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Agra Middle East
6 - 7 October 2025
Timings: 9AM-6PM, Halls 3 & 4, Dubai World Trade CentreDubai, UAE

Talal Wishah
Director of the Direct Investment Department at Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment & Development (AAAID)
Speaker

Profile

Talal Akeil is a result-oriented executive with +30 years of experience & a reliable network in Finance, Investment & Real Estate Sectors in MENA. He helps businesses achieve more by developing profitable, sustainable & scalable work systems.

Talal works as Director of Direct Investment for the Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment & Development, which supports food security in 22 Arab countries. Before this role, he was Deputy Chief Executive Officer at NAEEM Holding, a leading investment group listed in UAE & Misr with +280 employees, and a capital of 200Mn USD. He also serves as Vice Chairman of Etihad Capital for Investments, a private joint stock company in UAE, which Talal collaborated to raise its capital from 50Mn to 250Mn AED.

Talal’s experience, knowledge & reliable network with business partners and financial market regulators enable him to support all the businesses he is a part of.

Agenda Sessions

  • Enabling High-Tech Food Manufacturing: Infrastructure & Policy Needs

    10:50