Amit Jain
Chief Investment Officer at Gulf Islamic Investments
Speaker

Profile

Seasoned professional with 24 years of global experience across Real Estate, Private Equity, Venture Capital and building technologies
Led as the Chief investment Officer at a reputed Real Estate and Private Equity Fund in UAE, managing $4 billion of assets in the region and globally
Previously, held leadership positions at platform owned by KKR and SWF of Oman
Completed 30+ investments with $3bn of equity investment (ranging from $1m to $300m ticket) across sectors and played an instrumental role in securing successful exit via trade sale and IPO
Invested and/or managed business in real estate (residential, office, warehouses), hotel portfolio, K-12 school chain, hospital chain, dental/derma clinic network, manufacturing, telecom, e-commerce and cutting-edge technology companies
Track record in building high performance teams, creating buy-and-build platforms, driving business growth through active execution, orchestrating mergers and acquisitions, and mentoring management teams
Represented as board member on several companies in UAE, KSA, USA, UK and India
Secured patents in USA and Europe on digital printing from USB devices and developed products
Earned an engineering degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur and a MBA from INSEAD.