|  | H.E. Ameera BinKaram 
 Chairperson of the Executive Committee
 Sharjah Business Women's Council
 Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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            |  | Mr. Badr Jafar 
 President,
 Crescent Petroleum
 Sharjah, UAE
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            |  | Dr. Ali Beba 
 Adjunct Professor, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
 School of Business Administration
 Sharjah, American University of Sharjah
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            |  | Dr. Shaikha Al Maskari 
 Chairperson
 Al Maskari Holding
 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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            |  | H.E. Fatima Obaid Al Jaber 
 Chief Operating Officer
 Al Jaber Group of Companies
 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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            |  | H.E. Mirza Al Sayegh 
 Director, Office of Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and
 UAE Minister of Finance
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            |  | Ms. Imelda Dunlop 
 Executive Director
 Pearl Initiative
 United Arab Emirates
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            |  | Mr. Maroun Semaan 
 Founding CEO, Petrofac
 Chairman, Alcazar Capital Limited
 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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            |  | Mr. Mishal Kanoo 
 Deputy Chairman
 The Kanoo Group
 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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            |  | Mr. Pierre Choueiri 
 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
 Choueiri Group
 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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            |  | Mr. Samir Salloum 
 President
 French Business Group, UAE
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            |  | Ms. Hind Abdul Hamied Seddiqi 
 Vice President of Marketing
 Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons
 Dubai, UAE
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            |  | Dr. Nada Mourtada-Sabbah 
 Vice Chancellor for Development and Alumni Affairs & Professor of International Studies
 American University of Sharjah
 UAE
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            |  | Professor Eric Fouache 
 Vice Chancellor
 Paris-Sorbonne University
 Abu Dhabi, UAE
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            |  | Mr. Ramsey B. Jurdi 
 President, The American Business Council
 International Partner, Chadbourne & Parke LLC
 UAE
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            |  | Mr. Adel Ali 
 Board Member and Group Chief Executive Officer
 Air Arabia
 Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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            | .JPG) | Dr. Karim El Solh 
 Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
 Gulf Capital
 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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            |  | Dr. Assem Safieddine 
 Associate Dean for Academic, Programs and Faculty Affairs
 American University of Beirut
 Beirut, Lebanon
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            |  | Dr. Björn Kjerfve 
 Chancellor
 American University of Sharjah
 Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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            |  | Mr. Fouad Makhzoumi 
 Executive Chairman
 Future Pipe Industries
 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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            |  | Mr. Franck Heimburger 
 Chief Executive Officer
 AXA Gulf
 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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            |  | H.E. Sheikh Sultan Khaled Al-Qassimi 
 Chairman and CEO Gulf Holdings
 United Arab Emirates
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            |  | Mr. Karim Ghandour 
 Managing Director
 Family Succession Strategist
 Money Line Group
 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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            |  | Ms. Khulood Qayed 
 Communications and Government Relations Manager
 Shell Markets
 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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            |  | H.E. Marwan bin Jassim Al Sarkal 
 Chief Executive Officer
 Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq)
 Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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            |  | H.E. Mohammed A.J. Al Fahim 
 Honorary Chairman
 Al Fahim Group of Companies
 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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            |  | Mr. Mu’taz Sawwaf 
 Chief Executive Officer
 Construction Products Holding Company
 Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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            |  | Mr. Osama Ibrahim Seddiqi 
 Senior Vice President Finance & Operations
 Ahmed Seddiqi and Sons
 United Arab Emirates
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            |  | Mr. Patrick Chalhoub 
 Joint Chief Executive Officer
 Chalhoub Group
 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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            |  | Mr. Philippe Dessoy 
 General Manager
 BESIX Group
 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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            |  | Ms. Rania Rizk 
 Vice President & Chief Legal Counsel
 PepsiCo, Middle East & Africa
 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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            |  | Mr. Samer Said Khoury 
 President, Engineering & Construction
 Consolidated Contractors Company
 Greece
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            |  | Mr. Walid Yared 
 Chief Marketing Officer
 Choueiri Group
 United Arab Emirates
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            |  | Mr. Ziad Salloum 
 Partner
 Salloum & Partners
 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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