Faisal Toukan and Sarah Toukan , Co-founders of UAE-based fintech Ziina.

Together, they’re working to bring financial freedom to every person in the Middle East.  The platform simplifies transactions for businesses and individuals alike by offering instant money transfers, customizable payment links, QR code payments, and a fast and secure payment gateway.

Koray Bahar is Co-Founder & CEO Figopara, a Turkish fintech developing new solutions around supply chain finance.

Sir Shankar Balasubramanian FRS FMedSci co-founder of Biomodal, a developer of ground-breaking multi-omic tools to simultaneously detect genetic and epigenetic information from nucleic acids.

Christofer Mowry joined General Fusion as Chief Executive Officer in 2017, bringing global energy industry leadership to the company during the important transition from lab-scale research to the pilot plant demonstration of its technology.

Bob Mumgaard is Co-Founder and CEO of Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS).  He has a Master in Nuclear Science & Engineering and a PhD in Applied Plasma Physics, both from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2015, cofounding CFS in early 2018 – a spinout from MIT’s Plasma Science & Fusion Center.  CFS is developing the fastest path to commercial fusion energy combining proven science with revolutionary magnet technology.

Hosam Arab is the Co-founder and CEO of tabby, a UAE-based fintech start-up and the region’s leading ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ consumer solution.

Mohamed Mossaad, Co-founder and CEO, Flextock, was Chief Strategy Officer at Egyptian food order/delivery startup Elmenus.  Enas Siam, Co-founder and COO was previously with Careem. Both the founders have previously also worked in the FMCG sector.

Mossaad  states: “Flextock is a purpose-driven company. We are on a mission to enable all merchants, regardless of their size, to efficiently scale their brands” and Enas adds: “We see a huge opportunity in powering the next generation of commerce in the region by allowing anyone to seamlessly start and grow an online business by leveraging our tech-enabled fulfillment and logistics solutions.”

Joseph Dallago is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Rain, a Bahrain-based licensed cryptocurrency digital trading platform.

JoeBen Bevirt is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of JOBY Aviation and has led the team since its inception, more than a decade ago.

Hisham Al-Falih is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lean Technologies, a Saudi Arabian start-up aiming to build the infrastructure for fintech in the Middle East.

RJ Scaringe founded RIVIAN in 2009, and established RIVIAN’s innovative product and technology platform.