World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa List of Participants As of 7 April 2014 Dead Sea, Jordan, 24-26 May 2013 Mhammed Abbad Founder Al Jisr Morocco Andaloussi Mahmoud Abbas President of the Palestinian National Authority; Chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization Executive Committee Mohamed Hisham Minister of Tourism of Egypt Abbas Zaazou Ali Abbasov Minister of Communication and Information Technologies of Azerbaijan Gus Abboud Region Manager, Discrete Automation ABB United Arab Emirates and Motion Waleed Abd El General Manager Red Sea World Egypt Rahman Hassan El-Sayed Chief Executive Officer Arab African International Egypt Hassan Abdalla Bank Nouf Al Abdul General Manager, Kuwait and Qatar BP Kuwait Ltd Kuwait Razzaq Abdullah II Ibn Al King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Hussein Jordan Hend Abdulwahed Officer, Public Relations LAP GreenN Libya Sami Abi Esber President MDS UAE (Holding) United Arab Emirates Jihad Abi Saleh Chief Executive Officer and President MDS East Gulf Qatar Khaled Abou Zahr Chief Executive Officer and Eurabia Media Corporation United Arab Emirates Editor-in-Chief Hamza Aboulfeth Chief Executive Officer Genious Communications Morocco Rayd Abu Ayyash Acting Chief Executive Officer Capital Invest Jordan Ayman Abu Dhaim Vice-Chairman National Bank of Iraq Iraq Ahmad Abu Eideh Chief Executive Officer Standard Chartered Jordan Reem Abu Hassan Minister of Social Development of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Rami Abu Omar Chief Executive Officer Jordan Egypt Company Jordan Rami Abu Shaqra Chief Executive Officer and Co-Owner Abu Shakra Trading Company Jordan Mohammed Abu Keeper of the Royal Privy Purse The Royal Hashemite Court Jordan Taleb Khaled Abu-Ajwa Managing Partner, Business Fanbase Jordan Development Fadi Abuali Managing Director; Head of Middle East, Goldman Sachs United Arab Emirates Africa and New Markets, Goldman Sachs Asset Management World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North 1/27 Africa Yousif Al Director Al-Khoei Foundation United Kingdom Abualqassim Al Khoei Ahmad Abughuname Student Al-Albayt University Jordan Sa'd F. Abujaber Managing Director Sa'd Abujaber & Sons Co. Ltd Jordan Hilal Abuzeid Chairman Al Matal Tourism & Jordan Entertainment Rami Adwan Chief Executive Officer Electronic Health Solutions Jordan Sami Al Afghani Chief Executive Officer Jordan Dubai Islamic Bank Jordan Neeraj Agrawal Group Chief Financial Officer Crescent Petroleum United Arab Emirates Adeeb Ahamed Chief Executive Officer Lulu Financial Group United Arab Emirates Masood Ahmed Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington DC Siddeek Ahmed Chairman and Managing Director Eram Group Saudi Arabia Bader A Al Ajeel Executive Director, General Reserves Kuwait Investment Authority Kuwait (KIA) Ammar Aker Chief Executive Officer Paltel Group Palestinian Territories Jameel Akhrass Partner Perella Weinberg Partners United Kingdom (Europe) LLP Nadia Akil Chairman and Chief Executive Officer United Projects for Aviation Kuwait Services Company Yasser Akkaoui Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief Executive Magazine Lebanon Jamal Akl Senior Group Vice-President, Sales, Consolidated Contractors Greece Proposals and Support Company (CCC) Al Hussein Bin Crown Prince of the Hashemite Kingdom Abdullah of Jordan Khalid Omar M.H. Al Director-General Sharjah Media United Arab Emirates Midfa CorporationSharjah Media Corporation Khaled Al Ruwaih Director, Chairman's Office Kuwait Investment Authority Kuwait (KIA) Nasser S. Alabbadi Managing Director Intrah Jordan Mohamed Alabbar Chairman Emaar Properties PJSC United Arab Emirates Rashid Alabbar Founder and Chief Executive Officer Symphony United Arab Emirates Azzam Alameddin Regional Head, Government Relations Visa Inc. United Arab Emirates Hassan Alassaad Founder and Chief Executive Officer EQLIM Lebanon Ali Alayed Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communication of Jordan (2010-2011) Yousif Albinkhalil Chief Executive Officer Al Watan News Bahrain Thomas Alexander Deputy High Commissioner for Aleinikoff Refugees, UNHCR, Geneva Wassel Alfakhoury Board Member and Group General Arabtec Holding Jordan Counsel Ahmed El Alfi Founder and Partner Sawari Venture Partners Egypt Omar K. Alghanim Chief Executive Officer Alghanim Industries Kuwait Fareed Algheyath Senior Director, Corporate Excellence du Telecom United Arab Emirates and External Affairs Anas Alhajji Chief Economist NGP Energy Capital USA Management Samir Alheyari Chief Editor Al Rai (Newspaper) Jordan Khalifa Ahmed Al Ali Managing Director Food Security Center - Abu United Arab Emirates Dhabi Mohamed Ali President National Front Party Libya Abdallah World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North 2/27 Africa Samer Alkharrat Managing Director SAP Middle East and North United Arab Emirates Africa Khalid Alkhudair Chief Operating Officer, Markets KPMG Saudi Arabia Perihane Allam Staff Member, Human Rights Department, League of Arab States, Cairo Patrick Allman-Ward General Manager Dana Gas Egypt Alsharif Mohammed Chairman Midrar Capital Holdings Jordan Alluhaymaq Emad Almadadha Chief Executive Officer Jordan Phosphate Mines Co. Jordan Ltd Narkis Alon Co-Founder Ze-ze Israel Omar O. Alonazi Director Saudi Telecom Group Saudi Arabia Manhal AlQaisi Senior Adviser Samena Capital Investments United Arab Emirates Limited Mohammed Alsousi Head of Region, Middle East and Islamic Relief Worldwide United Kingdom Eastern Europe Azzam Alwash Chairman Nature Iraq Iraq Khalid Al Amin Member of the Board of Directors and Ali Rashid Al Amin Co. BSC Bahrain Chief Operating Officer Mohammad Specialist, Youth Programmes The Jordanian Hashemite Jordan Al-Amoush Fund for Human Development Tarek Anabtawi Director Perella Weinberg Partners UK United Arab Emirates LLP Farid Anabtawi Vice-President, Automotive Division Alghanim Industries Kuwait Jawad Anani Deputy Prime Minister for Development Affairs and Royal Court Chief of Jordan (1997-1998) Inger Andersen Vice-President, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank, Washington DC Stuart Anderson Managing Director, Regional Head, Standard & Poor's Rating United Arab Emirates Middle East Services Jacqueline Andrews Vice-President and General Manager, CA Technologies United Kingdom United Kingdom and Ireland Mohammad Al Ansari Chairman Global Clearing House Kuwait Systems Wassim Al Arabi Chief Executive Officer Alshaya Group Kuwait Gabriel Aractingi Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Arabia Morgan Stanley United Arab Emirates Iyad Asali General Manager Islamic International Arab Jordan Bank Samer I. Asfour Director, Economic and Social Affairs Directorate, Royal Hashemite Court, Jordan Thomas Ashby Group Vice-President, Corporate Abu Dhabi National Energy United Arab Emirates Communications Company (TAQA) Hani Ashkar Deals Leader, Middle East and Country PwC Saudi Arabia Leader, Saudi Arabia Kamel Al Asmar Founder Nakhweh Jordan Nagwa Assran Bureau Chief, Kuwait and Cairo CNBC Arabiya Kuwait Myrna Atalla Executive Director Alfanar United Kingdom Basil George Atalla Vice-President Booz & Company United Arab Emirates Stefano Aversa President and Member of the Board AlixPartners United Kingdom Dionysia-Theodora Member of Parliament, Greece Avgerinopoulou Eytan Avriel Founder and Editor Ha'aretz-TheMarker Daily Israel Newspaper Bassem I. Awadallah Chief Executive Officer Tomoh Advisory Jordan World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North 3/27 Africa Abdulla Al Awar Director, Institutional Affairs and Majid Al Futtaim Properties United Arab Emirates Business Development Muna Awwadova Partner CTPartners Middle East FZ United Arab Emirates LLC Ihab Ayoub General Manager, Middle East and Visa Inc. United Arab Emirates North Africa Randa S. Ayoubi Chief Executive Officer Rubicon Group Holding "RGH" Jordan Aygen Ayozger Vice-President, Business Development Dogan Holding Turkey Makram Azar Vice-Chairman, Investment Banking Barclays United Kingdom Saad Azhari Chairman and General Manager Blom Bank SAL Lebanon Khaled Mahmoud Minister of Manpower and Immigration of Mohamed Hamed Al Egypt Azhary Khaled Mahmoud Minister of Manpower and Immigration of Mohamed Hamed Al Egypt Azhary Azizi Al-Azmy Senior Vice-President, Investments Khazanah Nasional Berhad Malaysia Henry Azzam Chairman Social Security Investment Jordan Fund Alaeddin Mohamed Chairman, Dubai Office Libya Africa Investment Libya Baayou Portfolio Stefanie Babst Chief Strategic Policy Analyst to the Secretary-General and Chairman of the Military Committee, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Brussels Luc Bachelerie Managing Director Adecco Middle East United Arab Emirates Dari Al Bader Chairman Kuwait China Investment Kuwait Company (KCIC) Fadhel Ali Othman Al Senior Vice-President, Oil, Gas and Habboush Group Iraq Badran Chemicals Reem Badran Chairperson Al Hurra for Management and Jordan Business Development Co. Ahmed Badreldin Partner The Abraaj Group United Arab Emirates Bishr Baker Managing Partner, Jordan and Iraq EY Jordan Loulwa M. Bakr Corporate Finance Professional, Saudi Arabia Hamish Banks Vice-President, Public Affairs and The Coca-Cola Company Egypt Communications, Middle East and North Africa Sabah T. Barakat Vice-President, Engineering and Olayan Financing Company Saudi Arabia Construction Materials Said Baransi Chairman BCI Group Palestinian Territories Samir Barhoum Editor-in-Chief The Jordan Times Jordan Andy Barrett Senior Adviser IHS United Kingdom Alaa A. Batayneh Minister of Energy and Mineral Ministry of Energy and Mineral Jordan Resources