Bob Diamond

Founding Partner & Chief Executive Officer, Atlas Merchant Capital

Mr. Diamond is Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer of New York-based Atlas Merchant Capital. Until 2012, Mr. Diamond was Chief Executive of Barclays, having previously held the position of President of Barclays, and was responsible for Barclays Capital and Barclays Global Investors (“BGI”). He became an executive director of Barclays in 2005 and was a member of the Barclays Executive Committee since 1997.

Prior to Barclays, Mr. Diamond held senior executive positions at Credit Suisse First Boston and Morgan Stanley in the United States, Europe and Asia. Mr. Diamond worked at Credit Suisse First Boston from 1992 to 1996, where his roles included Vice Chairman and Head of Global Fixed Income and Foreign Exchange in New York, as well as Chairman, President and CEO of Credit Suisse First Boston Pacific. Mr. Diamond worked at Morgan Stanley from 1979 to 1992, including as the Head of European and Asian Fixed Income Trading.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Colby College in Maine and an MBA from the University of Connecticut.

Vivek Dhayagude

Chief Technology Officer, SkyBridge

Vivek Dhayagude joined SkyBridge in August 2015 as Chief Technology Officer after previously serving as a Technology Consultant to the firm for several years. His 20 years of IT experience includes work as a CTO at Life Analytics (2007-2009), as well as a Systems Architect for Tower Group Insurance (2010-2013) and American International Group (2004-2006). Earlier in his career, Vivek held positions at Mellon Bank and IntSol Consulting Inc., Canada. He received a Bachelor of Computer Engineering from University of Pune, India.

Alexander Denner, Ph.D.

Chief Investment Officer, Sarissa Capital Management LP

Alex Denner, Ph.D., has been investing in healthcare companies for the past two decades. In 2013, he founded Sarissa Capital Management to capitalize on the compelling opportunities for positive shareholder activism created by the unique dynamics of the healthcare sector.

Dr. Denner has led Sarissa’s involvement in some of biopharma’s most successful strategic transactions and activist campaigns, including the sales of Idenix to Merck and ARIAD to Takeda and the spinoff from Biogen and subsequent sale of Bioverativ to Sanofi.

Prior to founding Sarissa, Dr. Denner was the healthcare portfolio manager of Icahn Capital. At Icahn, he developed Icahn’s activist strategy in healthcare and was responsible for some of the firm’s most successful investments, including ImClone, Genzyme, Amylin, MedImmune, Biogen and Forest Laboratories. Prior to joining Icahn, he was a healthcare portfolio manager at Morgan Stanley Investment Management and at Viking Global.

Dr. Denner currently serves as a director of Biogen and as Chairman of The Medicines Company. He previously served as Chairman of ARIAD and director of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Bioverativ and ImClone. Dr. Denner received his S.B. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his M.S., M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from Yale University.

Ryan Denehy

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Electric AI

Ryan is a three-time entrepreneur who's previous technology companies were successfully acquired by USA TODAY and Groupon. Now as the founder and CEO of Electric, Ryan created the first "automated IT department" for small and midsize companies. Since founding in 2016 Electric has experienced triple-digit annual revenue growth, raised $39M and employs 150 people. Ryan is an active venture investor and enjoys driving race cars in his spare time.

Tara Courtney Davies

Member & Head of European Infrastructure, KKR

Tara Courtney Davies (London) joined KKR in 2016 and is a Member and Head of the European Infrastructure team. Ms Davies is a member of the Infrastructure Investment Committee and Infrastructure Portfolio Management Committee. Ms. Davies is currently on the board of directors of Calvin Capital, a U.K.-based gas and electricity smart metering business; Telxius, a global tower and cable company based in Spain; Acciona, a global onshore renewable business; X-Elio, a global solar developer based in Spain; and an Abu Dhabi midstream company in joint venture with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. Ms. Davies has spent over 20 years in the global infrastructure industry working in both Sydney and London. Prior to joining KKR, she was a senior managing director and head of mergers and acquisitions for Macquarie Group’s infrastructure advisory arm in London (having also spent a number of years in the infrastructure funds division). Ms. Davies commenced her career at Price Waterhouse and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Sydney.

Roxanne Davies

Managing Partner, Parly Singapore Pte Ltd

Roxanne Davies is the Managing Partner of Parly Singapore Pte Ltd, the Asian investment arm for multi century old European family office (SFO). A family office veteran of 30 years, she has managed both operational businesses and multi-asset investment portfolios. Roxanne held positions such as Head of Private Equity and Head of High Net Worth Clients in banks such as HSBC and Union Bancaire Privee respectively, with deep expertise and focus in alternative asset management. She has held Board memberships on both listed and private companies. Currently, she sits on the advisory boards of several large family offices globally. Roxanne has been on the fund raising / advisory boards of the multiple philanthropic institutions, such Singapore Red Cross, SPCA, Human Rights Watch and several private charitable foundations. She has been a speaker and panellist at several industry conferences. She is Swiss, born in Manhattan, NYC and holds a Masters in Finance as well as a Masters in Business Administration.

Dr. Ruchi Dana

Board Member, DANA Group

Dr Ruchi Dana is a qualified medical practitioner, who has transitioned successfully into a seasoned entrepreneur and Business Leader. Ruchi did her MD from JNMCH, AMU and her full-time MBA from Stanford University and is a SSGSA Scholar. Ruchi also received her PMP Certificate in Public Management and Social Innovation from Stanford University and was part of the Stanford BioDesign Exchange Team to China. Ruchi is a frequent speaker at various industry conferences and sits on several Corporate and Startup boards including Dana Group of Companies, UAE and Duluth Medical Technologies Inc, US. Ruchi has been recognized by Forbes Middle East as the “Next Generation Business Leader, Arab World” for 3 consecutive years 2017, 2018 and 2019. She has also been recognized by Campden Wealth as the “Women to Watch” in September’18 issue, and was conferred with the Yuva Ratna Award, 2018. Ruchi has also been recognized as “Top 75 Family Business Leaders” 2019 by Campden Research (UK).

Ruchi is currently the President, COO of Duluth Medical Technologies Inc, a Silicon Valley based Robotic Medical device startup. Duluth is focused to develop intelligent, agile and affordable surgical robots, to improve patient care. Ruchi has been working on medical devices right through her undergraduate college days and has presented various papers, publications on low-cost medical devices at international conferences. While at Stanford, Ruchi was part of the Stanford BioDesign Team and her team won the NIH grant for needs finding under the C-IDEA consortium at Stanford. Ruchi has also worked with Golden Seeds, a women focused Angel Network in New York and New Silk Route Growth Capital, a PE firm in Dubai, she has mainly focused on healthcare related investments at both these firms.

While still sitting on the board of her $500-million-a-year family business, Dana Group, Dr Ruchi Dana has managed to earn her MBA from Stanford and found three businesses: Jugaad, an on-demand last mile logistics provider in the UAE, Pik A Venture, a crowdfunding accelerator platform for South-East Asia and One Big Family, an app for the elderly. Still in her early thirties, Ruchi’s contributions to the family business include helping it diversify into value-added steel products, lubricants, retail, and hospitality sectors. Ruchi mentors startups/founders and also volunteers her time for Médecins Sans Frontières, TiE and AIF. Following her passion for Medical Devices, Ruchi is currently devoting her time to Duluth Medical Robotics and is looking for strategic partners, who can help realize her dream of making Robotic Surgeries more affordable and scalable.

Dr. Eric Daimler

Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Conexus; Presidential Innovation Fellow, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics; Board Member, Petuum; Board Member, WelWaze

Dr. Eric Daimler is a leading authority in robotics and artificial intelligence with over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur, investor, technologist, and policymaker. Eric served under the Obama Administration as a Presidential Innovation Fellow for AI and Robotics in the Executive Office of President, as the sole authority driving the agenda for U.S. leadership in research, commercialization, and public adoption of AI & Robotics.

Eric has incubated, built and led several technology companies recognized as pioneers in their fields ranging from software systems to statistical arbitrage. Currently, he serves on the boards of WelWaze and Petuum, the largest AI investment by Softbank’s Vision Fund. His newest venture, Conexus, is a groundbreaking solution for what is perhaps today's biggest information technology problem — data deluge.

Eric’s extensive career across business, academics and policy give him a rare perspective on the next generation of AI. Eric believes information technology can dramatically improve our world. However, it demands our engagement. Neither a utopia nor dystopia is inevitable. What matters is how we shape and react to, its development.

As a successful entrepreneur, Eric is looking towards the next generation of AI as a system that creates a multi-tiered platform for fueling the development and adoption of emerging technology for industries that have traditionally been slow to adapt. As founder and CEO of Conexus, Eric is leading CQL a patent-pending platform founded upon category theory — a revolution in mathematics — to help companies manage the overwhelming challenge of data integration and migration.

A frequent speaker, lecturer, and commentator, Eric works to empower communities and citizens to leverage robotics and AI to build a more sustainable, secure, and prosperous future. His academic research has been at the intersection of AI, Computational Linguistics, and Network Science (Graph Theory). His work has expanding to include economics and public policy. He served as Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean at Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science where he founded the university's Entrepreneurial Management program and helped to launch Carnegie Mellon's Silicon Valley Campus. He has studied at the University of Washington-Seattle, Stanford University, and Carnegie Mellon University, where he earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science.

Mark Cutis

Group Chief Financial Officer, ADNOC

Joined ADNOC May 2018 as Group Chief Financial Officer from the Abu Dhabi Investment Council (joined March 2008) where he set up the de novo “Special Situations” unit. This group now has a 10 year track record and focuses on investing globally in idiosyncratic and one off transactions across the capital structure with geographic and asset class flexibility.

Prior to ADIC was in Japan for six years first with Unicredito (HVB) as CEO and then with Shinsei Bank in the newly created position of Chief Investment Officer. At HVB, originally hired in their New York Branch as Treasurer for the Americas, was responsible for developing and directing their proprietary allocation to Alternative Investments. Subsequently, transferred to Tokyo as the CEO of HVB’s Japanese operations.

Core expertise is asset allocation, proprietary trading and ALM. Experience includes both direct “hands on management “of risk and risk takers as well as allocating to external managers in alternatives. Experience both on buy side as well as sell side. Has worked in NY, London, Frankfurt, Tokyo Moscow and now Abu Dhabi.

MBA from the Wharton School, BA in Economics from Emory University. Elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Speaks French and Greek and has a working knowledge of German.

Ambassador Michael Corbin

Chief Executive Officer, Corbin Crossroads Consulting

Former U.S. Ambassador Michael H. Corbin is CEO of Corbin Crossroads Consulting, based in the U.A.E to advise on business development, strategy and partnerships in the region. During his diplomatic career, Ambassador Corbin was known for maximizing U.S. business opportunities and U.S. exports. He developed broad political and economic experience of the Arab World from his service in some of its most challenging postings. He completed his service as Ambassador to the U.A.E. in 2014 and since then provides targeted advice supporting business development opportunities across a wide range of sectors.

During his career, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq, as Minister-Counselor in Iraq 2008-2009, as Chargé d’Affaires in Syria 2006-2008, Minister Counselor in Egypt and Deputy Director of the Office of Arabian Peninsula Affairs. He served as Political-Military Affairs Officer in Egypt, in Tunisia and Kuwait and as Director of Counter-Narcotics affairs in Venezuela after joining the State Department in 1985.

He currently teaches political economy to the Shaikh Mohamed bin Zayed Scholars program at NYU Abu Dhabi.

He received his degree from Swarthmore College. He speaks Arabic, French, and Spanish and resides in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He is an avid cyclist and practices yoga.

Timothy C. Collins

Chief Executive Officer, Ripplewood Advisors LLC

Mr. Collins is the CEO of Ripplewood Advisors LLC, the successor to Ripplewood Holdings LLC, which he founded in 1995. Ripplewood has successfully invested in and built companies globally, including in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. It has consistently delivered superior returns from investments totaling over $30 billion in enterprise value. Ripplewood played an instrumental role in transforming and strengthening several prominent financial institutions including: AS Citadele banka of Latvia, Commercial International Bank of Egypt and Shinsei Bank of Japan. Ripplewood has invested in a broad range of industries including: telecom, food, real estate, consumer electronics, chemicals and automotive. Many Ripplewood investments remain public companies.

Before founding Ripplewood, Mr. Collins worked for Cummins Engine Company, Lazard Frères & Company and Booz, Allen & Hamilton. Mr. Collins has served on a number of public company boards including RHJ International, Gogo Inc., Citigroup [after it accepted public funds], Commercial International Bank of Egypt, Shinsei Bank Ltd., Asbury Automotive, Advanced Auto and Rental Services Corp. Mr. Collins also served as an independent director at Weather Holdings, a large private emerging markets telecom operator that was sold to VimpelCom.

Mr. Collins sits on the Board of Directors of Banque Saudi Fransi, EFG Hermes and SODIC. He is the

Chairman of AS Citadele banka and is involved in several not-for-profit and public sector activities, including the Council on Foreign Relations, NEOM, McKinsey and Yale Divinity School Advisory Boards and the Trilateral Commission. He is Chairman of the Advisory Board for YSOM, Co-chair of the Advisory Council of the Global Institute for Advanced Study and a member of the Investment Advisory Committee to the New York State Common Retirement Fund.

Mr. Collins has a BA in Philosophy from DePauw University and an MBA in Public and Private Management from Yale University’s School of Management. Mr. Collins received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from DePauw University in 2004 and has been an Adjunct Professor and Visiting Fellow at New York University. He has served as a Visiting Lecturer at the Yale Law School and is Senior Fellow and Director of the Henry P. Becton Fellowship Program at the Yale School of Management.

Gang Chu

Chief Operating Officer & Chairman, Capital Markets Committee, China International Capital Corporation (CICC)

Mr. Gang Chu is the Chief Operating Officer and Chairman of Capital Markets Committee. Previously, he was the Head of Capital Markets and led capital market roles in the IPOs and follow-on offerings of many leading Chinese companies in the Hong Kong and mainland Chinese stock exchanges. He joined CICC in 2009 as the Head of Strategy Research. Prior to CICC, Mr. Chu was a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager of Citigroup Alternative Investments managing $2 billion fixed income funds and $10 billion in assets. Previously he was the head trader of its Latin America equity derivatives business. He joined Citibank in 1993 in risk management.

Mr. Chu graduated with a B.S. degree from University of Science and Technology of China and a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics and Phi Kappa Phi honor from Northeastern University in the US. He was enrolled in the MBA Program of New York University and is a CFA charter holder.

Dr. Jeffrey Chi

Managing Director, Vickers Venture Partners

Dr. Jeffrey Chi is a Managing Director of Vickers Venture Partners, Vice Chairman of Vickers Capital Group and a member of its Investment Committee. He is also former Chairman and currently Ambassador of the Singapore Venture Capital & Private Equity Association. Dr. Chi also sits on the advisory panels of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the commercialization arm of A*Star and the National University of Singapore Division of Engineering and Technology Management. Based out of Shanghai, Dr. Chi heads Vickers Venture’s investments in Asia and has investments in artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, education, e-commerce, healthcare/wellness and financial services (including fintech). Formerly a corporate finance specialist with and Executive Director at Pegasus Capital, he has managed engagements for large and small clients in both the public and private sectors. Prior to Pegasus Capital, Dr. Chi was a senior consultant with the Monitor Group. Dr. Chi's operational background includes seven years on the management team of an engineering group with operations in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, China and Indonesia. As its Managing Director, he led the group into the Enterprise 50 in 1997 in Singapore. Dr. Chi is a C.F.A. Charter holder and graduated from Cambridge University with 1st Class Honours in Engineering. He earned his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in organizational knowledge and information technology.

Cathryn Chen

Founder & Managing Director, MarketX Ventures

Chen has over 10 years of private investing experience. In 2015, Chen founded MarketX, an investment platform connecting global investors with pre-IPO investments in the US and China. Previously, Chen worked at Deutsche Bank, Rothschild in London, and JP Morgan in Hong Kong, where she contributed to dozens of IPOs and private placements including Alibaba and Xiaomi. At JP Morgan, she ran the Investment Bank and Private Bank Partnership Program. Chen has managed and facilitated secondary investments for 200+ family offices across Asia and the United States.

Prior to founding MarketX, She also worked at EverString, an ad- tech startup that has raised more than $80M, backed by Sequoia Capital & Lightspeed Partners, bringing predictive analytics and Marketing Automation to Fortune 500 enterprises.

In 2008, she co-founded MoneyThink LA, a White House-recognized, 501(c)3 non- profit that provides financial education to urban high school students around the nation. MoneyThink was awarded the Top 10 Social Entrepreneurship Award by President Obama in 2012.

Chen graduated from UCLA and the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Heather D. Ceresini

Managing Director, Portfolio Management, EJF Capital

Ms. Ceresini joined EJF in 2013 and is responsible for the structuring, execution and monitoring of EJF’s private bank debt investments as well as the implementation of equity financings for bank issuers. In addition, she leads the execution of EJF’s securitization strategies including bank subordinated debt and bank and insurance trust preferred securities. She has also managed the resolution of the firm’s TARP portfolio. She has 25 years of experience working with banks and a variety of other financial institutions. Previously, Ms. Ceresini was a Managing Director at Promontory Interfinancial Network and spent 19 years at FBR Capital Markets, most recently in the Financial Institutions investment banking group where she was responsible for the structuring and execution of the firm’s most complex transactions. Prior to investment banking, Ms. Ceresini was a senior analyst in the community bank research group at FBR. Ms. Ceresini holds a BS in Finance from Illinois State University.

Cameron Brownjohn

Chief Executive Officer, Federation Asset Management

Cameron Brownjohn is a founding member of Federation. Previously, Cameron led Macquarie Capital’s Principal Investment division for Australia and New Zealand. He has over twenty years of experience in the financial services industry, having lived and worked in Australia, Asia, Europe, and the United States over this period. His investing experience spans all areas relevant to Federation, including leadership of or involvement in a number of successful investments in the infrastructure, real estate, financial institutions, healthcare, general industrials, resources, media, and telecommunications sectors. Cameron holds degrees in Law and Commerce with First Class Honours. He is an active member of the community and serves as Chairman of Special Olympics Australia.

Thomas P. Bossert

Chief Strategy Officer, Trinity Cyber, Inc.

Mr. Bossert is the Chief Strategy Officer at Trinity Cyber, Inc., a disruptive technology company fundamentally redefining commercial cybersecurity. He’s the National Security Analyst for ABC News, and a respected risk management expert.

Tom was homeland security advisor to two U.S. Presidents, serving as the Nation’s chief risk officer and senior most advisor on cybersecurity, homeland security, counterterrorism, and global health security policy, managing a range of domestic and transnational security issues and consequence management operations. Tom is a senior executive with extensive experience in operational and strategic management roles. He founded and led a management consulting business that supported commercial clients as they assessed and managed multifaceted, complex risk structures and compliance requirements.

Tom was born and raised in Quakertown, PA. He is a Senior Fellow at the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the U.S. Atlantic Council. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Pittsburgh, and his law degree from The George Washington University Law School. Tom was an Engalitcheff Scholar on Comparative Political and Economic Systems at Georgetown University and guest lectures at the Naval Post Graduate School, Center for Homeland Defense and Security.

Dr. Francisco Blanch

Head of Global Commodities, Derivatives Research & Cross-Asset Quantitative Investment Strategies, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Francisco Blanch is head of Global Commodities, Equity Derivatives and Cross-Asset Quantitative Investment Strategies at BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research, and was also head of Global Asset Allocation Research between 2010 and 2012. Based in New York, Blanch is also a member of the Research Investment and Operating Management Committees.

Blanch joined Merrill Lynch in London in April 2005. He developed the ICE Merrill Lynch Commodity index eXtra (MLCX) and 500+ related investable strategies in asset classes as diverse as commodities, equities, fixed income, and foreign exchange.

Research produced by the Commodities, Asset Allocation, and Global Derivatives teams has been recognized by Institutional Investor, Extel, Greenwich, Bloomberg, and Energy Risk, among others. Blanch appears regularly on CNBC, Bloomberg TV and CNN, and his research has been publicized in media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times and Washington Post.

Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Blanch was an energy economist focusing on global oil and gas in the Commodity Research group at Goldman Sachs & Co. and consulted for the European Commission.

He received a doctorate in economics from Complutense University of Madrid and a master’s degree in public administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he was a Teaching Fellow in financial markets. He also completed graduate work in economics at the University of California at Berkeley and was a Korea Foundation fellow at Seoul National University.

His Excellency Dr. Tariq Bin Hendi

Director General, Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO)

H.E. Dr. Tariq Bin Hendi is the Director General of the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO). He leads the organisation’s efforts to grow and diversify Abu Dhabi’s economy through private sector investment. He also oversees strategic initiatives that support the emirate’s economic growth and reputation on the world stage.

Prior to joining ADIO, His Excellency held leadership roles at various institutions including Emirates NBD, Mubadala and Citibank. He also sits on a number of boards including AXA GCIC and EPG (Emirates Post Group)

His Excellency holds a PhD in Economics from the Imperial College London, and graduate degrees from Columbia University and London Business School.

Chavan Bhogaita

Managing Director & Head of Market Insights & Strategy, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)

Chavan Bhogaita currently works as Managing Director & Head of Market Insights and Strategy at First Abu Dhabi Bank. Earlier, he worked with the Alternative Investments and Fixed Income teams within NBAD’s Global Markets Division. He joined NBAD in 2009, specialising in GCC credit markets (bonds and sukuk) across all sectors. He has circa 25 years of professional experience in banking and finance, of which 18 years have been in credit research and analysis. His previous roles include Head of Middle East Credit Research at HSBC (Dubai), Head of Credit Research at Commerzbank (London), and senior credit analyst at Bear Stearns (London), and 6 years prior to his time in financial markets were spent in the areas of corporate recovery & insolvency, auditing, and corporate finance in the UK.

Since he joined NBAD (now FAB), Chavan has focused on the GCC fixed income markets and as such he spends much of his time talking to institutional investors around the world providing them with his analysis, insights and views on this market and the entities/issuers within it. He also runs the Market Insights & Strategy team at the bank.

Chavan was the main project manager and MC for the Global Financial Markets Forum which had become established as one of the most prominent financial markets events in MENA over the last decade. At this gathering he has interviewed on stage prominent individuals such as David Cameron, Tony Blair, Nicholas Sarkozy, General Colin Powell, Dr Mohammed El Erian, Dr Ben Bernanke, and Dr Larry Summers among others.