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Education Investment MENA
Conference: 13 - 14 November 2024
Sheraton Grand DubaiUnited Arab Emirates

Pablo Fetter
Board & Executive Committee Member at RAK Academy & American University of Ras Al Khaimah
Speaker

Profile

Dr Pablo Fetter is an expert in education with a track record of leading both business development activities and merger & acquisition and transactions in education companies worldwide, as well as running international private education operators and serving on education companies’ Boards of Directors.

Dr Pablo brings in over three decades’ worth of experience in education, investments, and industry, and he has been a member of 16 Boards of Directors. Currently he is a member of the board and the Executive Committee, as well as the Chairman of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee of RAK Academy, Ras al Khaimah’s largest and best school chain owned by the emirate’s Sovereign Wealth Fund. He is also a member of the board and the Executive Committee of the American University of Ras al Khaimah, a private and fully accredited American university, also owned by the RAK’s Sovereign Wealth Fund. Both entities have grown significantly with Dr Pablo’s engagement.

Dr Pablo also advised multiple clients on various investment, strategic and operational projects. Tier-one global investment clients include Sequoia Capital (US/India), GIC (Singapore), Old Mutual (South Africa), Waha Capital (UAE), and NBK Capital (Kuwait/UAE); top management consulting clients include Parthenon (EY), Strategy& (Booz/PwC), BCG and McKinsey.

Previously as Capital School CEO, he led the turnaround of the company, both academically and financially: from “Satisfactory” to “Good” according to the British government’s BSO and from “Acceptable” to “Good” according to Dubai’s education regulator KHDA, as well as from declining to increasing profitability.

Agenda Sessions

  • Welcome Address

    09:00
  • EdTech Focus: Smart Money for Smart Learning

    12:35
  • Financial Metrics and Valuation Models of Educational Institutions

    15:25
  • Concluding Remarks

    15:55
  • Opening Address

    09:00
  • Revolutionising Education Through Impact Investing: A Pathway to Progress

    12:35
  • Mergers, Acquisitions & Investment Strategies: Choosing Between Venture Capital, Growth, Buyout?

    14:00