< Previous40 U N DE R 40 | 2023 EDI T ION 20 June 2023 DAVE CHAGGAR INDUSTRY Afocused and energetic dealmaker, Chaggar is also an accomplished entre- preneur and rain maker who has been the visionary steering Capital Club Dubai’s spectacular growth post the pandemic, as evidenced with a huge spike in the member- ship base for this elite private business members club. For the past 15 years, the Capi- tal Club Dubai has been home to many of the Middle East’s business moguls in DIFC and Chaggar is often referred to as the Capital Connector of Dubai. His wealth of experience across multiple diverse business verticals throughout his early career has been pivotal in adding value to the members within the club as well as to the overall growth of their respective business interests. With budding entrepreneurial roots from a young age, Chaggar embarked upon his rising career trajectory within the business world which embedded entrepreneurialism in his persona. Advising on a wide range of speci c requirements, Chaggar’s exper- tise across multiple segments including re nancing and restructuring to private equity and venture capital re ect his strengths as a seasoned and astute expert. With its member base expanding and diversifying, Capital Club Dubai now includes family o ces, private equity, law rms, multi- ple banks, asset managers, and more across the spectrum Home to over 1100 discerning members, Capital Club Dubai is the only elite private business members club that provides a business ecosys- tem that fosters privacy and discretion for its members to conduct their business activities. Cultivating an environment that is always ahead of the curve, Capital Club Dubai provides an all-encompassing business and lifestyle experi- ence with an array of dynamic amenities spanning across three sprawl- ing oors. And under Chaggar’s helm, Capital Club Dubai has cemented itself as an integral part of the DIFC environment which boasts a diverse members list, both from the UAE as well as from overseas. The club currently attracts a high-pro le list of members and is the space where multi- million dollar deals happen over a cigar, a conversation and a handshake Sales director Capital Club Dubai 57% The members of the Capital Club Dubai who hold senior positions such as CEOs, managing directors and managing partners of organisationsarabianbusiness.com 21 2023 EDI T ION | 40 UNDER 40 The rst Arabic social network for read- ers, authors, and bloggers in the Middle East founded by Hylooz and Tamim Al Manaseer, Abjjad was launched in June 2012 with seed funding from Oasis500, a Jordanian startup in v estment company. She also raised a $1m investment round led by three Jordanian compa- nies to help further expand Abjjad. Driven by her passion for reading and books, particularly litera- ture, Hylooz began her career in software which EMAN HYLOOZ Founder and CEO Abjjad she later applied towards the development of her digitised Arabic language platform Abjjad. Backed by Hylooz’s previous experience in market research, digital marketing, as well as IT, Ajjbad is enabling readers to have affordable access to books, budding authors to make a mark, as well as helping publishers become scalable with the latest technology trends. A social reading platform for read- ers, writers, and publishers, Ajjbad is a subscrip- tion-based platform that offers users unlimited access to thousands of Arabic eBooks and where readers can add eBooks to their reading shelves as well as rate, read, review, and connect with like-minded readers from around the world. What started out as an Arabic social network for booklovers has become a literary platform with over 1.5 million registered read- ers. The team at Abjjad works with 124 publishers, mostly based in Lebanon and Egypt, but also in Iraq, KSA, Algeria, Jordon, Syria, and Morocco. MEDIA In her current role since March 2023, Al Alami was previously the chief communications & marketing officer at NMC Healthcare. Backed by over 16 years of experience in healthcare communications and PR in the Middle East, she has also served as the chief communications officer at United Eastern Medical Services (UEMedi- cal) Group in the UAE where she led marketing and communications on a corporate l e v el and throughout UEMedical’s subsidiaries, including Moor elds Eye Hospital Abu Dhabi, Danat Al Emarat Hospital, and HealthPlus FARAH AL ALAMI Chief communications and marketing o cer Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Center (ADSCC) Network of Specialty Centres. She has also held the role of regional director of communications & PR in the Middle East, Turkey, and UK for US-based Cleveland Clinic, as well as previously led media relations and internal communications at Abu Dhabi’s tertiary hospi- tal Sheikh Khalifa Medical City from 2005 to 2011. Based in Abu Dhabi, ADSCC is a highly special- ised healthcare centre delivering cutting-edge research on stem cell and cellular therapies and is focused on cell therapy and regenerative medicine techniques. Launched in March 2019, ADSCC is backed by a team of inter- nationally recognised doctors who work with researchers facilitated by the latest medical devices. She holds a certi cation as a Microsoft O ce Specialist from Microsoft and is also a member of Middle East Public Relations Association (MEPRA), a non-profit member association estab- lished for the public rela- tions and communication industry in the Middle East since January 2016. HEALT HCARE40 U N DE R 40 | 2023 EDI T ION 22 June 2023 An accomplished professional whose career track record boasts several successes, Warr earned his degree in Economics and Management from the University of Aber- deen, Scotland. After r ecognisin g Dubai as a potential busi- ness hub, he moved to the emirate in 2010 and joined Cimac, a well-known systems integrator. In addition to Fred Durnford and Selv endran Sivaprakasam, Warr was instrumental in launching Orion Systems which focuses on cyber security, system integration, airport solutions, and annual maintenance contracts for multipl e b lue-chip GEOFF WARR Business development director iFM Holdings UAE-based and interna- tional companies. Backed his visionary, Orion Systems developed influ- ential partnerships with industry giants including Emaar, Amazon, and global airports which helmed the company to become a lead- ing player in the security systems landscape. Orion Systems success sparked the attention of Eltizam Group which led to their acquisition of the company in September 2020 with Warr helping to ensure a seamless integration of Orion Systems within the group. In January 2023, he was appointed to the role of business development director for iFM Holdings where he is responsible for leveraging his expertise to steer the future success of the group. Connected Technical Furniture, a supplier of CrossFit rigs and Control Room Consoles in the UAE. He is also the business devel- opment director at 800TEK, a provider of leading special- ist services that include tout projects, lifeguards’ services, swimming pool mainte- nance, and more. FA C I L I T I E S M A N A GEMEN T As the first Emirati astr onaut, Al Mansoori embarked on the UAE’s rst scientific mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on 25 September 2019 where he spent eight days on board the International Space Station. T his achievement made the UAE the rst country in the Arab region to travel to the ISS. Selected from 4,000 candi- dates, following a series of mental and physical tests in the UAE and abroad, in pr eparation f o r the HAZZAA AL MANSOORI Astronaut Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) mission, Al Mansoori trained at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City in Moscow; and also received training in Houston in Texas (USA), and Cologne in Germany, as part of partnership agree- ments with major space agencies, including NASA, ESA, and JAXA. With the historic Expe- dition 69 on 28 March having marked an important mile- stone for the UAE and the entire Arab region as the longest Arab space mission to date, Al Mansoori once again achieved another rst; as the rst Arab increment lead for an International Space Station (ISS) expedi- tion for Sultan Al Neyadi, the first Arab astronaut to embark on a long-duration spaceflight. In his role, AlMansoori was responsible for the seamless integration and execution of ISS crew activities throughout Expe- dition 69, which involved communicating, developing, managing, and implement- ing mission integration procedures and he served as the primary point of contact between the ground team and the ISS crew. SCIENCEarabianbusiness.com 23 2023 EDI T ION | 40 UNDER 40 52.9M The number of people who follow Huda Kattan on Instagram as of 30 May 2023 HUDA KATTAN Founder and CEO Huda Beauty RE TA IL Abeauty entrepreneur who has smashed social media boundaries, Kattan founded Huda Beauty in 2013. A life- long passion for beauty led Kattan to enrol at a makeup training school in Los Angeles, cultivating a roster of clientele including A-list celebrities and a royal family. While working as a makeup artist in 2010, she was keen to share her love of beauty with a wider audience, so she launched HudaBeauty.com, as a platform to share her knowledge with her followers. After the blog became increasingly more popular, Kattan went on to launch a line of false lashes, her first official Huda Beauty product in February 2013 at Sephora, The Dubai Mall. By 2015, she was now considered a key influencer in the digital beauty space and onboarded her husband and sister Mona (Kattan) to help with the launch of the first Huda Beauty office. By 2016, Huda Beauty’s popularity extended beyond Dubai and with the launch of their famed Lip Contour kits in 2016, Harrods in London, UK, began retailing Huda Beauty products. To help support start-ups and entrepreneurs, she launched HB Investments which backed several projects. She co-founded the fragrance range Kayali in November 2018 and Wishful Skincare in 2020, launched with a single product that now includes an entire range of skincare, from serums to oils. Today, Huda Beauty’s annual sales are around $200m across over 140 products. In today’s world it’s really important to have imagination, and to be able to see yourself in other ways than what you would normally think you can do 40 U N DE R 40 | 2023 EDI T ION 24 June 2023 An entrepreneur and serial investor who has launched several businesses across diverse industries, Gallagher has over 18 years of experience in stra- tegic business development and enterprise creation. Now helming Emerce Consulting, a Dubai-based consultancy that helps retailers, brands, start-ups, distributors, and investors across the GCC to embrace digital transforma- tion and launch ecommerce stores, Gallagher has years of experience across the ecom- merce space in the Middle East working in media, luxury, retail, asset management, government/public sector, and nancial services sectors. During her career, Gallagher has launched several ecom- merce stores locally and inter- LINA GALLAGHER Founder and managing director Emerce Consulting nationally, including Carre- four UAE, John Lewis, Homes R Us, and Selfridges. A former Deloitte London and UAE consultant, Gallagher has a very robust track record of driving business growth through eCommerce/ omnichannel and digital strategy advisory, CRM, UX design, steered by a lifelong passion for technological innovation. Just some of her key interests include B2B and B2C eCommerce, Web 3.0, FinTech, and SaaS. Backed by a wealth of experience across technology and digitisation, Emerce supports international and local retailers, brands, manufacturers, and distrib- utors with all digital trans- formation activities. The company is backed by expe- rience within the online retail space across omni-channel strategy, greenfield ecom- merce implementations, last- mile optimisation, e-mer- chandising advisory, and more. Some of these include eCommerce platform selec- tion, strategy de nition, digi- tal marketing advisory, ecom- merce operations set up and optimisation, and ecommerce data analytics. CONSULTANCY The first Emirati woman to establish a company in the UAE’s business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, since the launch of Tafaseel Group, Al Nuaimi has forayed into industries that include customer service; healthcare; and information technology. Since Tafaseel’s start in 2011, it has grown to establish operations in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Ajman, and Fujairah. The concept of Tafaseel came to her while working as a supervisor at the Federal Electricity and Water Authority (FEWA) call centre. Upon leaving the job in 2011, she established Tafaseel BPO at age 25 as the UAE’s home ground busi- ness process outsourcing MARYAM AL NUAIMI Founder and president Tafaseel Group company. Today, as the UAE’s largest BPO outsourc- ing company, Tafaseel BPO provides outsourcing services across contact centres; customer services; human resources; back o ce & operations; IT; CX digital transformation & consultancy, amongst many others. Catering to clients across 10 industry verticals including energy; insur- ance; banking and nancial services; automotive; healthcare; and more, Tafa- seel BPO boast over 52 BPO projects under its belt and growing spanning across 7 sites to help companies connect better with their customers. Ambitioning to develop a one-stop-shop for all contact centre needs, Al Nuaimi launched Tafaseel IT which provides training in customer engagement services, business perfor- mance impr o v ement services, integrated solu- tions, and more. In 2018, she founded Salama Healthcare initially for outsourced nurses but has no w expanded to include reha- bilitation services and medical equipment. OUT S OURCING SER V ICESarabianbusiness.com 25 2023 EDI T ION | 40 UNDER 40 $492.81BN The projected value of the global ntech market by 2028, according to analysts Expert Market Research NADINE MEZHER Co-founder and CMO Sarwa INVESTMEN T A marketing and communication strategy leader with over 21 years of experience, Mezher is backed by experience in delivering high-end projects for a diverse range of clients, from start-ups to government enti- ties and large-scale companies. In September 2017, she co-founded Sarwa, the rst hybrid go-to investment platform and personal nance app in the region, after years of consul- tancy in retail strategy and marketing with a track record of projects delivered for clients ranging from the Dubai government as well as multinational corporations including Nestle. Prior to that, she worked for the UAE government entity Dubai Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) in retail strategy and strategic alliances. Mezher holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, and a design degree from Esmod Paris. An investment platform and personal nance app aimed at young professionals in the region, Sarwa provides multiples ways to invest, all on one platform. Led by a team of nancial and technology experts and backed by top international funds, the app o ers zero commission trad- ing of stocks, ETFs & Crypto with Sarwa Trade, a high-yield cash account with Sarwa Save, as well as hands-o auto-investing with Sarwa Invest. Backed by international and regional stakeholders, the Dubai Interna- tional Financial Centre, and the Abu Dhabi Investment O ce (currently ADQ), their team implements investment strategies and work to develop a personalised investment experience. Sarwa is an investment advisory platform that helps you put your money to work and reach your life goals 40 U N DE R 40 | 2023 EDI T ION 26 June 2023 NORA AL MATROOSHI SCIENCE Al Matrooshi is the first female Emirati and Arab astronaut who now, along with her fellow countryman, Moham- mad Al Mulla, join Sultan Al Neyadi and Hazza Al Mansoori in the Emirati fellowship of astronauts, selected from more than 4,000 candidates. Showing promise at a young age, after she had excelled in engineering and mathematics, she ranked rst in the UAE for the 2011 Inter- national Mathematical Olympiad. Also, under the sponsorship of the Court of the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, she was selected for the 2013 UAE Youth Ambassadors Programme in South Korea. In 2015, she received her bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the United Arab Emirates University along with training from the Vaasa University of Applied Sciences in Finland. Also involved in organising the Special Olympics IX MENA Games 2018 held in Abu Dhabi, she had volunteered for the Special Olympics World Games 2019. She previously managed projects for the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, and since January 2023, serves as a technical specialist at ADNOC. She joined the 2021 NASA Astronaut Candidate Class, a training programme where the astronauts are trained to gain mastery over several missions on the International Space Station, including T-38 jet courses, simulated spacewalks and long duration stay, robotics, Russian language skills, and more. She was also the vice president of the Youth Council for three consecutive years at the National Petroleum Construction Company. Always set high goals and ambitions for yourself. If you are shooting for the Moon and you don’t reach, you’d still fall on to the stars UAE astronaut Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC)arabianbusiness.com 27 2023 EDI T ION | 40 UNDER 40 A pioneer in the region’s cryptocur- rency ecosystem, in 2015, Doudin forayed her career in IT Risk Advisory at Ernst & Young in London, UK while enga ged in mentoring and investing in tech start-ups, as well as was working with Aramex founder Fadi Ghandour. The impetus for her company was sparked in 2013 when Doudin purchased her rst ever Bitcoin and was fasci- nated by its potential. In October 2015, she launched the Dubai-based start-up BitOasis, an online wallet and exchange that is availa- ble across the MENA region OLA DOUDIN CEO and co-founder BitOasis and Asia and is the rst to use multi-signature tech- nology to protect digital assets. With over 60 cryptocur- rencies, today, BitOasis boasts over $3Bn in trading volume with customers in 14 countries across the MENA region. Considered one of the most trusted cryptocur- rency platforms in the MENA region, it is available to users in KSA, Bahrain, Egypt, Morocco, the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, and Jordan. In 2021, BitOasis became the rst crypto platform in the UAE to be registered with the country’s Financial Intelligence Unit (Go-AML platform). In May 2023, BitOasis secured an MVP Operational License from Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regu- latory Authority (VARA), as the first virtual asset broker-dealer and trading platform to have received an MVP Operational License under VARA’s regulatory framework. BitOasis is authorised by VARA to provide such broker-dealer services exclusively to qual- i ed retail and institutional investors in and from Dubai. FIN ANCI AL TECHNOL O GY In addition to his current role, Zahran is also the CEO of OWS Automotive; co-founder/ managing partner of Ra d Automotive Solution; and the chairman of AJ Indus- tries LLC. A native to New York, USA, his connection to the region was sparked by his father who in the early 90s, had launched businesses in the UAE under MZ Holdings. With a presence in three conti- nents, the H o l din g company has 16 subsidiar- ies, primarily in the eld of oil and gas, construction, OWEIS ZAHRAN Managing director OWS Capital and more. In 2010, Zahran shifted base to the UAE to launch OWS Automotive, considered one of the larg- est end-to-end transporta- tion management compa- nies providing the latest in auto solutions and launched joint ventures with the governments of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, and Ajman. Driven by a mission to disrupt the consumer auto parts sector in the MENA sector, OWS Automotive boasts a global footprint in the USA, UAE, KSA, Bahrain, Egypt, and Asia. T h e company strives to deliver the highest level of compet- itive automotive solutions that merges advanced qual- ity engineering backed by a sustainable re-manufac- turing process. Zahran later launched OWS Capital in 2020 with key business pillars that include impact and angel investing; unique commercial promotion concepts; global talent management, and more. Some of their recent devel- opments include MELT Middle East, a collaboration with Steve Harvey Global, as well as Platform Health Club and Nutrition Corner. AU T O M OT I V E40 U N DE R 40 | 2023 EDI T ION 28 June 2023 RASHID ALABBAR ECOMMERCE Originally embarking upon his career in UAE’s banking industry, first in HSBC and then at Standard Chartered Bank, Alabbar launched three companies in close succession between 2012 and 2013. In January 2012, he co-founded Alabbar Enter- prises, the parent company for a multiple retail and franchise operations based in the Middle East that invests in everything from high-end cafes and restaurants to food truck concepts, including Angelina, Karak House, Ethan Allen, and many more. Taking his entrepreneurial zeal to the next level to include digitisation, in June 2012, Alabbar went on to launch Symphony Tech- nology which is based in the UAE with subsid- iary offices in Malaysia and the US. Backed by his visionary, Symphony Tech- nology ambitions to attract key disruptive technologies to not only the MENA region, but also to Malaysia and other Asian markets from global innovation hubs, including US based Silicon Valley, and are focusing on solidifying Dubai, and the region, as a technology hub. Alabbar’s most recent launch is Sivvi.com which he co-founded in August 2013. An ecommerce platform focused on offering apparel, accessories, beauty, furniture, and more from over 2000 international brands, Sivvi.com delivers top brand buys to customers across KSA and the UAE. and is powered by noon. He holds two degrees from the Univer- sity of San Diego (US); a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master of Science degree in accounting and finance. Dubai is a leading city in terms of adoption of online shopping, digital payments and new patterns of consumer behaviour Co-founder Alabbar Enterprisesarabianbusiness.com 29 2023 EDI T ION | 40 UNDER 40 $817M The funding announced for the UAE’s National Space Fund that will be managed and supervised by the UAE Space Agency SARAH BINT YOUSIF AL AMIRI Chairperson UAE Space Agency SCIENCE Atrailblazer within the UAE’s futuristic space initiatives, Al Amiri was appointed as the chairwoman of the UAE Space Agency in 2020 where she oversees the Agency’s mandate of guiding the space sector, ensuring its contribution to the national economy and to the UAE’s sustain- able development. Created to lead, regulate, and coordinate the UAE’s growing space sector, the UAE Space Agency joins the international space community in contributing to global scien- tific research and development as well as in promoting space exploration. Ambitioning to create new industries that drive the shift towards a knowledge economy in the UAE, as the Minister of State for Public Education and Advanced Technology, Al Amiri oversees e orts to promote research and development in the advanced science and technology sector in the UAE, and to empower the adoption of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies. Amongst other roles Al Amiri holds include the chairwoman of the Emirates Scientists Council; the chairwoman of the Dubai Future Acad- emy Board of Trustees; as well as the chairwoman of the Fourth Indus- trial Revolution Council. Prior to her role as the chairwoman of the UAE Space Agency, she had served as the Deputy Project Manager and Science Lead of the Emirates Mars Mission (Hope) at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC). She was also involved in DubaiSat-1 and Dubai- Sat-2, and in the establishment of the KhalifaSat programme.Next >