International Development, Harvard University
USA
Jamal Dajani
Vice-President, Middle East and North Africa/LAC
Internews
USA
Khaled Dalal
Operations Manager, Media and Communication Directorate
The Royal Hashemite Court
Jordan
Paolo Dall'Oglio
Priest
Syriac Catholic Church
Iraq
Hassan Al Damluji
Head, Middle East
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
United Kingdom
Ghassan Danan
Managing Director
Acwa Services Ltd
United Kingdom
Jalaj A. Dani
President, Human Resources, International and Chemicals
Asian Paints Limited
India
Robert M. Danin
Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow
Council on Foreign Relations
USA
Amr Darrag
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation of Egypt
Amr Darrag
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation of Egypt
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
6/27
Noor Darras
Student
University of Jordan
Jordan
Mazen S. Darwazeh
Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Middle East and North Africa
Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc
Jordan
Awny Al Dawoud
Chief Editor, Economic Department
Addostour Daily Newspaper
Jordan
Suleiman Dawoud
Director, Business Development
TaherInvest
Jordan
John K. Defterios
Anchor and Emerging Markets Editor
CNN International
United Arab Emirates
Nishan Degnarain
Member, Monetary Policy Committee
Mauritius Government
Mauritius
Wendy Dent
Writer, Filmmaker and Visiting Scholar
University of Southern USA California School of Cinematic Arts
Zeynep Dereli
Managing Director
APCO Worldwide Inc.
Turkey
Raghida Dergham
Senior Diplomatic Correspondent and Columnist
Al Hayat
USA
Shantayanan Devarajan
Chief Economist, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank, Washington DC
Mohamed Diab
Regional Director, Middle East, North Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Cairo
Emma Dickie
General Counsel
Averda
United Arab Emirates
Sameeh El-Din
Vice-President, Government and Strategic Projects, Middle East, North Africa, Russia and CIS
Thomson Reuters
United Arab Emirates
Ishac Diwan
Lecturer, Public Policy, Center for International Development
Harvard University
USA
Hideaki Domichi
Senior Vice-President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan
Murat Dörtbudak
Vice-President
Azizler Danismanlik AS
Turkey
Andrea Dossena
Vice-President, Europe, Middle East and CA Technologies Africa, Partner Sales
Switzerland
Fouad Douglas
Middle East Markets Leader
PwC
Kuwait
Andre Dulka
Regional Director, Middle East, Africa and India Region
Desso Holdings BV
United Arab Emirates
Serge Dumont
Chairman, Asia-Pacific, and Vice-Chairman
Omnicom Group Inc.
Hong Kong SAR
Imelda Dunlop
Executive Director
Pearl Initiative
United Arab Emirates
Michele Dunne
Director, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East
The Atlantic Council
USA
Jean-Christophe Durand
Chief Executive Officer, CIB Middle East BNP Paribas and Africa
Bahrain
Ndubuisi Ekekwe
Founder and Chairman
First Atlantic Semiconductors and Microelectronics
Nigeria
Nabil Elaraby
Secretary-General, League of Arab States, Cairo
Ahmed Elawady
Board President
Helwa Ya Balady Association
Egypt
Akiva Eldar
Senior Columnist
Al Monitor
Israel
Hazim ElNaser
Minister of Water and Agriculture of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Agility
United Arab Emirates
Abdullah Abdulkarim Prime Minister of the Hashemite Hamdan Ensour Kingdom of Jordan Saeb Erekat
Head, Negotiations Department, PLO, Palestinian National Authority, Palestinian Territories
Mohammed Esa
Chief Executive Officer, Dubai and Senior Vice-President, UAE, Oman and Bahrain
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
7/27
Baher Esmat
Vice-President, Stakeholder Engagement, Middle East
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
USA
Frits Eulderink
Chief Operating Officer
Royal Vopak
Netherlands
Cyrille Fabre
Partner
Bain & Company Inc.
United Arab Emirates
Nibras El Fadel
Executive Chairman
Shoura FZE
France
Tarek Fadlallah
Head, Asset Management, Middle East and Africa
Nomura International Plc
United Arab Emirates
Omar Fahoum
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte Middle East
Deloitte
Bahrain
H.R.H. Prince Saud K. Al Faisal
Deputy Governor, Investment Affairs and Saudi Arabian General President, National Competitiveness Investment Authority (SAGIA) Center
Elyes Fakhfakh
Minister of Finance of Tunisia
Imad N. Fakhoury
Director, Office of His Majesty
The Royal Hashemite Court
Jordan
Charbel Fakhoury
Vice-President, Sales, Marketing and Services, Middle East and Africa region
Microsoft
Turkey
Dany Farha
Chief Executive Officer
Beco Capital
United Arab Emirates
Ziad Fariz
Governor and Chairman of the Board, Central Bank of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Bassem Farradj
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Arab Technical Group (ATG)
Jordan
Rami Farraj
Chairman
Electronic Health Solutions
Jordan
Hassan Fattah
Editor-in-Chief
The National
United Arab Emirates
George Faux
Senior Partner
International Advisory Partners USA
Faleh Al Fayad
National Security Adviser, Office of the President, Iraq
Julien Faye
Partner
Amer Al Fayez
Chief of Royal Protocol, Royal Hashemite Court, Jordan
Aref Al Fayez
Saudi Arabia
Bain & Company Inc.
United Arab Emirates
Director, Television Administration
Jordan Radio and Television Corporation (JRTV)
Jordan
Usama M. Fayyad
Executive Chairman
Oasis 500
Jordan
Walid Faza
Managing Director
Mena Venture Investments
Jordan
Ali Al Fazza'
Adviser to His Majesty, The Royal Hashemite Court, Jordan
Riad Fechkeur
Chief Executive Officer
RedMed Group SpA
Algeria
Feisal Bin Al Hussein Prince at The Royal Hashemite Court of Jordan Thomas T. Fenton
Columnist
Global Post
United Kingdom
Niall Ferguson
Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History
Harvard University
USA
Kevin Flannery
General Manager
Emirates NBD Bank
United Arab Emirates
Aldo Flores-Quiroga
Secretary-General, International Energy Forum (IEF), Riyadh
Shlomi Fogel
Chief Executive Officer
Ampa Group
Israel
Cristina Fonseca
Founder
Talkdesk
Portugal
Philippe de Fontaine Vice-President, European Investment Vive Curtaz Bank (EIB), Luxembourg Steven Fox
Managing Partner
Veracity Worldwide LLC
USA
Jake Frazer
Chief Operating Officer
Theodor Wille Intertrade AG
Switzerland
Nabila Freidji
Chief Executive Officer
Mediarep
Morocco
Klaus Froehlich
Head, Morgan Stanley Gulf Cooperation Morgan Stanley Council Area
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
United Arab Emirates
8/27
Omar A. Al Futtaim
Vice-Chairman
Al Futtaim Trading Group
United Arab Emirates
Yousef Gamal El-Din Anchor and Presenter
CNBC
United Kingdom
Hadley Gamble
Reporter and Producer
CNBC Europe
United Kingdom
Faris S. Gammoh
Partner
Jordan Insurance Company
Jordan
Gennadiy Gatilov
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Faisel Gergab
Member of Board, National Oil Corporation (NOC), Libya
Faisel Gergab
Member of Board, National Oil Corporation (NOC), Libya
Emad Abd El Ghafour
Presidential Assistant and Founder, Watan Party, Egypt
Sherif El Ghamrawy
Chairman
Basata
Egypt
Fadi Ghandour
Founder and Vice-Chairman
Aramex International
Jordan
Fares Ghandour
Founder, Passos Alegres, Lebanon
Elias Ghanem
Director, Middle East and North Africa Zone, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Geneva
Lana Ghanem
Strategy Officer
Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc
Jordan
Ghassan Ghanem
Chief Executive Officer
Aqaba Development Corporation
Jordan
Amina Ghanem
Executive Director
Egyptian National Competitiveness Council
Egypt
Genny Ghanimeh
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Pi Slice
United Arab Emirates
Maher Ghanma
Director, Global Government Relations Middle East
DLA Piper Middle East LLP
United Arab Emirates
Qais Gharaibeh
Managing Director, UAE
SAP Middle East and North Africa
United Arab Emirates
Omar Ghokhshaw
Chief Financial Officer
Royal Jordanian Airlines
Jordan
Tarek Ghoul
General Manager and Director, Gulf, Levant, Pakistan
Cisco Systems International BV
United Arab Emirates
Jumana Ghunaimat
Editor-in-Chief
Al Ghad Newspaper
Jordan
Majid S. Al Ghurair
Chief Executive Officer
Al-Ghurair Group of Companies
United Arab Emirates
Barbara Gibian
Managing Director
TaherInvest
Jordan
Alain Goanvec
Executive Regional Director, Levant
Majid Al Futtaim Retail
Lebanon
Amr Gohar
Chief Executive Officer
Ecco Outsourcing
Egypt
Bulent Goktuna
Chairman
Mineks International
Turkey
Tsogtsaikhan Gombo State Secretary
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia
Mongolia
John Gombos
President and Chief Executive Officer
ACX Pacific Northwest
USA
Cynthia Gordon
Group Chief Commercial Officer
Ooredoo
Qatar
David Goren
Country President
AstraZeneca
Israel
Mark A. Gottfredson
Partner
Bain & Company Inc.
USA
Soulaima Gourani
Chief Executive Officer
Soulaima Gourani ApS
Denmark
Kay Granger
Congresswoman from Texas (Republican), 12th District, USA
Robert Greenhill
Managing Director, Chief Business Officer and Member of the Managing Board, World Economic Forum
Amar Gupta
President
Quippo Oil and Gas Infrastructure Ltd
India
Eyal Gura
Venture Partner
Pitango Venture Capital
Israel
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
9/27
Ferruh Gurtas
Corporate Affairs Director, Middle East, Turkey and Africa
Intel Corporation
Turkey
Wadie Habboush
President and Chief Executive Officer
Habboush Group
Iraq
Riadh Habboush
Chairman
Habboush Group
Iraq
May Habib
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Qordoba Limited
United Arab Emirates
Nadim Haddad
Lead Associate
Booz & Company
Lebanon
Nabil D. Haddad
Chief Executive Officer and Board Member
Jordanian Interfaith Jordan Coexistence Research Center (JICRC)
Lahcen Haddad
Minister of Tourism of Morocco
Habib Haddad
Chief Executive Officer
Wamda
United Arab Emirates
Munther Haddadin
Chairman of the Board
Mawared
Jordan
Ziad Haddara
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
My Middle East
Lebanon
John Hadden
Senior Vice-President, Property
Alshaya
United Arab Emirates
Ahmed Hafez
Adviser
National Bank of Kuwait
Kuwait
Jamil El Hage
Head, Business News
Al Arabiya
United Arab Emirates
Abdallah Hageali
Chief Executive Officer
Al Maabar International
United Arab Emirates
Nick Haggar
Head, Western Europe, Middle East and Sandoz International GmbH Africa
Germany
Hamdan El Haj
Amman Bureau Chief
Radio Monte Carlo SAM
Monaco
Nisreen Haj Mohammed
Executive Director
Rawabi Foundation
Palestinian Territories
Khaldoun Hajaj
Head, Government Affairs, Middle East, Africa and Turkey
The Dow Chemical Company
United Arab Emirates
Souheil Hajjar
Chief Executive Officer
Majid Al Futtaim Trust
United Arab Emirates
Ishaq Al-Hajri
General Manager
Jazeera Pharmaceutical Industries
Saudi Arabia
Sayed Ammar Al Hakim
Chairman, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq
The Associated Press (AP)
Jordan
Sulaiyam Al Hakmani Member of Parliament, Majlis A'Shura of Oman Jamal J. Halaby
Bureau Chief
Hatem Hafez Al Halawani Al Tamimi
Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply; Minister of Information and Communication Technology of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Hilal Halawi
Vice-President
Booz & Company
Saudi Arabia
Victor Halberstadt
Professor of Economics
Leiden University
Netherlands
Riad Hamade
Managing Editor, Middle East and Africa Bloomberg News
United Arab Emirates
Ali Hamadé
Journalist and Editorialist
An-Nahar
Lebanon
enda inter-arabe
Tunisia
Yehia Hamed Minister of Investment of Egypt Abdel-Samie Hamed Essma Ben Hamida
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Mona Hammami
Senior Manager, Office of the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Ahmad Hammoud
Vice-President, Engineered Products & Kirby MEA, HVAC
Alghanim Industries
Kuwait
Tariq Hammouri
Managing Partner
Hammouri & Partners Law Firm
Jordan
Sherif Hamoudah
Head, Ecosystem and Channels; Head, Telecoms Industry
SAP Middle East and North Africa
United Arab Emirates
Faysal Hamza
Head of Strategy and Corporate Development
EnQuest Plc
United Kingdom
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
10/2 7
Ahmed Hamzawy
Head, Business Partnerships, Middle East and North Africa
BT Group Plc
United Arab Emirates
Ahmad Al Hanandeh Chief Executive Officer
Zain Jordan
Jordan
David Handley
Managing Director
Veracity Worldwide LLC
United Kingdom
Nadine Hani
Senior Presenter
Al Arabiya
United Arab Emirates
Bernard A. Harris Jr
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner
Vesalius Ventures
USA
Abdulsalam Al Hasanat
General Manager and Chief Executive Officer
Economic & Social Association of Retired Servicemen & Veterans
Jordan
Jafar Hassan
Member of the Board of Trustees
King Abdullah II Fund for Development (KAFD)
Jordan
Wafa Ben Hassine
Founder and Executive Director
LEAD Tunisia (Legal Education Advancement and Development)
USA
Ayman Hatahet
Chairman
Jordan Carbonate Co.
Jordan
Anders Hatteland
Senior Vice-President, Middle East and North Africa
Statoil ASA
Norway
Ann Haugh
Group Chief-of-Staff
Zurich Insurance Group
Switzerland
Alexandre Hawari
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Mediaquest
United Arab Emirates
Julien Hawari
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Editor-in-Chief
Trends
United Arab Emirates
Russell Haworth
Managing Director, Middle East and Africa
Thomson Reuters
United Arab Emirates
Eric Hazan
Principal
McKinsey & Company
France
Pierre Heidebroek
Director, Investments
Group DF
Ukraine
Marcin Hejka
Managing Director, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa
Intel Capital
Poland
Joe Henein
President and Chief Executive Officer
NewBridge Pharmaceuticals
United Arab Emirates
Michael Herzog
International Fellow
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Israel
Khalil Hijazin
Manager, Projects Development
EDAMA
Jordan
Huda Yousef Hindawi Chief Executive Officer
SENSE Co.
Jordan
Ihab Hinnawi
Chief Executive Officer
Umniah Mobile Company
Jordan
Jawad Naji Hirzallah
Minister of Trade and Industry of the Palestinian Authority
Zeynep Holmes
Senior Director, Regional Ratings; General Manager, Turkey
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services
Turkey
Mazen Homoud
Ambassador
Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
United Kingdom
David Horovitz
Founding Editor
The Times of Israel
Israel
Mamoru Hoshino
Senior Vice-President, Deputy Regional Chief Executive Officer, Middle East
Mitsubishi Corporation
United Arab Emirates
Christian Hrabalek
Director of EDG
Taherinvest
United Kingdom
Ian Hudson
President, Europe, Middle East and Africa
DuPont De Nemours International Sàrl
Switzerland
Samir Hulileh
Chief Executive Officer
Palestine Development & Investment Ltd - PADICO HOLDING
Palestinian Territories
Bedriye Hulya
Founder
B-fit
Turkey
Mohammad A. Al Husry
Chairman
Hutaf Investments
Jordan
Rasha Hussein
Consultant in Social Media Strategies
iConckr
Palestinian Territories
Saleh Al Husseini
Member, Majlis Ash Shura, Saudi Arabia
Kamel A. Husseini
Managing Partner
Ellam Tam
Palestinian Territories
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
11/2 7
Hwang Joo Seong
Head, Middle East and North Africa Research Program
SK Research Institute for SUPEX Management
Republic of Korea
Eman Hylooz
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Abjjad
Jordan
Yousef Al Isawi
Secretary-General of the Court, The Royal Hashemite Court, Jordan
Salah Isawi
Managing Director, Levant
Hewlett-Packard Company
Jordan
Hasan Ismaik
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Arabtec Holding
Jordan
Ayman Ismail
Assistant Professor and Jameel Chair of American University in Cairo Entrepreneurship
Egypt
Ahmed Ismail
Chief Executive Officer
Majid Al Futtaim Ventures
United Arab Emirates
Nehad Ismail
Writer, Broadcaster and Media Consultant, United Kingdom
Abdelrahman Ismeik Director, Operations
HAMG
Jordan
Mohamad Al Ississ
Professor, Economics
American University in Cairo
Egypt
Sir Mohammad Jaafar
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
The Kuwaiti Danish Dairy Company KCSC
Kuwait
Malak Jaafar
News Presenter, Arabic TV
BBC World Television
United Kingdom
Abdul Malik Al Jaber Chief Executive Officer
MENA Apps
Jordan
Bashir Jaber
General Manager
Burgan Bank
Kuwait
Badr Jafar
Chief Executive Officer
Crescent Enterprises
United Arab Emirates
Majid Jafar
Chief Executive Officer
Crescent Petroleum
United Arab Emirates
Saif Al Jaibeji
Vice-President, Government Relations
Aetna International
United Arab Emirates
Roy Jakobs
Chief Executive Officer, Philips Middle East and Turkey
Royal Philips
United Arab Emirates
Falak Jamani
Head of Health and Environmental Committee
House of Parliament
Jordan
Ajay James
Chief Executive Officer, Global Real Estate
Agility
Kuwait
Abdullatif Janahi
Member of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Venture Capital Bank B.S.C.
Bahrain
Benno Janutin
Head, Middle East
Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd
Switzerland
Yasar Jarrar
Partner
Bain & Company Inc.
United Arab Emirates
Rashid Saif Al Jarwan
Acting Chief Executive Officer
Dana Gas PJSC
United Arab Emirates
Yusrah Jawad
Director, Business Development, Middle Aetna International East
United Arab Emirates
Houssem Jemili
Partner and Head, Public Sector Middle East
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
United Arab Emirates
Jin Jianhua
General Manager
Shanghai Baromon (Group) Company
People's Republic of China
Timothy Johnson
Partner and Member of the Board
NBBJ
USA
Stuart E. Jones
US Ambassador
US Embassy
Jordan
Ronald de Jong
Executive Vice-President, Chief Market Leader and Member of the Executive Committee
Royal Philips
Netherlands
Nasser Sami Judeh
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Salem Ben Nasser Al Chairman, Public Authority for Ismaily Investment Promotion and Exports Development (PAIPED), Oman Salem Ben Nasser Al Chairman, Public Authority for Ismaily Investment Promotion and Exports Development (PAIPED), Oman
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
12/2 7
Marwan Juma
Executive Chairman
Kinz for Information Technology
Jordan
Madiha Al Junaid
Volunteer Youth Educator
SOUL For Development
Yemen
Malek Kabariti
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Nael Al Kabariti
Chairman
Jordan Chamber of Commerce (JOCC)
Jordan
Wael El Kabbany
Vice-President, Middle East and North Africa
BT Group Plc
United Arab Emirates
Ahmed Kabeel
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
OMS
Egypt
Tarek Kabil
Partner
The Abraaj Group
United Arab Emirates
Rizgar Kadir
Senior Economic Adviser
Kurdistan Regional Government
Iraq
Mahmoud Kaiyal
Founder
WebTeb
Jordan
Jaap Kalkman
Senior Partner and Head, Energy and Chemicals, Middle East
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
Bahrain
Yousef El Kalush
Chief Executive Officer
Libyan African Industrial Holding
Libya
Yousef Hussain Kamal
Minister of Economy and Finance of Qatar
Haytham Kamhiyah
General Manager
Capital Bank
Jordan
Bassam Kanaan
President and Chief Operating Officer, Middle East and North Africa and European Regions
Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc
Jordan
Hakam Kanafani
Group Chief Executive Officer
Türk Telekom
Turkey
Francis Kane
Senior Business Editor
The National
United Arab Emirates
Tolga Kantarci
Vice-President, Business Development
Habboush Group
Iraq
Robert D. Kaplan
Chief Geopolitical Analyst
Stratfor
USA
Orhan Karadeniz
Chief Executive Officer
Karadeniz Holdings AS
Turkey
Serhat Karahan
Associate
EarlyBird Venture Capital
Turkey
Mohammad Al Karaki Partner
EY
Jordan
Lara Karam
General Counsel
Habboush Group
Iraq
Khalid Karaoui
Business Editor
France 24
France
Peyman Kargar Kermanshah
Chairman, Renault, Middle East
Renault-Nissan BV
Islamic Republic of Iran
Adel Kasaji
Chief Executive Officer
Al Arabi Investment Group Co. Jordan
Samir Kasem
President, Commercial and Industrial Groups
Alghanim Industries
Kuwait
Raed Al Kassab
Partner
Engineering Enterprises Company
Jordan
Nidal Mardi Al Katamine
Minister of Labour of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Theodore H. Kattouf
President and Chief Executive Officer
AMIDEAST
USA
Walid Kattouha
Head, Middle East Cluster
Novartis Pharma Services AG United Arab Emirates
Yadin Kaufmann
Founding Partner
Sadara Ventures
Israel
Rudain T. Kawar
Chief Executive Officer
Kawar Group
Jordan
Karim T. Kawar
President
Kawar Group
Jordan
Hatem Kawasmy
Managing Partner
KPMG
Jordan
Antoine Kayaleh
Group Managing Director
Tamer Group
Saudi Arabia
Sammy Kayello
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Morgan Stanley, Middle East and North Africa
Morgan Stanley
United Arab Emirates
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
13/2 7
Gregory Kehoe
Partner
Greenberg Traurig LLP
USA
Dean Kern
Senior Partner; Middle East Tax Leader
PwC
United Arab Emirates
John F. Kerry
US Secretary of State
Stephen Kersley
Chief Financial Officer
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA)
United Arab Emirates
George Khadder
Chief Marketing Officer
Yafa Energy
Israel
Khairallah Elie Khairallah
Senior Diplomatic Correspondent, Alrai Newspaper
Alrai Media
Kuwait
Rima Khalaf Hunaidi Undersecretary-General and Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Beirut Suleiman Khalidi
Senior Correspondent
Thomson Reuters
Jordan
Taha Khalifa
General Manager, Middle East and North Africa
Intel Corporation
United Arab Emirates
Salman Al Khalifa
Regional Head, Financial Institutions and Official Institutions Coverage, Middle East and North Africa
BNP Paribas
Bahrain
Rashid Khalikov
Director, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Geneva
Gregory Khalil
President and Co-Founder
The Telos Group Inc
USA
Salameh Khalil
Member of the Board of Directors
Jericho Gate Real Estate Investment Co.
Palestinian Territories
Yasser Khan
Head, Middle East, Telecom, Retail and Travel Verticals
HCL Technologies Ltd.
United Arab Emirates
Ahsan Ullah Khan
Senior Adviser
Arab Stabilization Plan (ASP)
United Arab Emirates
Vikas Khandelwal
Managing Director, Strategic Corporate Coverage, Middle East and Africa
BNP Paribas
Bahrain
Amr M. Khashoggi
Vice-President, Group Affairs
Zahid Group of Companies
Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Khateeb Chief Executive Officer
Bridge Development Group
Palestinian Territories
Zahid M. Khawaja
Olayan Financing Company
Saudi Arabia
Vice-President and Head, Corporate Development
Khleef Al Khawaldeh Minister of Public Sector Development of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Amin Khayyal
Growth Leader, Middle East and North Africa and General Manager United Arab Emirates
DuPont Products SA
United Arab Emirates
Jihad B. Khazen
Director
Al Hayat
United Kingdom
Khalil Khonji
Chairman
Oman Chamber of Commerce Oman and Industry
Zahi Khouri
Chairman
The National Beverage Company
Palestinian Territories
Najib Khoury
Group Vice-President, Business Development
Palestine Electric Company (PEC)
Palestinian Territories
Tawfic S. Khoury
Chairman of the Executive Committee and Executive Vice-President
Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC)
Greece
Samer S. Khoury
President, Engineering and Construction Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC)
Greece
Ibraheem Khrisat
Editing Director, Economy Department
Jordan
Walter Kiceleff
Head, Private Banking Solutions, Global Zurich Insurance Group Life
Switzerland
Emad Kilani
Chief Executive Officer
Al Maabar Jordan Investment Company
Jordan
Kim Hyun-Chung
Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Hanwha Engineering & Construction Corporation
Republic of Korea
Kim Seonghan
Executive Director
SK Telecom, MENA
United Arab Emirates
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
Alarab Alyawm Newspaper
14/2 7
Jamal Al Kishi
Chief Country Officer and Chief Executive Officer, Deutsche Securities
Deutsche Bank
Saudi Arabia
Couzette Kleynhans
Head, International Public and Government Affairs, Asia, Middle East, Africa, Russia and Turkey
Novartis International AG
Switzerland
Sylvain Kluba
Chief Operating Officer, Middle East and Agility Africa, and Area Senior Vice-President, Saudi Arabia and Africa
United Arab Emirates
Alan Knott-Craig
Founder
Tribal Game Engineering
South Africa
Erdem Kocak
President, Gulf Region and Regional Chief Financial Officer, Middle East and North Africa
Henkel Jebel Ali FZCO
United Arab Emirates
General Electric International Inc.
United Arab Emirates
Silvana Koch-Mehrin Member of the European Parliament, Brussels Aziz Koleilat
President and Chief Executive Officer, Iraq and Levant
Taro Kono
Member of the House of Representatives, Japan
Amal Ishaq Kooheji
Vice-President
Tamkeen
Bahrain
Scott Krantzcke
Vice-President, Projects
Agility
USA
Kesavapany Krishnasamy
Special Envoy to the Middle East
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore
Singapore
Ellen Kullman
Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
DuPont
USA
Claude Kurzo
Executive Director; Head, Strategy and Business Development, EMEA
J.P. Morgan Asset Management
United Kingdom
Kyle Kuvalanka
Vice-President, Business Development and Corporate Strategy
Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc.
USA
Tarek Kuzbari
Managing Director
Kaspersky Lab
United Arab Emirates
Nasser Lahham
Editor-in-Chief
Ma'an News Agency
Palestinian Territories
Nabil Lahham
Partner
Perella Weinberg Partners UK United Arab Emirates LLP
Imad Lahham
Senior Director, Public Relations
Palestine Telecommunications Palestinian Territories Company (Paltel Group)
Ghassan Al Lahham
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Electronic Health Solutions
Jordan
Yusuf K. Lahhud
Vice-President
Olayan Financing Company
Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Lahri
Editor
EPTV
Algeria
Michael Lahyani
Chief Executive Officer
Propertyfinder
United Arab Emirates
Paul Lamontagne
Head, Middle East and Africa, Global Banks
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
South Africa
Pat Lancaster
Editor-in-Chief
The Middle East Magazine
United Kingdom
Christina Law
President, Asia, Middle East and Africa region
General Mills Inc.
Singapore
Derek Alan Lawler
Chief Technical Officer
Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited
Pakistan
Gerald Lawless
President and Group Chief Executive Officer
Jumeirah Group
United Arab Emirates
Lee Bowei
Chairman of the Board
LCY Chemical Corp.
Taiwan, China
Lee Min-Suhk
Chief Strategy Officer and Senior Vice-President
Hanwha Chemical Corporation Republic of Korea
Jean-Pierre Lehmann Professor Emeritus of International Political Economy
IMD International
Switzerland
Isi Leibler
Managing Director
Leibler Investments
Israel
Michael Leptos
Executive Chairman
Leptos Group
Cyprus
Pierre Leretz
President and Head, Petroleum & Minerals, MENA
ABB
United Arab Emirates
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
15/2 7
Jimmy Levy
Managing General Partner and Co-Founder
Al-Bawader Venture
Israel
Maryse Liburdi
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Pokeware
USA
Laetitia Liebert
Executive Director
Greenpeace Mediterranean
Turkey
Abdulla Nasser Lootah
Secretary-General, Emirates Competitiveness Council (ECC), United Arab Emirates
Frederic Louat
Chief Executive Officer, Zurich Assurances Maroc
Zurich Insurance Group
Morocco
Nikolaos Loulis
Chairman
Loulis
Greece
Graham Lovett
Regional Managing Partner, Middle East Clifford Chance LLP
United Arab Emirates
Nicholas Lowes
Vice-President, Consulting
IHS
United Kingdom
Nasser Lozi
Chairman of the Board, Royal Jordanian Airlines, Jordan
Luc Luyten
Managing Director, Middle East
Bain & Company Inc.
United Arab Emirates
Mohamad Ziad Mabsout
Financial Analyst
SCAS Inc.
Lebanon
Haythem Macki
Partner
Keystone Equity Partners
United Arab Emirates
Masha Macpherson
Senior Producer
Associated Press Television News
United Kingdom
Mohammed H. Al Mady
Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC)
Saudi Arabia
Florence Magne
Managing Partner
CTPartners LLC
France
Alessandro Magnoli Bocchi
Economic Adviser
Burgan Bank
Kuwait
Kamel Mahadin
Chief Commissioner
Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA)
Jordan
Duried Al Mahasneh
Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Directors
Arab Potash Company (APC)
Jordan
Sabrina Mahfouz
Director
P.O.P
United Kingdom
Houssam Mahmoud
Chief Executive Officer
Al Dahra Holding
United Arab Emirates
Sami Mahroum
Academic and Executive Director, Innovation and Policy Initiative
INSEAD
United Arab Emirates
Mohamed Al Mahruqi Chairman
Public Authority for Electricity and Water
Oman
Samer Majali
Consultant
Al Qahtani Group
Jordan
Basma Al Majali
Acting Vice-President Commercial and Head, Networking Management and Alliance
Royal Jordanian Airlines
Jordan
Shadi R. Al Majali
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau (KADDB)
Jordan
Amer Al Majali
Chairman of the Board
Jordan Phosphate Mines Co. Ltd
Jordan
Fadi Majdalani
Vice-President
Booz & Company
Lebanon
Mouayed Makhlouf
Director, Middle East and North Africa
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Jordan
Amr Makhlouf
Vice-President, GTRC and Distribution
Alghanim Industries
Kuwait
Robert Makhoul
Chief Executive Officer, Middle East and Marsh (MMC) Africa Region
United Arab Emirates
Iyad Malas
Chief Executive Officer
Majid Al Futtaim Holding LLC
United Arab Emirates
Jaime Malet
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Telam International
Spain
Hussein Malhas
Country Manager
Microsoft
Jordan
Rami Malhas
Managing Director
Xtreme Visions
United Arab Emirates
Talal Malik
Head, External Relations, Middle East
McKinsey & Company
United Arab Emirates
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
16/2 7
Rasha Manna
Managing Director
Endeavor
Jordan
Ibrahim Al Mannaee
Project Manager, Office of Strategic Affairs, Office of the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Giorgia Manno
Political Analyst
Eni SpA
Italy
Durgham Maraee
Chief Investment Officer
Palestine Investment Fund (PIF)
Palestinian Territories
Nasser Marafih
Group Chief Executive Officer
Ooredoo
Qatar
Davide Marcovitch
President, Latin America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East and Canada
Moët Hennessy
Brazil
Juan Gilberto Marin Quintero
President and Chief Executive Officer
Grupo Productos Internacionales Mabe SA de CV (Mabesa)
Mexico
Nabih Maroun
Executive Director
Quantum Communications
Lebanon
Nitin Maru
Senior Vice-President and General Manager, Eastern and Africa Region
CA Technologies
Switzerland
Taher Masri
President, Senate of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Jordan
Sabih Taher Masri
Chairman
Arab Bank Plc
Jordan
Safwan Masri
Vice-President, Global Centers
Columbia University
USA
Bashar Masri
Chairman
Massar International
Palestinian Territories
Omar M. Masri
Vice-Chairman
Edgo Management Group (EMG) SA
Jordan
Munib R. Masri
Chairman
Palestine Development & Investment Ltd - PADICO HOLDING
Palestinian Territories
Mireille Masri
Managing Director
Roundwood Development
United Kingdom
Maher Matalka
Chairman
EDAMA
Jordan
Ziad Matar
Senior Director, Business Development
Qualcomm Technologies Inc
United Arab Emirates
Shaffi Mather
Public Policy Analyst
Government of Kerala
India
Suhail Matlub
Managing Director
Airmech
Bahrain
Hiroki Matsumoto
Executive Director
Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
Japan
Claire Mattei
Group Director, Marketing Operations
Ooredoo
Qatar
Francis Matthew
Editor-at-Large
Gulf News
United Arab Emirates
Francis Maude
Minister for the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom
Sarah Mavrinac
Founder
aidha
United Arab Emirates
Salah Mawajdeh
Vice-President, Regulatory and Medical Affairs
Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc
Jordan
Matthew McAllester
Senior Editor
Time Magazine
United Kingdom
Jamie McAuliffe
President and Chief Executive Officer
Education For Employment (EFE)
USA
John McCain
Senator from Arizona (Republican), USA
Patricia J. McCall
Executive Director
Arab Stabilization Plan (ASP)
United Arab Emirates
Sconaid McGeachin
President and Chief Executive Officer, India, Middle East, Africa and Turkey
Hill+Knowlton Strategies
United Arab Emirates
Oliver McTernan
Co-Founder and Director
Forward Thinking
United Kingdom
Thomas Meijssen
General Manager and Country Chair
Royal Dutch Shell
Jordan
Shmuel Meitar
Founder and Principal
Time To Know
Israel
Maen Melhem
General Manager
Jawwal: Palestinian Cellular Communication Co. Ltd
Palestinian Territories
Abdelmajeed Melhem
General Manager
Palestine Telecommunications Palestinian Territories Company (Paltel Group)
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
17/2 7
Abdel-Latif El-Menawy
Chief Executive Officer
New Arab World
United Kingdom
Robert Menendez
Senator from New Jersey (Democrat), USA
Ibrahim El Menschawi
President, EMEA Vegetables
Monsanto Holland B.V.
Netherlands
Haim Mer
Chairman
C. Mer Industries Ltd
Israel
Saad Mered
Chief Executive Officer, Middle East and Zurich Insurance Group Africa
Mujalli Mhailan
Minister of Health and Environment of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Goo Min
Vice-President
Hanwha Group, Management and Planning
Republic of Korea
Amir Mirchi
Regional Vice-President, Middle East and North Africa
Rio Tinto
United Arab Emirates
Priyanka Mittal
Director
KRBL Limited
India
Ali Mnif
Manager
MAZAM
Tunisia
Tawfeeq Al Moayed
Vice-Chairman
Dana Gas PJSC
Bahrain
Eduen Mobayed
Managing Partner
Egon Zehnder International Ltd
United Arab Emirates
Hassan Mohiuddin
Member, Board of Governors
Minhaj University
Pakistan
Hossein Molla Abdollahi
Adviser to the Minister
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran
Marc Mollema
Managing Director, Regional Head, Energy and Commodities Coverage MEA
BNP Paribas
Bahrain
Zeinab Al Momany
Founder
Sakhrah Women's Society Cooperative
Jordan
Albert Momdjian
Head, Ultra High Net Worth and Corporate Advisory Group, Middle East and Africa; Managing Director
UBS AG
United Arab Emirates
Adrian Monck
Managing Director, Head of Public Affairs, World Economic Forum
Moon Seok
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
S&P World Networks JLT
United Arab Emirates
Thomas Mooreland
Chief Operating Officer
Unsocial Ltd
USA
Moosa Al Moosa
General Manager
The Dow Chemical Company
United Arab Emirates
Denis Morozov
Board Member and Executive Director, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), London
Ziad Mortaja
Managing Director, Saudi Arabia
Hewlett-Packard Company
Saudi Arabia
Dan Moskovitz
President
D.M. Operations Management USA Inc. (DMO)
Valerie Mosley
Chairwoman
Valmo Ventures
USA
Samer Mouasher
Director
Discovery Global Holdings
Jordan
Saad Mouasher
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Jordan Ahli Bank
Jordan
Wassim Moukahhal
Senior Vice-President
Samena Capital Investments Co. WLL
Bahrain
Amr Moussa
Secretary-General of the League of Arab States (2001-2011)
Abdellateif M. Al-Mubarak
Vice-President, Corporate Services
Olayan Financing Company
Saudi Arabia
Khalid Al Mudaifer
President and Chief Executive Officer
Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden)
Saudi Arabia
Fawzi Mulki
Director, Business Development
Royal Jordanian Airlines
Jordan
Saleh M. Muqattash
Chief Executive Officer
Control Contracting & Trading United Arab Emirates Co. (Pvt.) WLL
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
United Arab Emirates
18/2 7
Hamdi Mohammad Murad
Professor
The World Islamic Sciences University (WISE)
Jordan
Larisa Muravska
Partner, Mercer Consulting Middle East
Mercer (MMC)
United Arab Emirates
Mohammad Hashem Vice-President, Airport Services Murtada
Royal Jordanian Airlines
Jordan
Mohammad Mustafa Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Palestinian National Authority
Palestinian Territories
Mohammad Mustafa Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Palestine Investment Fund (PIF)
Palestinian Territories
Naif Al Mutawa
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
THE 99
Kuwait
Amal Al Mutawa
Senior Project Manager, Office of the Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates
Saleh Muhammed Al Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq Mutlaq Hassan Al Nabhani
Chief Executive Officer
Oman Investment Fund
Oman
Khalid Nabilsi
Chief Financial Officer
Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc
Jordan
Mustapha Kamel Nabli
Governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia (2011-2012)
Awni Nabulsi
Chief Executive Officer
Al Jidara Development Consulting
Jordan
Karim Nabulsi
Office Managing Partner
Deloitte
Jordan
Sarah Nadav
Chief Executive Officer
Bukit
Israel
Mazen Nahawi
President and Chief Executive Officer
News Group
United Arab Emirates
Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates
Venkatraman Narayanan
Chief Financial Officer
Sonata Software Limited
India
Dalia Narkis
Regional Managing Director, Eastern Mediterranean Countries
ManpowerGroup
Israel
Mustafa Nasereddin
Chairman
Jordan Microfinance Network
Jordan
Abdualsalam Nasia
Member
The General National Congress of Libya (GNC)
Libya
Firas Nasir
Managing Director
The Carlyle Group
United Arab Emirates
Ziad Nassoura
Chief Executive Officer
Agility
Jordan
Shirin Natour-Hafi
Principal
Ort Arabic High School
Israel
Rafik Nayed
Vice-Chairman, Middle East and North Africa
Deutsche Bank AG
United Arab Emirates
Mary Nazzal-Batayneh
Chairman and Founder
Landmark Hotels
Jordan
Michael Nederlof
Chief Executive Officer, Middle East and Aegis Media North Africa
United Arab Emirates
Vincenzo Nesci
Executive Chairman
Djezzy-OTA
Algeria
Daniel Nevo
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Israel
Embassy of Israel
Jordan
Christophe Nicolas
Senior Vice-President and Head, Kudelski Security
Kudelski Group
Switzerland
Wolfgang Niermann
General Manager, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon
Siemens
Jordan
Noorazman A Aziz
Executive Director, Investments
Khazanah Nasional Berhad
Malaysia
Al Nowais Investments
United Arab Emirates
Nuqul Group
Jordan
Yousef M. Al Nowais Chairman, Arab Development Fatma Al-Nuaimi
Manager, Cyber Safety, Supreme Council for Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR), Qatar
Ghassan Nuqul
Vice-Chairman
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
19/2 7
Samar Obaid
Partner
EY
Ali Obeidat
Contact Management Centre Team Leader
Jordanian Youth Component - Jordan KAFD
Mustafa Odeh
President and Chief Executive Officer
Dar-Alhai General Trading and Jordan Investment Co.
Montaser Oklah Alzoubi
Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to Belgium
Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Belgium
Omar Al Omari
Local Media Manager, The Royal Hashemite Court, Jordan
Mina Al-Oraibi
Assistant Editor-in-Chief
Asharq Al-Awsat Newspaper
United Kingdom
Ahmet M. Oren
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Ihlas Holding SA
Turkey
Michael Orfaly
Country Senior Partner and International PwC Development Leader, Middle East
Jordan
Abdulmohsen Mohammed Al Othman
Chief Executive Officer
Al-Othman Holding Co.
Saudi Arabia
Jill Otto
Associate Investor
JP Morgan
USA
Habib Oueijan
Head, Public Equities
Olayan Financing Company
Saudi Arabia
Melih Ozaydin
Vice-President, Energy
Dogan Holding
Turkey
Nicolas Parasie
Correspondent
Dow Jones Newswires
United Arab Emirates
Malini Patel
Senior Director, Middle East and North Africa
Vital Voices Global Partnership
USA
Sandip Patel
President, Aetna International
Aetna Inc.
USA
Nicolas Pelham
Correspondent
The Economist
Jordan
Duncan Pell
Sales Director Middle East and North Africa
EastOne Group
United Kingdom
Marc Perelman
News Presenter and Interviewer
France 24
France
Alain Pilloux
Managing Director
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
United Kingdom
Giles Platford
President and Area Manager
Takeda Pharmaceuticals International
United Arab Emirates
Tomás Pojar
Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Israel
James C. Polan
Vice-President, Small and Medium Enterprise Financing, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), USA
Carlos Poñe
Chief Executive Officer
ABB
United Arab Emirates
Arthur Nigel Pont
Regional Director, Middle East
Mercy Corps
Lebanon
Deborah Porret
Head, Government and Public Affairs, Middle East and Maghreb
Novartis International AG
Switzerland
Zoran Puljic
Director
Mozaik Foundation
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Soumya Kanti Purkayastha
Chairman
Educomp Arabia co LLC
Saudi Arabia
Issam Qadamani
Head, Economic Department
Al Rai (Newspaper)
Jordan
Abdulla Al Qadi
Director, Exploration and Production
Crescent Petroleum
United Arab Emirates
Nassar Al Qaisi
Member of Parliament in Jordan
King Abdullah II Fund for Development (KAFD)
Jordan
US Business Council in Iraq (USBCI)
Iraq
Engineering Enterprises Company
Jordan
Hussain A. Qaragholi President and Chief Executive Officer H.E. Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi
Minister of Development and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates
Jawad Al Qassab
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
Jordan
20/2 7
Laith Al Qassem
Chairman
Arabian Business Consultants Jordan for Development (ABCD)
Fahad Al Qassim
Executive Director, Head of Placement
Waha Capital
United Arab Emirates
Qais Qatamin
Director
King Abdullah II Fund for Development (KAFD)
Jordan
Yarub Qudah
Vice-Chairman
King Abdullah II Fund for Development (KAFD)
Jordan
Tariq Qureishy
Senior Business Reporter
Dubai Eye 103.8 FM
United Arab Emirates
Valentina Qussisiya
Chief Executive Officer
Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation
Jordan
Rami Al Qusus
Managing Director
King Hussein Business Park
Jordan
Tawfig bin Fawzan Al Minister of Commerce and Industry of Rabiah Saudi Arabia Hisham Radwan
General Manager, Middle East & Africa
Aetna International
United Arab Emirates
Eman Akbar Rafay
Director
E.A.R LLC
Oman
Mohammad Rahman Chief Executive Officer
AES Jordan PSC
Jordan
Sobia Rahman
Regional Vice-President, Gulf Region, Pakistan and Afghanistan
The Western Union Company USA
Chérif Rahmani
Minister of Industry, SMEs and Investment Promotion of Algeria
Hani Ramadan
Managing Director; Head, Principal Investments
Waha Capital
United Arab Emirates
Nabil M. Ramadhan
Chief Operating Officer
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)
United Arab Emirates
Nabila Ramdani
Freelance Journalist, United Kingdom
Ragheb El Rami
Managing Director
The Abraaj Group
United Arab Emirates
JP Rangaswami
Chief Scientist
Salesforce.com
United Kingdom
Mohammad El Rashed
Business Development Adviser
Palantir Technologies
USA
Faruk Rasool
Chairman
AsiaCell Telecommunication Company Ltd
Iraq
Faysal H. Rasoul
Chairman
Advanced Industries Group
United Arab Emirates
Ramadan Rawashdeh
President and Director-General
Jordan Radio and Television Corporation (JRTV)
Jordan
Maya Raydan
Business News Presenter
Sky News Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Omar Al Razzaz
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
King Abdullah II Fund for Development (KAFD)
Jordan
John Reed
Jerusalem Correspondent
The Financial Times
Israel
William S. Reese
President and Chief Executive Officer
International Youth Foundation (IYF)
USA
Ziad Al Refai
Executive Director
Tamweelcom
Jordan
Hartmut Reinke
Director, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa
DuPont Products SA
United Arab Emirates
Karim Rekik
Head, Global Investment Opportunities, EMEA
J.P. Morgan
United Kingdom
Rho Kangho
Regional Head, SK MENA; Vice-President
SK Group
United Arab Emirates
Curt Rhodes
Founder and International Director
Questscope
Jordan
Gareth Richards
Regional Director, Middle East Management Unit
Care International
Egypt
Justin Richardson
Director
Unsocial Ltd
USA
Hosai Rahim Wardak Curator, Kabul Hub, Global Shapers, Afghanistan
Rania Al Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
21/2 7
Norman Ricklefs
Managing Partner
Iraq Advisory Group
United Arab Emirates
Geoff Riddell
Member, Group Executive Committee and Regional Chairman, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa
Zurich Insurance Group
Hong Kong SAR
Henri Rieux
Vice-President, Corporate Affairs, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Bunge Limited
USA
Samir Al Rifa'i
Prime Minister of Jordan (2009-2011)
Mark Rigby
Chief Communications Officer
Alshaya Group
Kuwait
Rania Al Robeh
Director, Group Chief Executive Officer's Ooredoo Office
Qatar
Fraser Robertson
Managing Director
82 Alpha City
United Kingdom
Max Rodenbeck
Middle East Bureau Chief
The Economist
Egypt
Grant Rogan
Chief Executive Officer
Blenheim Capital Services Limited
United Kingdom
David Rosen
Rabbi and International Director, Interreligious Affairs
American Jewish Committee (AJC)
Israel
John Rossant
Executive Chairman
PublicisLive
Switzerland
Luca Rossi
Member of the Board; Head, Europe, Middle East and Africa
A.T. Kearney Italia, Inc.
Italy
Danny Rothschild
Director, Institute for Policy and Strategy Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzlia
Israel
Darin Rovere
President
Sustainability Excellence
Jordan
Nemeh Sabbagh
Chief Executive Officer
Arab Bank Plc
Jordan
Suheil Sabbagh
President, Group Human Resources
Morganti Group Inc.
USA
Yuki Sadamitsu
Director, Industrial Research
Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
United Kingdom
Joe Saddi
Chairman of the Board
Booz & Company
Lebanon
Mohamed Saeed Al Sadi
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation of Yemen
Randa Sadik
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Arab Bank Plc
Jordan
Abdulhadi Sadiq Abdulmahdi
Chief Executive Officer
National Bank of Iraq
Iraq
Abdulwahab Al-Sadoun
Secretary-General
Gulf Petrochemicals & Chemicals Association (GPCA)
United Arab Emirates
Nadia Al Saeed
General Manager
Bank al Etihad
Jordan
Ibrahim Al Safadi
Chief Executive Officer
Luminus Group
Jordan
Seyda Altug Saglamlar
Chief Executive Officer
Mineks International
Turkey
Abdallah Al Saif
Chairman
Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden)
Saudi Arabia
Ibrahim Saif
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Riad Saifi
Chairman
Amman Chamber of Commerce
Jordan
Ahmed Sakr
Chairman
Al Sakr for Food Industries Co. Egypt
José Manuel Salazar Assistant Director-General for Policy, Xirinachs International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva Ahmad Saleh
Chairman
Mass Group Holding
Jordan
Bassem Al Salem
Chairman
Capital Bank
Jordan
Ernest Sales
Vice-President and Managing Director
Hewlett-Packard Company
United Arab Emirates
Soraya Salti
Senior Vice-President, Middle East and North Africa
INJAZ Al-Arab - Junior Achievement Worldwide
Jordan
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
22/2 7
Marwan El Sammak
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Ship & C.R.E.W Egypt
Egypt
Moayad Samman
Chairman
King Hussein Business Park
Jordan
Marc Samwer
Founder and Managing Director
European Founders Fund
Germany
Kholoud Saqqaf
Executive Vice-President and Country Manager, Jordan and Palestine
Arab Bank Plc
Jordan
Jamal Al Sarayrah
Chairman of the Board
Arab Potash Company (APC)
Jordan
Nashat Saridar
Chairman
Elryan Group
Jordan
Marwan J. Al Sarkal
Chief Executive Officer
Sharjah Investment and Development Authority Shurooq
United Arab Emirates
Surinder Sarna
Group Chief Financial Officer
Alshaya Group
Kuwait
Georges Sarraf
Vice-President
Booz & Company
Lebanon
Khaled Sarwat
Ambassador of Egypt
Embassy of Egypt
Jordan
Raed Sater
Partner
Heidrick & Struggles
United Arab Emirates
Saud Bin Abdullah Bin Thenayan Al-Saud
Chairman of the Board
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC)
Saudi Arabia
Francesca Sawalha
International Media Manager, The Royal Hashemite Court, Jordan
Fadi Sawaqedy
Founder and General Manager
Shababjobs.com
Jordan
Khaled Al Sayari
Vice-President, Strategic Relationships
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA)
United Arab Emirates
Mamoon Sbeih
Managing Director, Arab Region
APCO Worldwide
United Arab Emirates
Klaus Schwab
Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
Hilde Schwab
Chairperson and Co-Founder
Schwab Foundation for Social Switzerland Entrepreneurship
Loay Sehwail
Director-General
Jordan Industrial Estates Corporation
Jordan
Sameh Seif Ghali
Founder and Executive Director
Together Association for Development and Environment
Egypt
Arindam Sengupta
Head, Middle East, Turkey and CIS
HCL Technologies Ltd.
United Arab Emirates
Martin Senn
Group Chief Executive Officer
Zurich Insurance Group
Switzerland
Lara Setrakian
Founder and Executive Editor
News Deeply
USA
Mahmoud Shaban
Country Manager
ABB Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
Tareq Shabib
Board Member; Senior Adviser to the President and Chief Executive Officer
Dar-Alhai General Trading and Jordan Investment Co.
Joey T. Shabot
LLP of Council
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Israel
Chirag Shah
Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)
United Arab Emirates
Salman Shaikh
Director
Brookings Doha Center (BDC) Qatar
Shakir W. Shakir
General Manager, Kurdistan
Dana Gas
Iraq
Omar Shakmak
Deputy Minister of Oil of Libya
Mustafa Jassim Al Shamali
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Kuwait
Mustafa Jassim Al Shamali
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Kuwait
Ali Shamara
Chairman
Shamara Group
Jordan
Basel Shammout
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Pearl Hospitality Development Austria
Rami Shamshoum
General Manager
Hadara Technologies
Palestinian Territories
Daniel Shapiro
Founder and Director, Harvard International Negotiation Program
Harvard University
USA
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
23/2 7
Abdulfattah Sharaf
Chief Executive Officer, United Arab Emirates
HSBC Bank Middle East Limited
United Arab Emirates
Ibrahim El Sharif
Chairman, Public Projects Authority (PPA), Libya
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Managing Director, Middle East and India
IHS
United Arab Emirates
Jaideep (Jay) Sharma
Chief Executive Officer, Marsh Saudi Arabia
Marsh (MMC)
Saudi Arabia
Razan Al-Sharqawi
Royal Court Youth Group
King Abdullah II Fund for Development (KAFD)
Jordan
Mahmoud Shattel
Founder and Executive Director
Taqetna
Jordan
Hashim Shawa
Chairman and General Manager
Bank of Palestine
Palestinian Territories
Faisal Al Shboul
Director-General
Jordan News Agency - Petra
Jordan
Richard Shediac
Senior Vice-President
Booz & Company
United Arab Emirates
Marwan Shehadeh
Group Director, Corporate Development Al Futtaim Group of Companies
United Arab Emirates
Muhannad Shehadeh Chief Executive Officer
Military Credit Fund
Jordan
Habib Shehadeh
Managing Director
Menasa Group
United Arab Emirates
Nadeem F. Shehadeh
Attorney at law
A. F. & R. Shehadeh Law Firm Palestinian Territories
Nagwa El Shenawi
Information Center Director
Ministry of Communications Egypt and Information Technology of Egypt
Hend El Sherbini
Founder
Integrated Diagnostics Holdings
Egypt
Baraa Shiban
Manager, Business Development
Tahseen Consulting Ltd
Yemen
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin HuffPost Live Host/Producer, Middle East Correspondent
The Huffington Post
USA
Eyad Shihabi
Managing Director, Middle East
Hewlett-Packard Company
United Arab Emirates
Amir Shihadeh
Founder and Director
YARA
Jordan
Yasmine I. Shihata
Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Enigma Magazine
Egypt
Dina Shoman
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Jordan River Foundation (JRF)
Jordan
Andrew Short
Regional Director, Education Solutions MENA
GEMS Education
United Arab Emirates
Majd Shweikeh
Founder and President
Masharek 360 Solutions Middle East
Jordan
Usama Siala
Minister of Communications and Informatics, General National Congress of Libya (GNC), Libya
Zafar Siddiqi
Chairman
CNBC Arabiya, Africa and Pakistan
United Arab Emirates
Ludwig Siegele
Online Business and Finance Editor
The Economist
United Kingdom
Majed Sifri
Chief Executive Officer
Optimiza
Jordan
Mehmet Simsek
Minister of Finance of Turkey
Ali Osman Sindi
Minister of Planning, Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq
Robinder Singh
Director, Investor Relations
Dana Gas PJSC
United Arab Emirates
Tushar Singhvi
Director of Finance, Crescent Group
Crescent Enterprises
United Arab Emirates
Fouad Siniora
Member of Parliament, Lebanon
Gregory Sinnott
Managing Director, Strategic Solutions Group
Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC)
USA
Sami Smeirat
Chief Officer for Enterprise Business Uni Jordan Telecom Group
Jordan
Amjad Snaid
Director, TV News
Jordan
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
Jordan Radio and Television Corporation (JRTV)
24/2 7
Ephraim Sneh
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Arvind Sodhani
President, Intel Capital and Executive Vice-President
Intel Corporation
USA
Karim El Solh
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Gulf Capital Pvt. JSC
United Arab Emirates
Lorna Solis
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Blue Rose Compass
USA
Karim A. Souaid
Managing Partner
Keystone Equity Partners
United Arab Emirates
Zeina Soufan
Senior Business Presenter
Dubai Media Incorporated
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
Abdelouahed Souhail Minister of Employment and Vocational Training of Morocco Abdelouahed Souhail Minister of Employment and Vocational Training of Morocco William K. Spindle
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The Wall Street Journal
Neeraj Srivastava
Regional Director, Saudi Arabia and East Africa
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd Saudi Arabia
Sa'ad Srour
Speaker
House of Representatives
Jordan
Robert B. Starbuck
Chief Executive Officer
Migrate Business Services
Jordan
Daniel Starta
Partner and Managing Director, Middle East and Africa
A.T. Kearney
United Arab Emirates
Nayef Stetieh
President and Chief Executive Officer
Business Development Center Jordan
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Professor
School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University
USA
Lord Andrew Stone of Blackheath
Peer, House of Lords of the United Kingdom
Andrea Stürmer
Strategic Assistant to the Group Chief Executive Officer
Zurich Insurance Group
Switzerland
Abdulaziz A. Al Sugair
Chairman
Saudi Telecom Group
Saudi Arabia
Malek Sukkar
Chief Executive Officer
Averda
Lebanon
Agility
Kuwait
Tarek Sultan Al Essa Chief Executive Officer and Vice-Chairman of the Board Shunichi Suzuki
Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Japan
Rana Sweiss
Head, Human Ressources and Administration
Royal Jordanian Airlines
Jordan
Khaldoun Tabari
Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Drake & Scull International PJSC
United Arab Emirates
Hamdi Tabbaa
Chairman
Jordanian Businessmen Association
Jordan
Elias Tabet
General Manager, Public Sector
Microsoft Corporation
Lebanon
Samer Taha
Head, Asset and Accounting Management
Royal Jordanian Airlines
Jordan
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Chief Executive Officer
HPF Private Investment Fund
Jordan
Fathi Taher
Chief Executive Officer
TaherInvest
Jordan
Mohammed Taher
Managing Director, Pharma Division
Tamer Group
Saudi Arabia
Toru Takahashi
Managing Director, GLOBIS Corporate Education
GLOBIS Corporation
Japan
Hallow Talabani
President
Ster Group
Iraq
Nadya Talhouni
Senior Vice-President, Global Head, Cash Management and Trade Finance
Arab Bank Plc
Jordan
Mohamed Al Tall
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Addostour Daily Newspaper
Jordan
Mohammed Tamer
Managing Partner
Tamer Group
Saudi Arabia
Ayman Maamoun Tamer
Chairman and Managing Partner
Tamer Group
Saudi Arabia
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
25/2 7
Ahmad H. Tantash
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Jordan Investment Trust Jordinvest
Jordan
Fayez A. Tarawneh
Chief of the Royal Hashemite Court of Jordan
Moh'dbd Barakat Tarawneh
Director, Radio Administration
Jordan Radio and Television Corporation (JRTV)
Jordan
Fahmy Tarazi
Professor
Harvard Medical School
USA
Taiseer El-Tarefi
Director, Consumer Division
Tamer Group
Saudi Arabia
Jamal Tartir
Adviser to the Board, Midde East
Bahrain Economic Development Board
Bahrain
H.H. Princess Ameerah Al Taweel
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Aysar Tayeb
Senior Corporate Adviser
Saudi Aramco
Saudi Arabia
Antoine Tayyar
Vice-President, Public Affairs and Communications, Middle East
The Coca-Cola Company
United Arab Emirates
Suha Tbakhi
Student
University of Jordan
Jordan
Imad Telhami
Founder and Chairman
Babcom Centers Ltd
Israel
Anders Törnqvist
Vice-President and General Manager, Northern Europe
CA Technologies
Sweden
Umayya Toukan
Minister of Finance of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Khaled Touqan
Chairman, Jordan Atomic Energy Commission, Jordan
Ugo Tramballi
Senior Correspondent
Il Sole 24 Ore
Italy
Priska Tribelhorn
Senior Vice-President; Head, Middle East and North Africa
Bank of Geneva (BCGE)
Switzerland
Dimitris Tsitsiragos
Vice-President, Europe, Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa, International Finance Corporation (IFC), Washington DC
Ali Tulbah
Managing Director
McLarty Associates
USA
Ziad Turk
Secretary-General
Palestine Development & Investment Ltd - PADICO
Jordan
Alexander Türpitz
Partner and Managing Director
The Boston Consulting Group United Arab Emirates
Fouad Twal
Patriarch
Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Israel
Thomas Vadum la Cour
General Manager
Haldor Topsoe International A/S
Bahrain
Koen Vanhaerents
Chair, Europe, Middle East and Africa; Member of the Executive Committee
Baker & McKenzie CVBA/SCRL
Belgium
Yossi Vardi
Chairman
International Technologies Ventures Inc.
Israel
Suna S. Vidinli
Anchor
NTV
Turkey
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Vice-President, Global Marketing
Vestas Eólica, S.A.U.
Spain
Sherif Wahba
Chief Executive Officer, Egypt and Managing Director
Goldman Sachs
United Arab Emirates
Michael Wakileh
Chief Executive Officer
ProgressSoft Corporation
Jordan
Diana Walker
Managing Director, Global Entrepreneurs Council
United Nations Foundation
USA
Mohamed Wefati
Managing Director
Libyan Development Policy Center (LDPC)
Libya
Nathan Weyer
Vice-President and General Manager, Europe
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Netherlands
Elizabeth G. Weymouth
Senior Associate Editor
The Washington Post
USA
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Executive Director, Middle East and North Africa Division
Human Rights Watch
USA
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
26/2 7
Thabet El Wir
Commissioner General
Development and Investment Projects Fund
Jordan
Maarten de Wit
Partner
Oliver Wyman (MMC)
United Arab Emirates
Werner Wutscher
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Austrian Business Council for Sustainable Development
Austria
Alex Wyatt
Founder
Climate Bridge
Australia
Mehmet N. Yagci
Director, International Relations
Ihlas Holding SA
Turkey
Costandi F. Yaghnam
Chief Executive Officer
El Zay Ready Wear Manufacturing Co.
Jordan
Abdul Aziz Al-Yaqout Regional Managing Partner, Middle East DLA Piper Middle East LLP
United Arab Emirates
Fareed Yasseen
Ambassador
Embassy of Iraq
France
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Dubai TV
United Arab Emirates
Atilla Yerlikaya
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Coca-Cola Içecek AS
Turkey
Murat Yesildere
Managing Partner
Egon Zehnder International AG
Turkey
Yoon Wook-Jin
Executive Vice-President
Hanwha Engineering & Construction Corporation
Republic of Korea
Zafer Younis
Founder
The Online Project (Top)
United Arab Emirates
Tarik M. Yousef
Chief Executive Officer
Silatech
Qatar
Muawia H. Zabian
Chairman
Al-Wafieh for Investment Co.
Jordan
Hanna Zaghloul
Chief Executive Officer
Shams Maan
Jordan
Faris Zaher
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Yamsafer Inc.
Palestinian Territories
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Associate Board Member
Zahid Group of Companies
Saudi Arabia
Talal Al Zain
Chief Executive Officer
PineBridge Investments Middle East BSC
Bahrain
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General Manager
National Bank of Kuwait
Jordan
Roy Zakka
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Ubanquity Systems Ltd
Ireland
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Deputy General Manager
Zalmout Distribution Company Palestinian Territories
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Chairman
Azizler Holding AS
Turkey
H. Cuneyd Zapsu
Chairman
Cuneyd Zapsu Danismanlik AS
Turkey
Diederik Zeven
Vice-President and General Manager, Royal Philips Healthcare, Philips Middle East & Turkey
Min Zhu
Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington DC
Samir Zraiq
Chief Executive Officer
Sahem Trading & Investments Palestinian Territories Company
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Chief Executive Officer
Apollonia Associates
Monaco
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Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Accelerator Technology Holdings (ATH)
Jordan
Sharif Zu'bi
Senior Partner
Ali Sharif Zu'bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
Jordan
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Ahmad El Zubi
Director, Research and Studies
Jordan Investment Board
Jordan
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