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21-23 October 2025
The Ritz-Carlton, DIFCDubai

Sara Nayef Al-Ateeqi
Vice Chairman and Acting CEO at Al-Mal Investment Company
Panellist

Profile

Sara is currently the Vice Chairman and CEO of AlMal Investment Company in Kuwait. She is passionate about finance and investments having worked both sides of the table as investor and founder having started her career in investment banking and private equity.

Other previous experience includes innovation consulting in Kuwait and in London, building an incubator for a listed company in Kuwait ($523M market cap), and assisting with creating workshops on tools and mindsets for an $8B SME Fund.

Currently an investor in various startups, and a partner at a US based VC Firm.

She holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth.

Agenda Sessions

  • The fundraising terrain: reflections, challenges and forecasts

    09:25