Now: Building and investing through Further Ventures, a venture backed startup studio, focused on ‘Fintech’ and ‘Digital Assets’. Then: Investing in early stage technology startups through Leyden Ventures and VentureMENA. Previously the director of future platforms at the Dubai Future Foundation, where I focused on developing emerging technology and innovation based initiatives. Spent considerable time working on setting up several government backed venture capital funds. Alumni of Singularity University and the THNK 'Creative Leadership Program'. Founding managing director of both the The Catalyst, the first MENA based accelerator program focused on investing in sustainable technology in collaboration with Masdar and BP Ventures, and Turn8. My first endeavor was Tadawul, the first Abu Dhabi based regulated online stock brokerage platform. Managed a family office private equity portfolio for 7 years. Passionate about entrepreneurship and learning a lot about DeFi and applied intelligence.