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21-23 October 2025
The Ritz-Carlton, DIFCDubai

Walid Mansour
Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)
Panellist

Profile

Walid is the co-founder and co-CEO of MEVP. Walid’s deep involvement in the VC & Technology ecosystem in the MENA region dates to the mid2000s. Since 2006, Walid has been intimately involved in this transformational entrepreneurial story by participating in the setup, scale up and exit of several VC Funds and Technology companies and serves as a board member and advisor to many successful internet and technology companies regionally and globally.

Prior to MEVP, Walid has previously worked in Public Policy (UAE Prime Ministry Office), Strategy Consulting (Booz Allen Hamilton) and Industrial & Software engineering in France. Walid holds a Masters in Industrial Engineering from the “Institut National des Science Appliquées” INSA de Lyon (France) and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (USA).

Agenda Sessions

  • State of the Middle East market

    09:30