H.E. Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak is Chairman of Aldar Properties PSJC. Formerly the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Portfolio Management Officer at Aldar, Mr Al Mubarak has been integral to the development of Aldar’s operational businesses, as well as to the organisation’s fast-growing sales and leasing, property and asset management, and facilities management units. Before joining Aldar, Mr Al Mubarak worked with the corporate and investment bank Barclays Capital in London, focusing on investment and finance in the MENA region. He is a member of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and is the Chairman of numerous public and private sector organisations, including the Department of Culture & Tourism of Abu Dhabi, Miral Properties Asset Management LLC, Image Nation & Aldar Academies LLC. He holds a dual specialisation in economics and political science from North Eastern University, USA.

Mariam Ghobash is Director of the Global Special Situations Department at the Abu Dhabi Investment Council. Before joining the Council, Ms Ghobash worked as an investment professional in the private equity team at HSBC Middle East. Ms Ghobash currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors at Emirates Telecommunications Group Co, Etisalat, and at the Emirates Development Bank. She is also Vice Chairman of Invest AD. Previously, she served on the boards of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Al Hilal Bank and National Takaful Co, Watania. She holds a BSc In Economics from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA. Ms Ghobash is also a graduate of the General Management Programme at Harvard Business School.

Waleed Al Muhairi is the Deputy Group CEO of the Mubadala Investment Company and has strategic oversight of the company’s broad investment portfolio. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of the alternative investments and infrastructure platform, and leads Mubadala’s healthcare, real estate and infrastructure, and capital investment portfolios. Al Muhairi currently serves as Chairman of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi and is a member of the Board of Trustees of Cleveland Clinic in the United States. He is also the Vice Chairman of Aldar Properties and a board member of Abu Dhabi Global Market, Emirates Investment Authority, Mubadala Petroleum, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) and InvestCorp Bank. Mr Al Muhairi holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Harvard University, USA, and a BSc in Foreign Service from Georgetown University, USA.

Khalifa Al Romaithi is an Executive Director leading the UAE Diversified Assets sector at Mubadala Investment Company. In his role, Khalifa is responsible for a number of UAE real estate, infrastructure and financial assets, such as First Abu Dhabi Bank, Al Maryah Island and ADGM Square. Mr. Al Romaithi has 18 years of experience representing Mubadala’s interest for a number of its companies, which include Director & member of the Investment committee of Gulf Energy Maritime (GEM) PJSC (UAE) and other UAE listed companies. Khalifa holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a major in Finance from the University of Portland, United States.

Martin Lee Edelman is an advisor to Grove Real Estate Partners, The Related Companies and Mubadala, the strategic investment arm of the government of Abu Dhabi. He concentrates his practice on large complex international real estate developments as well as corporate mergers and acquisitions transactions. Mr Edelman is a board member of Blackstone Mortgage Trust, AMD, Equity Commonwealth Trust, the Jackie Robinson Foundation, the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, the Fisher House Foundation and Tribeca Film Institute and Festival. He holds a BA in Politics from Princeton University and SJD in Law from Columbia University, USA.

Ali Saeed Abdulla Sulayem Al Falasi has been Chief Executive Officer of Hydra Properties since 2009. He previously worked as under-secretary of the operations of the Private Department of Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, supervising all department activities. Mr Al Falasi is a board member of Risco LLC, Sorouh Real Estate PJSC and The International Commercial Bank, as well as numerous other companies in the industrial, real estate, finance and trading fields. He is a member of the audit committee of the Royal Group. Mr Al Falasi holds a Master’s degree in business administration from the University of Sharjah, a BSc in Production and Operations Management from California State University, USA, and a BA in Accounting from UAE University.

Hamad Salem Al Ameri is Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Trojan Holding. He brings significant experience from the construction industry and the fields of business growth and management. He was previously Chief International Investment Counsel at the Royal Group. He is a board member of several companies including International Holding Company PJSC, Mina Holding Company LLC, Royal Development Company LLC, Eltizam Asset Management Group LLC, and Hydra Properties LLC. Mr Al Ameri is a graduate of Civil Engineering from the American University in Dubai, and also holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Canadian University.