Wassim Arabi is a seasoned retail and hospitality executive who most recently served as CEO of Alshaya Group (2007-2019), one of the world’s leading international franchise operators. During his tenure at Alshaya, Mr. Arabi expanded the company’s reach to 19 new markets across the Middle East, North Africa, Russia and Europe and across multiple sectors including fashion and footwear. In addition, he played a key role in developing , growing and diversifying their business portfolio to more than 90 of the worlds most recognized brands, many of which had never entertained the idea of franchising their business. Notable examples include H&M, Victoria’s Secret, Boots and Starbucks among many others.

Wassim has served on the boards of Mabani Real Estate Co. in Kuwait and Shumool Real Estate Co. in Saudi Arabia. Mr. Arabi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Arkansas.

Betsy is a 3-time CEO and serial entrepreneur & founder of Baja Corporation. She has co-founded enterprise software companies in multiple industries including energy, healthcare and networking. She is an expert at scaling companies through hyper growth and leading them to successful IPO and acquisitions. Her more notable IPOs and sales include the acquisition of Clear Standards by SAP and Ascend Communications ($5.4B in revenue) which was then acquired by Lucent for $23B. At Baja Corporation, Betsy has built 3 early stage funds investing in enterprise, software, healthcare, and energy.

Betsy is a corporate governance expert with an eye for making boards a competitive asset. Her corporate Board experience is vast and covers multiple industries including: Technology, Retail, Financial Services, Healthcare, Hospitality, Auto, CPG, Manufacturing, and Logistics. As a Corporate Director, she brings an operational perspective which focuses on taking friction out of the consumer experience. She leverages broad contemporary knowledge of digital technology to reduce costs, drive efficiency and productivity using AI machine learning analytics to streamline processes.

Previously, Betsy was the CEO of NCI, a food manufacturer creating Nutraceutical and Functional Food products. NCI created the PowerBar and healthy snacks for Kraft, Nabisco, etc. Betsy was also the CEO of Clear Standards, which developed enterprise level software for monitoring carbon emissions.

A published author, Betsy’s work on Corporate Governance includes her third book Be Board Ready: The Secrets to Landing a Board Seat and Being a Great Director, the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, NACD, Business Insider, and Forbes.

She currently serves on two public company boards: Wynn Resorts and SL Green Realty. She is also a member on the board of Volvo Cars (private). She is a proud graduate of University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Amos is a technology executive with diverse startup experience across engineering, product, investing, and advising. Amos was one of the first engineering hires at Uber, where he built the Marketplace team from the ground up. As the Director of Marketplace, Amos was responsible for Uber’s realtime systems, including the trip experience, the dispatching algorithms, the dynamic pricing engine, and the core logistics of supply management. In addition to his work with Marketplace, Amos developed solutions for scaling distributed systems, data center disaster recovery, payment fraud prevention, promotional rider engagement, and global analytics.

Amos is committed to identifying the next wave of high-caliber companies and helping them achieve rocket ship growth. Amos invests in early-stage startups that have a clear value proposition, a viable scaling strategy, and visionary founders. Amos has backed over a dozen companies alongside notable angels & VCs including Marc Benioff, Jason Calacanis, Eric Ries, Jack Selby, Initialized Capital, Village Global, Social Capital, Google Ventures, and Maveron.

Novo Constare is the COO and co-founder of Syft an online marketplace for providing flexible work for job seekers in the hospitality, light industrial, and facilities management sectors.

Syft, launched in 2015 and has since grown to have over 40,000 workers across the UK, servicing over 2000 clients and was acquired by Indeed in 2019 and has since rebranded to Indeed Flex and launched in the US.

Rob is the CEO and Co-Founder of Skopenow, and is on a mission to modernize investigations by providing scalable open-source intelligence to all industries. Rob’s day-to-day includes partnering closely with product, sales, and marketing to drive innovation and growth. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Vanderbilt University.

Chris Fernandez is the co-founder and CEO of EnsoData, the company simplifying the process of analyzing the human body to accurately diagnose health conditions. He brings his expertise to design and clinically validate EnsoData’s pioneer technology, Waveform AI. With more than seven years of machine learning and AI research experience, Chris now works at the confluence of applied artificial intelligence and machine learning, distributed and parallelized cloud computing, and multi-Terabyte/Petabyte scale data.

Chris is a passionate leader focused on increasing patient access, improving patient outcomes, enhancing the patient-provider care experience, and advancing the state of knowledge and scientific methods for studying health and disease.

Chris has a Master’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. He has also acted as a leading contributor to the open-source
machine-learning platform, NEXT ML.

Thomas Healy is the founder and CEO of Hyliion, a provider of electrified powertrain solutions for the commercial transportation industry. A leader in the global fight against climate change, Hyliion delivers solutions that negate carbon emissions without sacrificing performance. Named one of Forbes’s “30 under 30,” Healy took Hyliion public in October of 2020.

Healy founded two start-ups prior to Hyliion and holds five secured automotive device patents. Healy’s passion for racing and motorsports inspired him to pursue dual engineering degrees in mechanical engineering and engineering & public policy from Carnegie Mellon University.

Karson Humiston is the Founder & CEO of Vangst, the cannabis industry’s leading recruiting platform, which is backed by Colle, along with Lerer Hippeau and others.  Karson was featured on the 2018 Forbes 30 under 30 list. Prior to founding Vangst, Karson founded On Track Adventures, a student travel organization based out of St. Lawrence University, her alma mater. Outside of work, Karson enjoys skiing, hiking, tennis, kitesurfing, triathlons, and recently ran the NYC marathon.

Hannah is the CEO of The EarthShot Prize, a new global prize for the environment, designed to incentivize change and help to repair our planet over the next ten years. Previously, she served as President of Nike Innovation Labs and has held numerous positions at Nike since 1998, including as Chief Sustainability Officer and Senior Director of Corporate Social Responsibility EMEA. Ms. Hannah is also a member of the board of director of Oatly. Jones served as a member of the board of directors, including serving on the Sustainability Committee, of People Against Dirty from 2013 to 2017. Ms. Jones holds a Bachelor’s of Arts in Philosophy and French from the University of Sussex. Ms. Jones has won numerous awards, including the C.K.Prahalad Award of Global Business Sustainability Leadership in 2013 and Fast Company #8 Most Creative People Award in 2010.

Mostafa is the co-founder and CEO of SWVL, a transformational platform providing the masses with a reliable, safe and affordable mass transit option for the daily commute. Previously, Mostafa worked for Rocket Internet and Careem as a market launcher. During his tenure at Careem, he helped roll out services in several cities in Egypt and Pakistan, as well as Istanbul. The inspiration for Swvl came from Mostafa’s childhood in in Cairo where it is a struggle to find transportation that is both reliable and affordable.

Misha is CEO of ZeptoLab, one of top mobile game developers in the world, best known for Cut the Rope series and its star Om Nom. Before ZeptoLab he built a number of businesses in Russia and abroad: a biggest coalition loyalty & payment program in Russia; Zagruzka.com – leading content and b2b telecommunication services provider and others. In early 2000’s Misha founded and lead Reaxion – mobile game developer and publisher for feature phones. He also invests in start ups and is active member of entrepreneurial community.

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Youssef Salem is the CFO of Swvl, first unicorn from the Middle East to list on Nasdaqand first mass transit marketplace to go public globally, via a $1.5bn business combination with Queen’s Gambit. At 29 years old, Youssef will become one of the youngest CFOs of a Nasdaq listed company.

Youssef has 10 years of investment banking experience with Moelis & Company and QInvest. He executed >$85bn of capital raises, financings, and M&A across > 50 transactions.

Youssef was previously an Adjunct Professor of Practice at the American University in Cairo (AUC). He has a Bachelor of Science from AUC and is a CFA Charterholder and Fellow of the Society of Actuaries. He was featured in Forbes Middle East 30 under 30 list.

Ms. Sargent brings over 30 years of International operating management, M&A, business strategy, technology and CEO/Board executive experience with a proven track record of building and and scaling multi-billion dollar businesses at the cutting edge of technology and emerging markets. A visionary leader who has successfully managed enterprise risk in the presence of digital transformation across multiple industries including Automotive/Mobility, Consumer, Energy, Enterprise Infrastructure (Hardware & Software:SaaS), Industrial, Health, and Semiconductors.

Currently Jeannine is an advisor to investment groups Generation Investment Management LLP and Breakthrough Energy Ventures; with a focus on sustainability, the energy transition, and financial inclusion.

Ms. Sargent serves on the board of directors of Synopsys Inc., an electronic design automation company that focuses on silicon design and verification, silicon intellectual property and software security and quality, Fortive Corporation, a provider of essential technologies for connected workflow solutions, and Proterra Inc., a leader in the design and manufacture of zero-emission electric transit and EV technology, She is a Director of Malta, a pioneer in long-duration energy storage. Ms. Sargent previously served as a member of the board of directors at Cypress Semiconductor Corp. She has also serviced on private company boards: Astrowatt, Kateeva, MC-10, ReVera, SiOnyx, Teravicta, and VUV Analytics.

In her operating career, Ms. Sargent held multiple executive and CEO leadership roles including at Flex Ltd., a leading global design, engineering and manufacturing company, serving as President of Innovation and New Ventures, President of Flex Energy and Managing Director of Lab IX accelerator and corporate venture fund. Prior, she was the founding CEO of Oerlikon Solar based in Switzerland, a producer of capital equipment and cell technologies for solar photovoltaic modules and CEO of Voyan Technology, an embedded systems software provider.

Jeannine’s extensive technology, global operating and board experience has spanned public, private equity, and venture capital portfolio companies. She creates exceptional leadership teams to meet market and customer needs that deliver results to shareholders. The breadth and depth of these experiences enables Jeannine to bring best practices, thoughtful advice, and oversight with actionable recommendations to her engagements.

Jeannine holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering, magna cum laude, from Northeastern University, where she has served as a Trustee since 2017, and has completed executive education programs at Stanford University, MIT Sloan, Carnegie Mellon, and IMD/Harvard University.

Bob is currently the co-founder and managing director of Sternhill Associates, a venture capital and consulting firm located in the Greater Boston area. His background is in technology, marketing, planning, and venture capital, with deep experience in computing, communications, medical and scientific devices, the Internet, and enterprise software, and has been involved in over seventy start-up companies, as either an employee, investor, and/or board member.

He is currently a member of the MIT Venture Mentoring Service, a mentor at Greentown Labs, an “expert” member of MassChallenge, an advisor to the Harvard Medical/BIDMC Health Technology Exploration Center, and serves on the Advisory Boards at SparkCognition and Statum Systems..

Bob joined Compaq Computer Corporation in 1993 as Senior Vice President, Chief Technology and Strategy Officer, responsible for directing all of the Company’s strategic planning and business development activities, including a $400M venture portfolio. Stearns joined Compaq from McKinsey & Company, where he served as a consultant to domestic and international high technology clients. Prior to joining McKinsey, he held senior management positions at a number of technology companies, including Codex, Motorola, and with Management Technologies Inc., which he co-founded. After Compaq, Bob co-founded Sternhill Partners, a Houston-based high tech venture capital firm that he helped manage with two other partners for almost 15 years. While a Managing Partner at Sternhill, Bob served on the boards of pcOrder.com, Boingo Wireless, PentaSafe, RLX Technologies, Surgient Networks, Detto Inc., Kurion, iVita; TimesN Systems, IMSafer, and, Clearcube Technologies.

Bob holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Brown University, and a Master of Science degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Sophie is the founding partner of The SEA Fund, LLC (“SEA Fund”) with a focus on early stage deals in health, environment and education sectors.

Sophie also co-founded Imperative, a company focused on bringing purpose to work environment for millennial generation.  Earlier in her career, she worked in media sector at Bloomberg and Metro International.

Sophie received a B.A. in English and American Literature from New York University. She studied entrepreneurial finance at UCLA Andersson’s School.

In addition to her professional carrier, Sophie is a significant philanthropist through the Sophie Stenbeck Family Foundation, focusing on child rights, education, and fighting trafficking.  She also serves on several foundation boards. She is a co-founding board member of Queen Silvia’s World Childhood Foundation and the Chairman of the Stenbeck Stiftelse. Sophie is a co-founder of WISE, women in social and enterprise and she is a true believer in social entrepreneurship.

Federico is the CEO of Frete.com. Earlier in his career, Federico worked in banking for five years before setting down his own entrepreneurial path. In 2010, he founded Transportar Online, a website where people could list items they needed shipped and transporters would place bids on the shipments. It allowed truckers with extra room in their trailers to take on new shipments along their route. The platform worked with eBay and Mercado Libre, creating a shipping infrastructure for online sellers. In 2013, he sold the business to Sontra, a Brazilian shipping company. But he had another venture brewing in the background. In 2011, a year after starting Transportar Online, he got to work on Frete. Similar in concept to his first idea, Frete is a mobile app that connects independent truckers with shipments from large brands like Kraft Heinz and Anheuser-Busch.

Christopher Wright is Chairman and a co-founder of EMAlternatives LLC in Washington DC and of its former affiliate in China, Yimei Capital Ltd, and is also a director of Merifin Capital Group, a private European investment firm. Until mid-2003 he served as Head of Global Private Equity for Dresdner Kleinwort Capital and was a Group Board Member of Dresdner Kleinwort. He has acted as Chairman of various investment funds prior to and following the latter’s integration with Allianz Private Equity. He joined Kleinwort Benson Limited in London in 1978 and in 1981 co-founded Kleinwort’s first office in California. In 1986 he relocated to New York to manage the Kleinwort Benson Limited portfolio of North American private equity, high-yield and mezzanine investments. He is a co-founding director of ROPER Technologies Inc. (NYSE); and was a director of IDOX PLC (AIM) until 2013 and non-executive Chairman of Maxcess International Corporation until 2014. He has chaired the investment committees of and/or serves on several advisory boards of third party managed LBO and venture capital funds in North America and Europe and has advised several other financial institutions, including Hansa Capital, CdB Webtech, Standard Bank, Artio Global Investors, Surya Capital, GP Investimentos, ILFS India and De Agostini Alternative Investments on their investments in private equity and other alternative assets around the world, including real assets.

Mr. Wright was educated at Oxford University (M.A.) and holds a Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance (from ACCA). He is Foundation Fellow, Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

Andrei currently leads Doctor.com, the first marketing automation platform purpose-built for healthcare. Doctor.com counts more than 200 of the country’s leading hospitals and health systems as our clients as well as thousands of private and group practices. The company prides itself on killing the multi-vendor status quo that’s had healthcare organizations ineffectively daisy-chaining point solutions together for years. For the first time, one platform can deliver intelligent solutions for Provider Directories, Listings Management, Reputation Management, Transparency, and Online Scheduling, all connected to Doctor.com’s partner network which includes Google, Yelp, Bing, Healthgrades, Vitals, and 20+ other  leading consumer health destinations.  Doctor.com is backed by fantastic investors like Spring Mountain Capital, Colle Capital, and StartUp Health and powered by an amazing team that spans NYC, Silicon Valley, Atlanta, and Argentina.

Prior to Doctor.com, Andrei was a founding team member of KN Dimestore, an advertising research platform acquired by Knowledge Networks (now part of GfK [FWB: GFK]) in 2009, and an early employee of Game Trust, which was acquired by Real Networks (NASDAQ: RNWK) in 2007.

Andrei begin his career focusing on design and product development, creating web-based user experiences for organizations like Accenture, Cisco, Microsoft, The National Education Association, and the US Government.

When he’s not working, he enjoys training in mixed martial arts, traveling, and relaxing with his wife and daughter.