Wissam Joubran was born in Nazareth, Galilea, in 1983 to a family with a rich artistic heritage. Joubran encountered early on the music and craftsmanship of the Luth (‘oud). At six, he made his first instrument. This particular relationship with the oud continued to deepen and to grow richer. Joubran was driven early on by a belief that his work helped foster pathways for a synergy between the East and the West, and he tries to make both experiences converge towards a single musical universe. He was the first Arab student to attend the prestigious Antonio Stradivari conservatory, renowned for the fabrication of string instruments (violins in particular). In 2003, he received the award of best artisan luthier. He has performed at more than 1,200 concerts as part of the “Trio Joubran,” including at Carnegie Hall and Olympia. Joubran is also the founder of the International Oud Association.

Dana Juffali is currently a Board Member at E.A. Juffali & Brothers, and Director of Business Development at Khaled Juffali Company. In addition, Dana is a Board Member of a number of philanthropic institutions, including the The Shefa Fund, and The Help Center. She previously held managerial positions at Siemens AG in Germany and Saudi Arabia in Human Resources and Supply Chain Management.

Dana holds a bachelor's degree in International Relations from the University of Southern California, and a master’s degree in business administration from Steinbeis-Hochschule-Berlin. She is fluent in English, Arabic, German, and French.

Aminata Kane Ndiaye is the Executive VP of Mobile Financial Services at Orange Middle East and Africa, overseeing mobile money, banking and fintech activities across 17 countries. From 2018 to 2022, she was the CEO of Orange Sierra Leone and the Chairwoman of the Board of Orange Mobile Finance Sierra Leone. Under her leadership, Orange Sierra Leone became the market leader, significantly improved its growth and profitability, and has established itself as a key player in innovation with the launches of mobile money microcredit, Orange energy and e-Education. Prior to this appointment, she was the Chief Marketing Officer for Orange Money in Senegal, a business that has grown exponentially and become profitable in the past two years. From 2009 to 2011, she was a strategy consultant with McKinsey & Company in France and Africa, designing strategies and operations for telecommunication and technology providers, banks, and consumer goods manufacturers in Europe and West Africa. She is a graduate from HEC Paris, earned her MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and is a MIT Legatum fellow. In 2017, she was named Young Leader of the French African Foundation, and in 2019 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. In 2020, at 36, won the Africa CEO of the Year Award organized by the AfricaCom / AfricaTech Festival. She was in 2021 and 2022 selected as one of the 100 Women CEO in Africa, an initiative by Africa.com and Harvard University. She is a Senior Advisor to the Amadou Mahtar Mbow Association, a board member for several companies and an investor in African tech start ups.

Nauman Khan founded Almoiz Industries, a manufacturer of sugar and its by-products in Pakistan, which uses a unique multi-crop production process and biomass-based energy sales to create a paradigm shift in the way sugar manufacturing operations are organized in sub-tropical countries. He has also been a pioneer of sustainable, environmentally friendly and small landholder focused practices in his industry. Prior, he worked for Goldman, Sachs & Co and PepsiCo in the US. Nauman has a keen interest in technology entrepreneurship and is an avid angel investor. He is an active contributor in the field of education and serves on the boards of several universities and schools in the US and Pakistan. Nauman has a MS in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, and BA in Economics, both from Stanford University.

Committed in promoting sustainable growth in developing economies, Sanae Lahlou is the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Country Representative in Morocco. She ensures the coordination, in Morocco, of the strategy of the UN agency, for the promotion of inclusive and sustainable industrial development. Sanae has a long and rich experience in the conduct and implementation of several economic programs in the public and private sectors, in Morocco and internationally, some of which have been related to industrial development issues

She was before the Director of the African Business Unit of the International Consulting firm Mazars. She has also assisted several Moroccan industrial small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to position themselves in global value chains, as she has been in charge of International Markets for the Moroccan Investment and Export Development Agency, under the authority of the Morocco Ministry of Industry. Prior to that, Sanae held the position of Development Adviser for Africa at the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Sanae Lahlou has been awarded as “Young Global Leader” 2021 by The World Economic Forum (WEF). Advocating for inclusive growth and gender equality are also among Sanae’s career key drivers. She has been also nominated as a “Global Impact” doer by the Pan African Leadership and Entrepreneurship Development Centre, and as “French-African Young Leader 2019” by the French-African Foundation.

She has graduated from Sciences Po Paris and the American University Al Akhawayn. She also obtained an MBA in International Business Engineering in Paris and a Master Degree from ISCAE (High Public Institute of Commerce and Business Administration) in Coaching & Leadership. Sanae recently obtained the Sustainability Certificate from Stanford University California. She achieved as well the Certificate of Achievement of Public Leadership from Oxford University and the Apolitical Academy Global.

Deepak is a serial Entrepreneur and Entrepreneur Coach with a global, multicultural background. He's a curious, growth-focused leader, experienced in leadership development, change management and commercialisation. He's founded and still leads businesses in OEM Product development, design, Sourcing, manufacturing and managing supply chains, and the companies help global, market-leading consumer product brands strengthen and grow.
His passion lies in helping his teams and the entrepreneurs he coaches, break through mindset barriers that unlock clarity and growth.
He's operated his companies for over 25 years, based in Hong Kong, China, Vietnam and Dubai.
While in Hong Kong, he founded Paperclip Entrepreneur Campus where he coached over 2,000 founders. The goals was to quickly improve the journey of early stage entrepreneurs by helping them get to 'plan B' faster, using powerful tools and mentoring, designed in-house and validated with Paperclip's in-house incubator and workshops, and with the Hong Kong government incubators, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park and Cyberport.

Coaching via GrowthEDGE™️ and 'Deepak has Coffee' Podcast. grow@growthede.co

Class of 2013 Young Global Leader World Economic Forum - https://www.weforum.org/communities/forum-young-global-leaders

2016 - Recognised by UBS bank as a Global Visionary - https://www.ubs.com/microsites/global-visionaries/en/visions/deepakmandnani.html

Grew up in HK and Switzerland; graduated Georgetown University, DC, Finance and International Business. Speaks Spanish and conversational Mandarin.

Specialties: Coaching Multi-cultural founders, Product Design, Leadership development, Manufacturing and Supply Chain management.

Nadia Maqbool is the first UK qualified female Architect to achieve professional recognition from the Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA and the Architects Registration Board ARB within the Sultanate of Oman. She is the owner and co-founder of 23 Degrees North, the first Omani owned professionally recognized architectural design studio within the Sultanate. The studio won the National Entrepreneurship Award in 2014. In 2016 Nadia was selected as one of 35 future leaders in the private sector to benefit from the prestigious National CEO Program. These awards recognize Nadia and 23 Degrees North as delivering outstanding high-performance teamwork and architecture at world-class level while encouraging the ecosystem enabling young Omani talent. Nadia is passionate about how culture, memory and sustainability play a positive interpretative role in architecture that is authentic to and resonates with the essence of place. Nadia’s working languages are Arabic, English, Spanish and her own tribal language: Lawati.

Shaffi Mather is a Lawyer, Social Entrepreneur and Public Policy Analyst.

Shaffi is the founder Chairman of MUrgency Inc. based in Dover, DE, USA, a holding company for multiple businesses playing the role of the idea generator, incubator, accelerator, growth hacker, organization builder and corporate office for various businesses in Business Incubation / Acceleration, Airport Assistance Services, Quaternary Medical Care, Reproductive & Fertility Medicine, E Commerce and Fin Tech.

Shaffi is an alumnus of Harvard University, London School of Economics & Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, University of Bridgeport, Cochin University School of Law and Mahatma Gandhi University. Shaffi is presently a doctoral student at the School of Business, IE University, Spain.

Shaffi previously founded, Dial 1298 for Ambulance / ZHL (www.zhl.in), currently the largest Ambulance Service in the Developing World & Co-Founder, Lifesupporters Institute of Health Sciences, now Asia's largest Pre-hospital Care Training Organization.

Shaffi's TED speech proposes a radical new fee for service initiative to assist citizens to fight individual demands for bribes - https://www.ted.com/talks/shaffi_mather_a_new_way_to_fight_corruption?language=en

Shaffi is a Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum; World Responsible Leader, BMW Foundation; Asia Young Leader, Asia Society; TED Fellow, TED; Aspen ILI Fellow, Aspen Institute; Kenneth Galbraith Scholar, Harvard University; British Chevening Gurukul Fellow, London School of Economics & Political Science; Future International Leader, British Government; & UBS Global Visionary

Shaffi was one of the three Social Entrepreneurs from India invited by President Obama to the US President's Summit on Social Entrepreneurship in Washington DC in 2010 and also member of the select group with whom President Obama had discussions during his India visit. Shaffi was also selected as a Future International Leader by British Government in 2012 where he was invited to spend time with senior British Government officials in London over two weeks.

Hamdullah Mohib most recently served as the National Security Adviser to the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Mohib previously served as the Afghan Ambassador to the United States. He also served as non-resident Ambassador to Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Argentina, and Columbia.

Before being appointed Ambassador, Dr. Mohib served as Deputy Chief of Staff to the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

Dr. Mohib has been an active leader in civil society among the global Afghan community. As an undergraduate at Brunel University, he founded the largest Afghan diaspora youth association in Europe, the Afghan Students Association of the UK. While completing a PhD in Computer Engineering at Brunel University, he founded and served as Chairman of the Board for the Afghan Professionals Network (APN). As part of APN, he started a think-tank “Discourse Afghanistan”, and initiated community service programming to support special needs orphans in Kabul, and to recognize achievements of Afghan women. Dr. Mohib is fluent in English, Pashto, and Dari, with proficiency in Urdu/Hindi.

Alisha is the Executive Director of Aster DM Healthcare which is an integrated healthcare conglomerate of 30 years’ standing which spans 9 countries (UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, India, Philippines, and Jordan). Aster provides primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary care services, and now has more than 300 facilities. The Group employs more than 20,000 people, of which 2,000 are doctors and some 6,000 are paramedical and nursing staff. Alisha is a Chartered Accountant from the ICAS (Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland). and worked earlier with Ernst & Young. She has graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor with distinction in Finance & Accounting. Alisha's philosophy in life is 'Healthiness is Happiness'. She wants to enable quality healthcare across the globe treating people with compassion, precision and excellence. She is dedicated to the cause of women's empowerment and mental health. She believes in diversity of the workforce, the strength in differences and focused on improving the glass ceilings at work for women. Health is a birthright of every human on this planet. Alisha is dedicated to ensure that humanity leverages on advances in science as well as personal re-engineering of self ranging from lifestyle choices to dealing with the external environment to stay happy and healthy, both physically and mentally.

Mr. Narain is an experienced Private Equity Investor based in Mumbai. He was a Partner and Managing Director for TPG Growth, a global private equity firm, for over ten years and led investments worth $500 million in India and South Asia He served on the boards of AGS, Healthium, American Oncology Institute, India Transact, Asiri Hospitals, Global Gene Corp, Landmark Cars, Landmark Insurance and Dodla Dairy.

Prior to joining TPG Growth in 2007, Mr. Narain was an investor with Bessemer Venture Partners in New York. Previous to that, Mr. Narain was an Engagement Manager in McKinsey's Private Equity Practice in Palo Alto and London. Mr. Narain joined McKinsey from Deloitte Consulting, where he was a Senior Consultant.

He has a Master of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and an M.B.A., from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. Selected as a Young Global Leader in 2014, he is an active member of the World Economic Forum and serves on its Advisory Board. Vish was also nominated as an Aspen Fellow in 2014 and is a member of the Aspen Leadership Institute.

A semi-professional sitar player and adventure travel enthusiast, Mr. Narain has worked in 20 countries and traveled to over 80 nations. He was nominated for Business Today’s “40 under 40”, and has been featured in several publications including the cover of Forbes India. He has spoken and taught at various institutions including Harvard Business School and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

Sultan Olayan joined the Middle East and North Africa private equity team of Olayan (OFC) in 2019 as an Associate Director. He was at Olayan Saudi Holdings Company (OSHCO) since late 2017 as a member of the management team. Before joining Olayan Group, Olayan worked at the private equity arm of Abu Dhabi-based Waha Capital. Olayan is a member of the Olayan Family Council as well as a member of the Steering Committee for the Suliman S. Olayan Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Olayan Group. He is also a member of various boards, including Iliad Partners, TIC, SCC, Education for Employment, Saudi Craft Company, Ba’a Foundation and Aurbis Capital. Olayan began his career at Credit Suisse's Investment Bank in Hong Kong as a Research Analyst. He holds a BA (Hons) in Finance and Entrepreneurship from Northeastern University. He speaks Arabic, English, German and French.