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Lomax has led the boutique agency through multimillion-dollar investment rounds and Property Finder Boutique Brokerage awards.

McCone has overseen more than 1,500 transactions and built the firm into an award-winning agency.

Dutch-born with over seven years in Dubai real estate, he previously spent 15 years in senior fitness-industry roles before transitioning into property.

Allaoa co-brokered the AED175 million sale of a Sea Mirror villa alongside Kianoush Darban, one of the standout transactions highlighted in Dubai’s 2024 luxury market.

Having grown up in Dubai, she brings deep market knowledge and a client-focused approach to one of the world’s most dynamic property markets.

Rami Wahood rose through the firm, becoming Associate Director in 2019, Executive Director in 2020, and Associate Partner in 2023.

The UAE Federal Tax Authority has introduced new compliance requirements for Designated Zone distributors and formalized how businesses must convert digital currency into AED for VAT reporting. Here's what businesses need to know.

An innate love for filmmaking and creating impact-oriented art led Rouhana El Hage to the US$252+ billion creator economy and, later, into MENA-based creator collaboration tech platform, Halo AI. Having been promoted as the firm’s Associate Partner, El Hage shares why content creators (especially micro creators) hold the power to create meaningful change across audiences.

With a global footprint spanning 58 cities and 27 markets, and a diverse team of more than 3,000 professionals supporting 65,000 client entities, the Ascentium network offers businesses a valuable opportunity to scale operations internationally, with specialized cross-border compliance, offshore banking, fiduciary and trust services ensuring full adherence to the regulations of individual countries or jurisdictions.

For most of his career, Kamal Saleh built stories. Today, he's applying the same principles to one of healthcare's biggest challenges: helping people know what—and who—to trust.

The BVI-incorporated vehicle is building a $150 million fund structured to generate up to $720 million in film-IP monetisation, converting Indian film IP into a tokenized, rights-based asset class from its UAE regional base, with plans to expand into Arabic content, aviation and real estate.

Alpay outlines how Network International is preparing for this next chapter by building the infrastructure, trust, and compliance layers required to support intelligent, AI-enabled transactions across the region.

Shawky also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center.

He is also the visionary behind the Yalla Super App, a regional financial platform built in collaboration with Visa, and the founder and CEO of FinTra Holding

Established in 2017, with a commitment to make investing easy, Sarwa is a UAE-based robo-advisory wealth management firm.

Since joining Reem Finance in 2016, Seraj Faidi has held several senior leadership roles before being appointed CEO.

Earlier in his career, Raheel Ahmed held senior leadership roles at Standard Chartered and Citigroup, building a reputation as a transformational leader in retail and digital banking.

Walid Mezher leads the bank’s regional strategy, growth, and innovation initiatives.

He has more than 15 years of experience in the payments and financial technology sector.

Through his leadership at both Liv. and Wio Bank, he has played a significant role in accelerating the UAE’s fintech ecosystem and advancing the country’s ambition to become a global hub for digital finance.

Mal is aiming to redefine how Islamic financial services are built and delivered. Rather than digitizing traditional banking systems, Mal has been designed from the ground up as an AI-native institution, embedding artificial intelligence across compliance, risk management, and customer experiences while remaining rooted in Sharia principles.