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Dubai and the UAE have demonstrated a remarkable ability to maintain their long-term development trajectory through periods of global disruption. From financial crises and geopolitical shocks to the...

Dubai & the UAE: The Hub for a Fragmented World

Dubai and the UAE have demonstrated a remarkable ability to maintain their long-term development trajectory through periods of global disruption. From financial crises and geopolitical shocks to the...

Salmaan Jaffery

DIFC AuthorityChief Business Development Officer

9:50 AM10:20 AM

The New Global Capital Map – Where Private Wealth & Private Capital Are Heading

The global investment landscape is being redrawn. Geopolitical fragmentation, shifting trade flows, changing interest-rate regimes, technological disruption and the rise of new pools of wealth are...

Arboris CapitalSenior Executive Officer

Global VenturesFounder and Managing Partner

Maurice Gravier

Emirates NBDGroup Chief Investment Officer, Wealth Management

PatrimiumManaging Partner

10:20 AM10:40 AM

Networking

10:40 AM10:55 AM

Allocating to Private Markets: A Leading Gulf Investor’s View

Gulf investors have become some of the most influential players in global private markets. They commit to leading managers across private equity, venture and growth, private credit and...

Cambridge AssociatesPartner and Head of Middle East

Shamal HoldingExecutive Vice President and Head of Private Markets Investments

10:55 AM11:20 AM

AI & the Agentic Economy: The Last of the Mohicans or Supercharged Investors?

AI is moving rapidly from a tool for analysing information towards autonomous systems capable of researching companies, building investment cases, monitoring portfolios and executing increasingly...

Khaled Abou Zahr

PE FORUMFounder

Fahad Al-Sharekh

JEDI Fund (KAMCO)General Partner

SingularCo-Founder

Sinarmas TechnologyInvestment Partner

11:20 AM11:40 AM

Networking

11:40 AM12:00 PM

Frontier, Defence & Dual-Use Technologies: The European View

Defence, space and dual-use technologies are entering a new investment cycle, but they remain heavily shaped by governments. Rising defence budgets, strategic procurement and national-security...

Elodie Robin Guillerm

Jolt CapitalSenior Advisor

OTB VenturesCo-Founder & Managing Partner

Antoine Blondeau

Alpha Intelligence CapitalFounder & Managing Partner

12:00 PM12:30 PM

Energy, Infrastructure & the Physical Economy: The New Energy Investment Map

The energy investment story is changing rapidly. The GCC is moving from a model centred on state ownership and hydrocarbon revenues towards one in which governments increasingly monetise existing...

Khaled Abou Zahr

PE FORUMFounder

Permira Advisers LLPPartner, Co-Head of Energy Transition

Redwood Heritage Multi-Family OfficeFounder & CEO

VisionEdgeOneChairman

12:30 PM1:30 PM

Networking Lunch

Macro & Private Markets: The Allocator’s View

Higher-for-longer rates, sticky inflation, geopolitical fragmentation and the AI investment boom are changing the foundations of portfolio construction. The traditional 60/40 portfolio has been...

Bernard Sabrier

UnigestionChairman of Unigestion Holding One and Vice-Chairman of Sagard

Digital Assets & the Future of Finance: From Crypto Markets to Institutional Financial...

Venture Souqco-founder & General Partner

Motive PartnersPrincipal

Rana Abdel latif

Speedinvest Partner

Networking

Entertainment, Media & the Creator Economy: The New Economics of Content, Sports & Experiences

The economics of media and entertainment are being reshaped simultaneously by AI, streaming, gaming, sports rights and the creator economy. AI is lowering certain production costs while increasing...

Arab Bank SwitzerlandHead of Family Offices

Chenavari Investment ManagersChairman

Michael Schmidt

885 CapitalChief Investment Officer

Networking

Health & the Future of Healthcare: AI, Biotech & the Industrialisation of Healthcare

Healthcare investment is entering a period where AI, drug discovery, precision medicine and data are converging with the need to increase healthcare capacity and productivity. At the same time,...

Khaled Abou Zahr

PE FORUMFounder

Charles Edouard Bouée

AICCEO, Quartermaster.ai (AIQ) | Co-Founder, Adagia Partners and Alpha Intelligence Capital

Michael Schelper

DeerfieldOperating Partner

Growth Catalyst Investment CompanyFounder & CEO

Stergios Voskopoulos

AltNovel CEO, Founder

Networking

Accessing Private Markets: Structures, Platforms & Liquidity

Private markets are becoming an increasingly important part of Middle Eastern wealth portfolios as family offices, entrepreneurs and private banking clients seek broader access to private equity,...

Arboris CapitalSenior Executive Officer

Benedetta Balducci

State Street Investment ManagementManaging Director, Head of Private Markets Strategy

Venu Krishnamurthy

HarbourVestManaging Director & Head of Global Private Wealth

Accessing Private Markets: The Manager View

Global managers are responding to the rise of private wealth by building dedicated businesses: launching evergreen and semi-liquid vehicles, adapting minimums and reporting, and opening offices in...

GoldenTreeHead of Middle East Business Development

BridgepointManaging Director

Closing Remarks & End of Forum