Speakers

Dr Abdulla Al Karam

Director General

Dubai Knowledge

H.E. Hesham Al Qaizi

CEO

Knowledge Fund Establishment

Sahar Cooper

CEO

Aldar Education

Mansoor Ahmed

Director - Healthcare, Education & PPP

Colliers International, UAE

Ashwin Assomull

Partner

LEK Consulting

Stacey Brewer

Co- Founder & CEO

SPARK Schools

Tom Hodgson

MD – Investment

Fajr Capital

Raza Khan

CEO

Al Najah Education

Nitin Kripalani

CEO

Evolvence Knowledge Investments

Andrew Short

Regional Manager GCC

Furnware

Neil Smooker

Deputy Regional Director

SABIS

Jaspal Sidhu

Founder & Chairman

SIS Group of Schools

Ralph Tabberer

Chairman

BBD Education

Alan Williamson

CEO

Taaleem

Eric Pignot

Founder & CEO

Enko Education

Ayham Ayche

Business Development Director

SABIS

Tammam Abushakra

Advisor to Chairman

ESOL Education

Kawthar Al Suliemani

Head of Private Schools Investment Section

Ministry of Education Oman

Munther Almudawi

Education Sector Manager

Bahrain EDB

Nasser AlMulhem

Director General

Kingdom Schools

Arshad Ashraf

CEO

Education

Walid Bahamdan

Chairman

Tadrees Holdings

Alok Bishnoi

Director – Portfolio Management and M&A

KBBO Group

Kaustubh Bodhankar

Deputy CEO

Global Schools Foundation

Joe Burgess

VP Education

The Flatiron School

Neil Clay

Senior Adviser

Ministry of Education Oman

Tariq Fancy

Founder & Board Chair

The Rumie Initiative

Dr. Simon Galpin

Senior Advisor on Investment Promotion

Economic Development Board Bahrain

Anita Gleave

Founder & CEO

Chatsworth Schools

Dr Mohamad Hamade

Chief Investment Officer

Amanat

Dr. Imad Hoballah

Provost and Chief Academic Officer

American University in Dubai

Basim Ibrahim

Investment Development Manager - Education & Training

SAGIA

Chinmay Jhaveri

Principal

L.E.K. Consulting

Mosbah Kahaleh

VP – Private Equity

SEDCO Capital

Hazem Khalaf

Executive Director Private Equity

Gulf Capital

Irina Kholkina Sousa Lobo

Director of Strategy

Abu Dhabi University Holding Company

Dr Ahmed Samy

Chief Strategy Officer

Higher Colleges of Technology

Marko Selaković

Director – Institutional Development & Student Recruitment

S P Jain School of Global Management

Umair Tariq

CFO

DML Education

Kumar Verma

Chief Operating Officer

Scholars International Group (SIG)

Dr Farooq Waseel

Global Director: GEMS Education Affordable Schools

GEMS Education

Gemma Wild

HSBC Sector Head for Education in MENAT Corporate Banking Business

HSBC