Chris Hodge

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Chris Hodge is an independent advisor on governance and regulation working with organisations including ICSA: The Governance Institute (the professional body for company secretaries) and the International Corporate Governance Network. He is a member of Hawkamah’s Advisory Board. </span></p><br /> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">For ten years, Chris was Director of Corporate Governance at the Financial Reporting Council in the UK. In that capacity he was responsible for developing and promoting the UK Corporate Governance Code, and for introducing the first national stewardship code for investors in the UK. </span></p><br /> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Chris established, and chaired until 2015, the European Corporate Governance Codes Network which shares information and good practice among the bodies responsible for codes in 28 European countries. He now chairs the Global Stewardship Codes Network, which brings together bodies from 18 markets.</span></p>

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Simon Osborne

<p>Simon Osborne is Chief Executive of ICSA and Joint Head of ICSA Board Evaluation. Based in London, he is responsible for the management of ICSA in the UK, Republic of Ireland and Associated Territories (UKRIAT) region. Mr Osborne is a Fellow of ICSA and has over 40 years’ industry experience.</p><br /> <p>Simon joined ICSA in 2003 as Head of ICSA Board Evaluation. In 2005, he became Chairman of the ICSA Company Secretaries’ Forum. He was appointed Chief Executive in 2011.</p><br /> <p>Before ICSA, Simon worked at Railtrack Group PLC for 10 years, initially as Group Secretary and General Counsel and later as the Group Legal Director. Prior to this, he worked at the British Railways Board as Head of Legal Department.</p><br /> <p>Simon is a member of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) and serves on its Bylaws and Procedures Committee. He is a non-executive director of Crown Business Communications Ltd and of MNN Holdings Ltd. He is also Deputy Chairman of the Railway Benefit Fund.</p><br /> <p>Mr. Osborne qualified first as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales in 1973.</p>

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H.E. Dr Obaid Al Zaabi

<p><strong>H.E Dr. Obaid Al Zaabi is Chief Executive Officer of the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA).</strong></p><br /> <p>Dr. Obaid Saif Hamad Al Zaabi has over 25 years of work experience in financial legislation, accounting, banking, finance and investment, and shari'ah-compliant finance from many leading financial institutions in the United Arab Emirates, such as the U.A.E. Central Bank, Dubai Islamic Bank, Amlak Finance, and the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA).</p>

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Huda BUHUMAID

<p><strong>Chief Marketing Officer</strong> – Group Communications Dubai Holding Oct 2006 till date. Chief Marketing Officer, Group Communications at Dubai Holding, a global investment company, where she effectively manages Corporate Communications, Public Relations, Marketing and branding. </p><br /> <p>Huda successfully steers Dubai Holding’s communication including matters pertaining to its companies; Jumeirah Group, Dubai Properties Group, TECOM Group and Emirates International Telecommunications as well as the investments side represented by Dubai Group and Dubai International Capital.</p><br /> <p>Prior to joining Dubai Holding Corporate Office, Huda was Managing Director – Marketing & Communications, Dubai Group, a member of Dubai Holding.  She oversaw the marketing and communications strategies for Dubai Group subsidiaries in various international markets.  Huda successfully developed and launched new brand identities for companies such as Borse Dubai, Emirates Investment Authority, Qatar Investment Authority Joint Venture as well as re-branding Dubai International Financial Exchange into NASDAQ Dubai.</p><br /> <p>In addition, Huda revamped the strategy for the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) for Her Royal Highness Princess Haya bint Al Hussain and effectively managed the complex transaction of Borse Dubai bidding for the Nordic Exchange OMX.  Previously, Huda worked with Citibank UAE quickly moving the ranks from Marketing Manager – Credit Cards to Assistant Vice President – Marketing and Business Development.  At Citibank, Huda launched several “first” initiatives, including the internet and mobile banking service, which received several advertising recognitions.</p><br /> <p>Huda holds a master’s degree in Organisational Excellence with Honours from Bradford University, UK and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai.</p><br /> <p>Huda is currently a board member at TECOM Group and Dubai Women Establishment, she was the Vice Chair of Dubai First, a consumer finance company, Board Member at Khaleej Times newspaper and the Vice Chair of the Middle East Public Relations Association.</p>

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Dr. Mak Yuen Teen

<p><strong>Mak Yuen Teen is Associate Professor of Accounting at the National University of Singapore</strong>, where he teaches corporate governance and ethics. He holds first class honours, master and PhD degrees in accounting and finance, and is a fellow of CPA Australia.</p><br /><br /> <p>Prof Mak has served on key corporate governance committees which developed and revised the code of corporate governance for listed companies in Singapore. He also served on the Charity Council in Singapore and chaired the subcommittee which developed and revised the code of governance for charities. He was also the Singapore expert in the development of the ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard and Ranking, an initiative of the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum.</p><br /><br /> <p>Prof Mak served as a member of the audit advisory committee of the UN Population Fund based in New York for 6 years, and is currently a member of the audit advisory committee of the UN Women.</p><br /><br /> <p>Prof Mak conducts training in corporate governance for directors, regulators and industry professionals in both financial institutions and listed companies. He has led research projects focusing on corporate governance of large Asian banks, gender diversity on boards and senior management, role of CFOs, stakeholder communications and other areas of corporate governance. He is a regular commentator on corporate governance in the local and international media.</p>

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Dr. Stephen Davis

<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;">Stephen Davis, Ph.D. is a Senior Fellow of the Harvard Law School and Associate Director of its Program on Corporate Governance. He has also been a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and was executive director of  Yale School of Management’s Millstein Center for Corporate Governance. Davis served on the US SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee. He is a member of the Advisory Board of New America’s Bretton Woods II, trustee of ShareAction, member of the <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hawkamah Journal</em> editorial board, and advisor on governance to Alfaisal University College of Business. For nine years he was chair and a board member of Hermes EOS. Davis was also co-director of the Brookings’ World Forum on Governance. Winner of the 2011 ICGN Award, Davis is co-author of <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What They Do With Your Money</em> (Yale University Press, 2016) and <em>The New Capitalists </em>(Harvard Business School Press, 2006). His <em>Shareholder Rights Abroad </em>(1989) pioneered study of comparative corporate governance. Davis is a co-founder of the ICGN and co-author of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment. Davis has a Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, and undergraduate degrees at Tufts and the London School of Economics.</span></p><br /><br /><br /> <p> </p><br /><br /><br /> <p> </p><br /><br /><br /> <p> </p><br /><br /><br /> <p> </p>

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Bryan Stirewalt

Bryan Stirewalt was appointed Chief Executive of the DFSA on 1 October, 2018, after nearly 8 years as the DFSA’s Managing Director of the Supervision Division. In his role as Chief Executive, Bryan will take the lead in steering the work of the DFSA and further developing its capability as a robust regulator delivering world-class financial regulation in the DIFC. <br />  <br /> Prior to joining the DFSA, Bryan developed his skills over a career that spans more than 30 years. He has held a number of senior positions in financial regulation, both in the public and in private sectors. From 1985 to 1996, he worked for the US Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency as a National Bank Examiner, specialising in policy development and implementation, problem bank rehabilitation and banking fraud initiatives. From 1996 until joining the DFSA in 2008, he worked for an international consulting and advisory firm, focusing on emerging markets development programmes in Poland, Ukraine, Cyprus and Kazakhstan.<br />  <br /> In relation to international development, Bryan plays an active role in supporting the work of international standard-setting bodies. He now serves as the Co-Chair of the Basel Consultative Group (BCG), which provides a forum for deepening the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s engagement with non-member, global supervisors on banking supervisory issues. Through this role, Bryan also serves as an Observer at the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. <br />

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Ritva Kassis

<p>Ms. Kassis is a Chartered Company Secretary, governance and compliance professional with extensive experience in listed companies on Nasdaq Dubai and London Stock Exchange. Proficient in corporate governance, corporate law, compliance and risk management across various industries in the private and public sectors. Hold a MSc in Corporate Governance from London South Bank University (UK), a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD), a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (UK), a Certified Compliance Officer of the American Academy of Financial Management and a Certified ISO31000 Risk Professional.<br /><br />She is the head of Governance, Ethics and Compliance at ADNOC Logistics and services, and former Group Company Secretary of DP World. a speaker and workshop facilitator at key events to include fundamentals of the Company Secretary role, corporate governance leadership, role of the board and measuring board effectiveness.</p>

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Vanessa Eastham Fisk

<p>Vanessa Eastham Fisk is a full time Independent Non-Executive Director, holding directorships at Commercial Bank International PSC; Anglo Gulf Trade Bank; a new Neo bank which is 100% owned by Bank ABC, Bahrain; and most recently she has joined the tadawul listed Almarai Company in KSA.<br /> <br />Vanessa focuses on directorships in companies which have a strong innovation and/or transformation agenda, with her current portfolio spanning both traditional and new digital enterprises. In particular she has a keen interest in those businesses deploying newer technologies to gain competitive advantage and is an active Board Advisor and Mentor to a number of the Middle East’s emerging Fintech and Regtech start-ups. </p>

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Dr Waddah Al Hashmi

<p>Dr Waddah is the Senior Director for Sustainability, Operational and Business Excellence for the ENOC Group and overseas all the sustainability, CSR, Energy and Resource Management and reporting as well as Business and Operational Excellence, Innovation and Process Improvement and LSS projects with the Group. <br /><br />He is Vice Chairman of Dubai Carbon; a Board Member of the not-for-profit Emirates Environment Group; an Executive Committee Member (Board) the Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) and a Board/Council member of the Energy Institute (EI) in the UK and serves as the Hon. Chairman of the Energy Institute Middle East Branch. He was born and is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. </p>

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Fahima Al Bastaki

<p>Mrs. Al Bastaki carries a wealth of experience within the financial sector and capital markets in particular. She started her career at HSBC Middle East in 1998 and then in 2004 joined Dubai Financial Market (DFM) to head the Listing and Disclosures Department where she spearheaded a number of successful initiatives attracting companies to list on the DFM managing over 80% of total listings to date. By 2009 she became the Business Development Division Head as an expansion to her role. Mrs. Al Bastaki is one of the top Executive management team at DFM and plays a key role in the development of the DFM as a Public Listed Company and an Exchange championing best practices in Investor Relations, while working collaboratively with the regulator. <br /><br /><br /><br />Mrs. Al Bastaki initiated and continues to lead the organization of the DFM International Investor Conferences in London and New York since 2007. Notably, Mrs Al Bastaki also developed the IPO strategy for DFM in 2009 including a study and a regular private IPO Forum, which has become a flagship event for Decision Makers. <br /><br /></p>

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Dr. Ashraf Gamal

<p><strong>Dr. Ashraf Gamal El Din is the Chief Executive Officer of Hawkamah, the Institute for Corporate Governance, the DIFC. </strong>Prior to joining Hawkamah, Dr. Ashraf was the Executive Chairman of Egypt Post. Before that, he was the Deputy Executive Director of the Egyptian Banking Institute, the training arm of the Central Bank of Egypt. He was also the founder and Project Manager of the Egyptian Corporate Responsibility Center working on promoting the concepts and application of CSR in Egypt. Furthermore, he was the Executive Director of the Egyptian Institute of Directors (EIoD), the Institute of Corporate Governance in Egypt and the Arab Region Dr. Ashraf served as a board member and head of the Audit Committee in a number of listed, non-listed, State Owned and family owned companies. He also served a member of the General Assembly of the Holding Company for Transportation.</p><br /><br /> <p>Furthermore, Dr. Ashraf is an Associate Professor of Management, Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University and holds a Ph.D. degree from Manchester University, UK, and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Carleton University, Canada. He further holds a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from Cairo University with highest honor. Dr. Ashraf worked as head of Business Administration Department at Nile University for Graduate Studied, affiliated with the Ministry of Communication & Information Technology. Since 1997, he taught a large number of management and business courses in Egypt, the US, and the Gulf Area.</p>

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Peter Swabey

<p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peter Swabey is Policy and Research Director at ICSA: The Governance Institute. Based in London, he is responsible for developing the profile of ICSA and the governance profession with members, regulators, policymakers, employers and other stakeholders by delivering thought leadership and lobbying campaigns promoting strong governance as the vital ingredient for success in </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">organisations</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">. </span></p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Peter</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">, who joined ICSA in 2013, has more than 30 years’ experience of company secretarial work. He was formerly Company Secretary at Equiniti and a Director of Equiniti David Venus, a Company Secretarial Services provider. Peter is a member of a number of industry committees and working parties, and is a regular speaker at conferences and events, with an industry-wide reputation as an expert on shareholder and governance matters. </span></p><br /> <p> </p>

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Dr. Ahmad Bin Hassan Al Shaikh

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: 'Americana XBd BT','serif'; mso-bidi-language: AR-AE;">A natural leader with excellent oratory skills and organizational capabilities, Dr.Ahmad Bin Hassan Al Shaikh ventured out to organize entrepreneurial associations in the respective fields of Printing, Food processing etc. Sheer hard work and determination with a firm commitment to excel in all his endeavors brought him more responsibilities in Government and Private sectors. Today he is actively involved with so many decisions making and submit his time and efforts in the capacity of C<span style="font-family: 'Americana XBd BT','serif'; mso-bidi-language: AR-AE;">hairman- Ducab HV; <span style="font-family: 'Americana XBd BT','serif'; mso-bidi-language: AR-AE;">Vice Chairman -  DUCAB – Dubai Cable Company; <span style="font-family: 'Americana XBd BT','serif'; mso-bidi-language: AR-AE;">Board Member- General pension & Social Security Authority; <span style="font-family: 'Americana XBd BT','serif'; mso-bidi-language: AR-AE;">Board Member- DAC; <span style="font-family: 'Americana XBd BT','serif'; mso-bidi-language: AR-AE;">Member Advisory Board –School of Business –AUD. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><br /> <p><span style="font-family: 'Americana XBd BT','serif'; mso-bidi-language: AR-AE;">A vivid reader and academician, Mr.Ahmed takes time out to express his views on social and business issues in local newspapers and Social Media.</span></p>

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Maged Shawky Sourial

<p> </p><br /> <p style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #262626;">Mr. Sourial is the Vice Chairman of Beltone Financial Holding (leading investment bank in Egypt and a listed a company) since 2012. Previously, Mr. Sourial was the Chairman of The Egyptian Stock Exchange since July 2005 till July 2010 after being the Deputy for the chairman for almost a year. During the period of 2002 till mid 2004, he represented the Regulator (Capital Market Authority, then) in the board of directors of the Exchange for three years. He held the position of Senior Assistant to the Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade for Securities Markets issues for around 12 years since 1995. </span></p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #262626;">Mr. Sourial played an instrumental role since 2002 in promoting corporate governance and corporate social responsibility in Egypt. In 2003, Mr. Sourial contributed in the establishment of the Egyptian Institute of Director (EIOD). Furthermore, Mr. Sourial co-authored the first Egyptian Code of Corporate Governance in 2004. </span></p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #262626;">Mr. Sourial is a board member of number of financial institutions, and companies representing the Oil&Gas and F&B sectors, and a co-founder of 2 startups in the field of river transportation and equine technology. Mr. Sourial used to be board member of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), Misr for Clearing Depositary & Registration, National Post Organization, Egyptian Institute of Directors, and The Egyptian Insurance Supervisory Authority. He was also the former Chairman of the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) for two consecutive periods. </span></p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #262626;">Mr. Sourial holds a Masters Degree in Financial Economics from Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom. Authored and co-authored number of research papers on corporate governance and modeling volatility of the market, some have been published in regional and international periodicals.</span></p><br /> <p> </p>

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Rima Hadid - Al Masri

<p>Rima joined Mumtalakat in June 2013 and currently holds the position of Chief Operating Officer and Corporate Secretary. She is responsible for overseeing Mumtalakat’s Legal, Risk & Compliance, Information Technology and Administration divisions. As the Corporate Secretary, she also ensures the swift implementation and execution of Board of Directors’ directives.</p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p>A legal advisor with comprehensive private practice and in-house experience gained over 17 years, in her capacity as Mumtalakat’s General Counsel until 2017, she managed the legal division’s activities, facilitating corporate and investment legal support while implementing the governance requirements of the organisation. She was instrumental in materialising over 15 local, regional and global investment transactions across various sectors. Most notably, Rima played a central role in the reorganisation of the McLaren Group. With her legal guidance, McLaren successfully consolidated its racing, automotive and technology businesses to promote further synergy between the three companies.</p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p>Prior to moving to Bahrain, Rima held various roles in Australia including litigation solicitor of a specialist legal centre in New South Wales, where she convened and facilitated law reform submissions and presented them to the state, ministries and parliament.</p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p>Rima sits on the Board of McLaren Group. She holds a LLB from Western Sydney University. She is an Australian qualified solicitor and a solicitor of the High Court of Australia.</p>

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Dr Sarper Tanli

<p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Dr</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Sarper</span> <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Tanli</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;"> serves as Group Chief Executive Officer of </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Manzil</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;"> Health Care Services since November 2016. He has extensive experience in healthcare planning, development, operations and informatics on an international scale. Dr. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Tanli</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;"> worked on various start-up projects including hospitals, surgical centers and outpatient centers. He has started first home care and disease management programs and served as the founding GM of leading home care and disease management company in Turkey. His area of interest has been wellness & technology, disease management, patient experience and change management. </span></p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Before </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">joining to </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Manzil</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">, he has been responsible expansion of Houston Methodist Global Health Care Services operations in advisory services and training/education programs and many partnerships and collaborations in Europe-Middle East-Africa region in Vice President role. He also led the establishment and operations of the large outpatient centers in the region (The Dubai Mall Medical Centre and its two satellite clinics and recently Valiant Clinic). He led multiple developments and management projects such as Jeddah Health Care Park in KSA, 2,600-bed healthcare complex in Istanbul, and radiation oncology centers in East Europe. At these facilities, Dr. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Tanli</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;"> oversaw the development and implementation of information systems, marketing, recruitment, quality programs, and operational commissioning. In addition, he led the development of numerous market studies, strategic plans, business plans and feasibility studies for hospitals in the Middle East and Africa. </span></p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Previously </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">he has worked for Harvard Medical International (HMI) and played a leading role in the planning and development of Dubai Health Care City (DHCC) and its components. Dr. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Tanli</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;"> led several projects for DHCC including the development of the master clinical plan, licensing structure and governance models, as well as the development and execution of an Integrated Health Network and an Electronic Health Record model. Dr. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Tanli</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;"> also contributed to the development of for a 500-bed teaching hospital based in DHCC. <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">  </span></span></p><br /> <p> </p>

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Peter Montagnon

<p><strong>Peter Montagnon is Associate Director, Institute of Business Ethics.</strong> Prior to this he was Senior Investment Adviser at the Financial Reporting Council, with responsibility for addressing corporate governance policy and strengthening the FRC's understanding of the investor community.<br /><br />Peter was a Senior Journalist on the Financial Times for twenty years, before becoming Director of Investment Affairs at the Association of British Insurers.<br /><br />After graduating in Modern Languages from Cambridge University in 1972, Mr Montagnon joined Reuters news agency as a financial journalist, completing assignments in Hong Kong, Zurich and Washington before joining the Financial Times.<br /><br />Mr Montagnon is a visiting Professor in Corporate Governance at the Cass Business School of the City University, London, and a member of the Corporate Governance Advisory Board of Norges Bank Investment Management. He is past Chairman of the Board of the International Corporate Governance Network and served on the European Commission's Corporate Governance Forum from 2005 to 2011.<br /><br /> </p>

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Sheikh Hussain A. Al Banawi

<p><strong>Sheikh Hussein A. Al-Banawi is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Industrial Group</strong>, a market leader in packaging, specialty chemicals and food flavors in the Broader Middle East, Africa, and Indian Subcontinent.</p><br /> <p>He is an inspirational leader dedicated to helping the next generation of enterprise leaders in the Arab World. He is Founder of the Chair in Islamic Economics, Finance and Management at Rice University in Houston, Texas and also serves on the board of various civic organizations. He is also a founding member of The John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement at the American University of Cairo. Sheikh Hussein is a member of the Board of Trustees, Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee, and Chairman of the Investment Committee of the World Waqf Foundation of the Islamic Development Bank.</p><br /> <p>An advocate and proponent of good corporate governance in both private and public institutions, Sheikh Hussein Al-Banawi is a member of the Board of Directors of Hawkamah, The Institute for Corporate Governance of the Dubai International Financial Centre. Sheikh Hussein Al Banawi is also the Chairman of the Advisory Committee of The Effat Ambassadors Program, a program established at Effat University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to empower aspiring women leaders.</p><br /> <p>With Sheikh Hussein’s founding vision, The Al-Banawi Scholarship for Personal Development was established at Franklin University in Switzerland with the unique purpose of providing financial aid to outstanding students in need who reciprocate by acting as academic mentors for other students facing language, learning or cultural challenges. After embarking on his early undergraduate studies at Franklin University in Switzerland, Sheikh Hussein thereafter pursued his bachelor’s degree with a dual major in political science and business administration at Rollins College in the United States, culminating in a Master of Business Administration from Rollins.</p><br /> <p>Sheikh Hussein is the author of the recently published book, The Unknown Leader, one of the foremost publications on leadership which has emerged from our region.</p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p>

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Raja al Mazrouie

<p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">As </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Executive Vice President of </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">FinTech</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;"> Hive at DIFC, Raja Al Mazrouei oversees the region’s first </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">FinTech</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;"> accelerator, which brings together Financial Institutions, Government entities, technology partners and entrepreneurs to develop technologies that benefit the financial industry.  Ms. Al Mazrouei plays an integral role in building awareness, increasing outreach and facilitating partnerships in emerging </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">FinTech</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;"> markets, such as the UK, the US , Europe , India, Asia and Africa, with the aim of positioning DIFC as the region’s leading innovation destination for </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">FinTech</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">. </span></p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Prior </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">to her current role, Ms. Al Mazrouei was Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communication at DIFC, where she oversaw the public relations, institutional partnerships, branding and digital marketing functions for the Centre on a regional, and global scale. Previously, she held the position of Commissioner of Data Protection at DIFC, in addition to key roles as Head of Operations and Head of Information Technology at DIFC Authority. Earlier in her career, she served as Head of Information Technology at National Bonds Corporation, Director of IT Relationship Management at Dubai Holding and Systems Development Manager at Higher Colleges of Technology.</span></p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Ms</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">. Al Mazrouei is an executive graduate from Harvard Business School; she holds an MBA in Global Leadership and Management from the United Arab Emirates University and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Information Technology from the Higher Colleges of Technology in the UAE. She is also a member of the Harvard Business School MENA and Central Asia Advisory Board based in Boston and is the Vice President of Harvard Business School Club for the GCC.</span></p><br /> <p> </p>

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John Chrisman

<p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">John represents governments, companies and financial institutions on international capital markets deals, cross-border M&A transactions and private equity and venture capital investments.  He is well known for representing clients on sophisticated oil & gas, energy, financial services, IT and entertainment law matters.  John is </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">recognised</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;"> as a leading international lawyer in India and was previously named by Australasian Legal Business as one of the Hot 40 lawyers in the Asia Pacific region.</span></p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">John </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">has worked on a number of high profile transactions around the world. He has worked on large </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">privatisations</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;"> such as GIC Re in India, ENI in Italy and British Telecommunications in the UK, as well as important securities offerings including acting on transactions by Alstom (France), BHP Billiton (Australia), British Airways, British Petroleum, CRH (Ireland), </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Erste</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;"> Bank (Austria), Fortis (the Netherlands), </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Fortum</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;"> (Finland), Foster’s (Australia), Gazprom (Russia), Bharti </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Televentures</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;"> (India), </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Genscript</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;"> Biotech (Hong Kong), P&O Princess Cruises, Tata Consultancy Services (India), Tenaga Nasional (Malaysia) and Qantas (Australia).</span></p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">John </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">has worked on over 150 capital markets transactions in India.  Examples of Indian clients for which John has worked include RBL Bank, General Insurance Corporation of India, Bharti </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Televentures</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Persistent Systems, Power Finance Corporation, </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Thyrocare</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;"> Technologies, </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Patni</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;"> Computer Systems, IndusInd Bank, CEAT, </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Jagran</span> <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Prakashan</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;"> (</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Danik</span> <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Jagran</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">), HT Media (Hindustan Times), Dewan Housing Finance, S Chand & Company and Yes Bank.</span></p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">John </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">has acted on significant oil & gas M&A and capital markets matters around the world including acting for British Petroleum, British Gas, ENI (Italy), Gazprom (Russia), Petrofina/Total (Belgium), Oil Search, Statoil (Norway), BHP Billiton (petroleum) and Woodside Petroleum (Australia).</span></p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">John </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">is admitted to the State Bar of California (1988) and is a registered foreign lawyer in England and Wales and a registered legal consultant in the United Arab Emirates. </span></p><br /> <p> </p>

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Todd Leone

<p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Mr</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">. Leone is a Partner, Global Head of Executive Compensation and manages the Minneapolis office of McLagan’s Corporate and Consumer Banking Consulting Practice. In this capacity he oversees executive advisory work in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia / Pacific. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">An </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">expert in all aspects of executive compensation, he specializes in addressing complex compensation issues found in larger financial institutions across the country. Todd personally directs all aspects of client engagements to assure that every element of total compensation is aligned with the organization’s strategic goals and is properly balanced for safety and soundness. </span></p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Todd </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">has over twenty years of experience as an executive compensation consultant to today’s board of directors. Prior to joining McLagan, he was the president and co-founder of Amalfi Consulting. Todd also managed the Bank Compensation Consulting Practice of Clark Consulting. </span></p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">A </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">frequent author and seminar presenter, Todd is widely recognized in industry publications and conferences, including the American Bankers Association, Bank Director, Southwestern Graduate School of Banking, Institute of International Bankers, as well as at various state and privately-sponsored industry conferences. He helped pioneer and develop the Bank Executive & Board Compensation Conference with Bank Director-a national conference focused exclusively on the needs of banks. </span></p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Todd </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">is a graduate of the University of Minnesota – Institute of Technology, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and statistics. </span></p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p> </p>

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Robert Bush

<p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Robert C. Bush, Jr. (Bob Bush) is a senior investment executive with 27 years of investment experience </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">across:</span></p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;"> </span></p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <div class="O0" style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: .19in; text-indent: -.19in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-format: bullet; font-family: Arial;">•</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: de; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">industries (defense, healthcare, aviation, energy, tourism, and financial services)</span></div><br /> <p> </p><br /> <div class="O0" style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: .19in; text-indent: -.19in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-format: bullet; font-family: Arial;">•</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: de; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">technologies (agtech, advanced manufacturing, e-health, fintech, and artificial intelligence) </span></div><br /> <p> </p><br /> <div class="O0" style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: .19in; text-indent: -.19in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-format: bullet; font-family: Arial;">•</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: de; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">geographies (US, Europe, China, and the GCC)</span></div><br /> <p> </p><br /> <div class="O0" style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: .19in; text-indent: -.19in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-format: bullet; font-family: Arial;">•</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: de; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">asset classes (private equity, venture capital, real estate, and debt) </span></div><br /> <p> </p><br /> <div class="O0" style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: .19in; text-indent: -.19in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-format: bullet; font-family: Arial;">•</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: de; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">capital structures (Islamic and traditional), and </span></div><br /> <p> </p><br /> <div class="O0" style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: .19in; text-indent: -.19in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-format: bullet; font-family: Arial;">•</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: de; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">activities (Entrepreneur, CIO, Board Advisor, and Mentor).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></div><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;"> </span></p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Mr. Bush has engaged in a full array of financial and operating activities for sovereign-related entities, family businesses, technology companies, investment companies, and corporates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;"> </span></p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">Mr. Bush has advised on investment programs of more than </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">USD$300 billion </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">and directly conducted transactions in excess of </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;">USD$35 billion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p style="language: en-US; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Dubai; mso-ascii-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Dubai; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #7f7f7f; mso-color-index: 0; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000;"> </span></p><br /> <p> </p>

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Johan H. Brand

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Johan Brand</span></span></strong><span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;"> is a well-experienced leadership professional. He is sought after by his clients for his top level business expertise and Board/Executive advisory competence. He aims to improve the effectiveness of the Board's and Executive's leadership roles within companies. He mainly advises Chairmen and Family Heads as well as guides CEOs to success. </span></p><br /> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"> </p><br /> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Operating within the highest levels of confidentiality and trust, Johan's leadership advisory services specifically focus on:</span></p><br /> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">1) Board Leadership, Effectiveness and Succession</span></p><br /> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">2) CEO/ C-level Succession Processes and Effectiveness</span></p><br /> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"> </p><br /> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Johan started his career in commercial leadership roles with Procter & Gamble and PepsiCo in Europe. After 9 years, in 1995, he moved to the privately held executive search firm Egon Zehnder, initially operating from Amsterdam and since 2008 from Dubai where he became a Senior Partner.  </span></p><br /> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"> </p><br /> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Johan holds an MSc in Business Economics, an MA in Business Law and an MA in Private Law, all from Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.</span> </p>

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