Speakers

Mark Thompson
240 240 The GCC Club

Mark Thompson leads the Advisory business of Holtara, the ESG business of Apex.  He has over thirty years’ experience as a consultant advising clients on their sustainability & ESG priorities. …

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Sae Min Ahn
400 400 The GCC Club

Saemin Ahn is a partner at multi-stage venture capital firm 500 Global for its Southeast Asia growth initiatives.Prior to 500 Global, Saemin was Founding Managing Partner of Rakuten Ventures, Rakuten…

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Emma Hague
426 426 The GCC Club

Emma is an entrepreneur who successfully exited her business and now focuses on putting back in many ways, from Angel investments, to co investments with other like minded family offices…

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Ryan McKillen
457 457 The GCC Club

Before he became a partner at Thursday, Ryan joined Uber as the 3rd employee. As an engineer and lead member of the technical team, he wrote the software behind a number of critical systems…

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Matt Sweeney
1004 1004 The GCC Club

Prior to joining Thursday as a partner, Matt Sweeney was a member of the technical staff at Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company. He is best known for co-founding Uber’s self-driving…

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Saskia Howard
943 943 The GCC Club

Saskia Howard joined 500 Global’s senior leadership team in 2022 to drive the firm’s global growth strategy, leveraging her track record of building and scaling global funds, leading strategic initiatives…

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Chris Gorell Barnes
724 1024 The GCC Club

Ocean 14 Capital Founding PartnerChris Gorell Barnes is a social entrepreneur focussed on solving one of the world’s greatest threats; the crisis in the oceans. He is Founding partner of…

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James Morgon
600 600 The GCC Club

He is CEO and Co-founder of ‘Mindstruck’ , an investment holding company that acquires and operates incredible businesses that fuel human potential. He sits on the impact advisory board of…

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Jeremiah Sekyi
808 808 The GCC Club

Jeremiah Sekyi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from the University of Ghana, and a Master of Global Affairs degree from Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University where he was a recipient…

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Elissa Abbara
300 300 The GCC Club

Elissa graduated from BPP University with a Postgraduate Diploma in Law, mentoring on Debate Mate’s Core and Education UK NFP Programmes for two years. She debated competitively whilst undertaking her…

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