Faisal Hakki

Managing Director at AB Ventures

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Faisal is Managing Director at AB Ventures, the Financial Technology focused, early-stage Venture Capital arm of Arab Bank.

Prior to joining AB Ventures, Faisal was CEO at Oasis500 – the leading seed-stage investment fund and accelerator in Jordan. Faisal has also held senior positions at Accelerator Technology Holdings, Arab Advisors Group and Fastlink covering the domains of venture investing, buy/sell side equity research and management accounting. In between, he also launched his own startup and has served as board member of several establishments including Intaj – the Information and Communications Technology Association of Jordan, and TechWorks – the Digital Fabrication Lab. Faisal also served as member of the Crown Prince Foundation Board of Trustees.

Faisal holds an Agri-Economics and Business Bachelors’ degree from the University of Jordan and an MBA from University of Sunderland. Faisal is a 2018 Innovation Eisenhower Fellow.