| Mr Amit Choudhary
| Mr. Amit Choudhary is a seasoned CFO and results-oriented, dynamic team leader with 22 years of multinational experience in Europe, the Bahamas, the Middle East, and India, including the last 16 years in the UAE. Amit initially spent 13 years with Big Four accounting firms, including Deloitte & Touche, KPMG, and Price Waterhouse Coopers, followed by Waha Capital, where he was the Executive Director of Finance and Compliance. Before joining Alef Education, Amit was the CFO of Qatar First Bank, Wall Street Exchange, Instant Cash, and FINTX. He has a proven track record of leading change, turnaround, and cost optimization strategies that have resulted in significant company-wide improvements. As CFO, he was instrumental in setting strategic business direction, leading finance and treasury functions, and maintaining active oversight of governance, compliance, and audit. Amit qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). He also earned the Associate CMA and CGMA titles from CIMA, United Kingdom. In continuously striving to further his education, Amit earned prestigious certifications in Leadership from Harvard Business School and Corporate Finance from London Business School. |
| Mr Will Lock
| Mr. Will Lock has over 15 years experience delivering global growth for disruptive digital businesses. Now an EdTech specialist, Will started his career as a strategy consultant before moving into the media industry where he launched and managed several groundbreaking initiatives across Europe. A highly focused commercial leader, Will has gained a passion for Education at Discovery where he held the position of President and Managing Director Discovery Education International and launched the business into China and India amongst other markets. Most recently Will was Global Director of Partnerships for CENTURY Tech |
| Mr Amjad Khan
| Mr. Amjad Khan is a highly experienced and motivated Technical Professional with over 20 Years experience in the IT arena with around 14 years working as an independent consultant in a wide range of roles and sectors from government, telecommunications, digital, media and service sector industries. In addition to his strong customer facing ability, his key areas of expertise lie in agile software development, automation, design, deployment, operations, governance and architecture, which have been achieved with a diverse range of technologies, environments and a range of methodologies. He is passionate about agile methods, open source, software craftsmanship and is still actively coding to ensure he keeps up to date with latest tech. Amjad holds a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Manchester. |
| Mr Joe El Sebaaly
| Joe El Sebaaly has over 15 years of experience working with technology and ed-tech firms with an emphasis on digital transformation. Prior to Alef Education, he led education services initiatives at Pearson and McGraw-Hill across Higher-Education, K-12, and Vocational markets. He focused mainly on leveraging global expertise and capabilities to develop innovative products. Joe is currently leading the product team in Alef Education with a focus on crystalizing the vision of the product and creating value propositions for end-users. Joe holds a Bachelor and Master degree in Computer Science from the American University of Beirut and a Master in Business Administration from London Business School. |
| Aishah Al Yammahi
| Dr. Aishah Al Yammahi has over 22 years of experience in the education sector. She holds a doctorate in Philosophy in Education from The British University in Dubai and a master’s degree in Human Resource Management from Massey University of New Zealand, where she studied the impact of a positive work environment on employee performance. Dr. Aishah has held many roles in education, including the UAE Ministry of Education, where she oversaw the rollout of the Alef Education learning platform to 57 public schools in Abu Dhabi. Before that, Dr. Aishah was the principal of the first public school in the UAE to learn about Alef Education’s innovative approach. Dr. Aishah has worked alongside UNESCO as the Director of the UAE National Commission for Education, Culture and Science and is familiar with many different education systems worldwide, including Finland, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United States. She has participated in many educational conferences around the world. She strongly believes in using technology and artificial intelligence in education to encourage and motivate the new generation to learn. |
| Mr Bjorn Schuurmans
| Mr. Bjorn Schuurmans is Board Member at Orascom Construction PLC |
| Mr Ayan Uali
| Mr. Ayan Uali is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Ultimate Digits. |
| Mr Atharva Sabnis
| Mr. Atharva Sabnis is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ultimate Digits. |
| Mr Rashid Ali Arshoud Al Khanbouli Al Shehhi
| Mr Rashid Ali Arshoud Al Khanbouli Al Shehhi is a Legal Advisor at Busit Advocate and Legal Consulting. |
| Mr Abumadyan Wedaatalla Yousif
| Mr Abumadyan Wedaatalla Yousif is a Legal Consultant at Busit Advocate and Legal Consulting. |
| Obaid Saqer Obaid Busit
| Dr. Obaid Saqer Obaid Busit is a the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Busit Advocate and Legal Consulting. Prior to founding the firm, Dr. Busit was the Lecturer at UAE University from 2001 to 2006, Chairman of the World Customs Organization Council from July 2000-2001, WCO Regional Vice chairman of the North Africa, Near and Middle East Region. and Director General of Department of Ports & Customs from 1994 to 2001. |
| Mr Wesam Abdelqader Mhanni
| Mr. Wesam Abdelqader Mhanni is Deputy Chief Executive Officer at Insurance House PJSC |
| Mr Wassim Mourtada
| Mr.Wassim Mourtada is the Chief Executive Officer of QuanticAsset. |
| Mr Akash Rao
| Mr.Akash Rao is a Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer of Kema. |
| Mr Michael Ghandour
| Mr.Michael Ghandour is the Founder & CEO of Kema. |
| Mr Yiannis Argyrou
| Mr.Yiannis Argyrou is the Chief Financial Officer of ZaraFX. |
| Mr George Aweida
| Mr.George Aweida is the Head of Global Operations of ZaraFX. |
| Mr Jamsheer Thazhe Veettil
| Mr. Jamsheer Thazhe Veettil is the Chief Executive Officer of ZaraFX. |
| Mr Abdul Bazim Rameez Mubarak Bukhary
| Mr. Abdul Bazim Rameez Mubarak Bukhary is the Head of Global Business Development of ZaraFX. |
| Mr Ubaid Chand
| Mr. Ubaid Chand is the Founder & CEO of CoinCred. |
