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Atheer AlKhalifa is an accomplished corporate development and investment leader with over a decade of regional and international experience ranging from investments, M&A, JVs, to strategy formulation and execution. As the Head of Investments at Almarai, the largest F&B company in MENA, she drives initiatives for both organic and inorganic growth. Previously, at SITE, a leading Saudi cybersecurity firm, Atheer co-founded and led the corporate venture capital arm, managing its investment activities for five years.

Bilal is the Financial Investments Director at Sulaiman Alrajhi Holding Company, he is also the co-founder of Blomal. He is a Board member at numerous organizations. His experience mainly revolves around asset allocation and manager selection across multi-asset class investments. Previously he served as the Director of Investments at Kun Investment Holding overlooking financial investments and mergers and acquisitions; prior to that, Bilal held positions at Sedco Capital and Sanabil Investments. Bilal holds an M.Sc in Finance from ESADE Business School ,Barcelona, Spain. Bilal holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designations since 2019.

Elina Cherniavskaya has been an entrepreneur and business strategist for over 15 years. Her interests include the consumer economy, neuroscience, neuromarketing research and the implementation of its results in business, building and scaling business systems, developing creative intelligence, technological and innovative projects to improve the quality of people's lives. She is the CEO and Co-founder of Dubai based neuromarketing company NEUROvision Marketing & PR, TRUE BUSINESS LAB consulting company, Health Tech startup Creative systems.

With over 20 years of expertise in private equity, venture capital, M&A, and investment banking, Faisal Baig is adistinguished investment professional. As Chief Investment Officer at ASFAR, a subsidiary of the PublicInvestment Fund (PIF), Faisal oversees investments across the tourism value chain in alignment with SaudiArabia's Vision 2030. His extensive experience includes executing high-profile transactions in the U.S., Europe,and the Middle East, spanning sectors such as technology, consumer goods, manufacturing, and oil & gas. Prior to his role at ASFAR, Faisal served as Division Head in Aramco’s corporate development team, playing a crucial role in strategic M&A and joint ventures, including the landmark $69 billion acquisition of SABIC. His previous experience in private equity includes positions at GFH and Investcorp, where he led mid-market transactions. Faisal began his career in the U.S. with leading firms such as Citi, JPMorgan, and New Enterprise Associates(NEA). He holds an MBA from Yale University and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University.

Khalid Alhumaid is a Chief investment officer of Aseel capital which is one of the leading firms in the Fintech sector in Saudi Arabia, he led his team through multiple well-known crowd-investing funds in KSA ,raising a $1.3B within one year which were injected through 18 investments funds in addition to that, he has been a financial consultant to Awqaf authority, board member of multiple investment funds. Prior of joining Aseel Capital he worked with Lincoln financial group in the united state- Florida, Khalid holds MBA Finance from Jacksonville University, he has a deep interest in crowdfunding, Fintech, Proptech, and investment. 

Stefanie Holtze-Jen is the Asia Pacific Chief Investment Officer for the Private Bank. Before her appointment in 2021, Holtze-Jen was Global Chief Currency Strategist, Portfolio Manager, at Deutsche Bank’s asset management arm DWS, where she coordinated a team covering currency macro, positioning and technical analysis, which guided the portfolio managers’ foreign-exchange strategy. Based in Singapore, she is responsible for the development of the Asia insights and contribution to the house view of Deutsche Bank Private Bank. Prior to DWS, Holtze-Jen held different leadership roles at Commerzbank AG and Royal Bank of Canada in Hong Kong, Singapore, and London. Holtze-Jen is a member of the Singapore Foreign Exchange Committee of the Monetary Authority of Singapore.