PARTNERS

 
 
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MASHAEL SAUD ALSHALAN

FOUNDING PARTNER

  • ADVISES ON THE TOPICS OF CLIMATE POLICY, CLEAN ENERGY, EARTH RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABILITY.

  • GRADUATE FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS WITH A MASTERS IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS CONCENTRATED ON ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT, THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TRACK AND SPECIALIZED IN APPLIED SCIENCE.

  • EXPERIENCE WITH NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  • PARTICIPATED IN COP21 IN PARIS AS AN OBSERVER IN THE SAUDI CLIMATE NEGOTIATING TEAM.

  • SOME RESEARCH TOPICS: CLIMATE POLICY & GLOBAL GOVERNANCE, CARBON CAPTURE, SEQUESTRATION & USE, CLIMATE CHANGE & SECURITY.

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NOURA TURKI ALSAUD

FOUNDING PARTNER

  • ADVISES ON THE TOPICS OF ENERGY POLICY, GEOPOLITICS OF ENERGY, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY MARKETS, CLEAN ENERGY, EARTH RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABILITY AND GUIDES SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT S UNDER AEON.

  • CCI ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER ( KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)

  • ENERGY EFFICIENCY INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY (IEA)

  • HOLDS A BACHELORS OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN AND EARNED A MASTER’S OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (MIA) FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS WHERE SHE FOCUSED ON AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. SHE FOCUSED ON URBAN & SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS ENERGY SYSTEMS, EARTH SCIENCES AND ENERGY AND CLIMATE POLICY.

  • SEVEN YEARS EXPERIENCE ON ENERGY POLICY, SUSTAINABILITY & DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE.

  • WORKED ON CLIMATE POLICY AND DIPLOMACY WITH LEAD ECONOMISTS AND POLICY MAKERS AND PRACTITIONERS SINCE THE LEAD UP TO COP 21

PREVIOUSLY:

  • EXPERIENCES WITH INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN CULTURAL PRESERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION (UNESCO, UNFPA, UNFCCC).

  • WORKED WITH HIGHLY SKILLED EXPERTS ON HIGH LEVEL MULTINATIONAL PROJECTS (CLIMATE SCIENCE, DIPLOMACY, GEOPOLITICS OF ENERGY)

  • PROJECT ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & AWARENESS PROGRAM NYC, NY.

  • ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR RESEARCH AND HEAD OF THE UNIT ON ENERGY STUDIES - GEOPOLITICAL FOCUS (NOW SOCIOECONOMIC UNIT) AT THE KING FAISAL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH.

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DIANA SEGANTINI

CULTURE & COMMUNICATIONS

  • PHD IN ARAB ISLAMIC CULTURE AT L’ORIENTALE, ITALY

  • MASTERS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, IUHEI GENEVA

  • CERTIFICATE IN MEDIA STUDIES & DOCUMENTARY FILMING, BIRKBECK COLLEGE, LONDON

  • 20+ YEARS OF EXPERTISE ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST AND EUROPE/USA/ASIA WITH A PROVEN TRACKRECORD IN ARTS, CULTURE, HERITAGE, MEDIA PRODUCTION, HUMANITARIAN WORK, PHILANTHROPY AND WOMAN EMPOWERMENT

    2019-2021: VISION 2030 SAUDI ARABIA

  • CHIEF OF CULTURE & HERITAGE AT DGDA RIYADH: RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UNESCO HERITAGE SITE AND SPEARHEADED THE STRATEGY AND LAUNCH OF SEVERAL CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS MUSEUMS, ACADEMIES AND AN ART DISTRICT

  • SENIOR DIRECTOR ARTS&CULTURE AT AMAALA

  • 6 YEARS HEAD OF ARTS&CULTURE FOR SWISS TV, RADIO & MULTIMEDIA

  • 2008 FOUNDER OF SEGANTINI UNLIMITED, AGENCY SPECIALIZED IN INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE AND INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL PRODUCTIONS SUCH AS ART EXHIBITIONS, MUSIC EVENTS, DOCUMENTARY FILMS & DEBATES

  • SEVERAL YEARS ACTIVE IN THE HUMANITARIAN & PHILANTHROPY FIELD, 4 YEARS AS A DELEGATE FOR THE ICRC IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND SERVING THE UN, NGOS & FOUNDATIONS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD

ALIA KAREEM DAWOOD

ARCHITECTURE & SPACIAL PLANNING

  • PRACTICING ARCHITECT BASED IN RIYADH AND LONDON. DAWOOD IS A GRADUATE OF CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS, THE ROYAL DRAWING SCHOOL AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. PRIOR TO FOUNDING HER STUDIO, DAWOOD PRACTICED AT HOPKINS ARCHITECTS, SOU FUJIMOTO ARCHITECTS IN TOKYO, AS WELL AS CO- FOUNDING THE NON-PROFIT INITIATIVE, OPENSOURCE ARCHITECTURE. DAWOOD’S DRAWINGS ARE REPRESENTED IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS THAT INCLUDE THOSE OF HRH PRINCE OF WALES AND BARON CAVENDISH OF FURNESS.

  • THE IMPORTANCE OF PLACE MAKING IS AT THE HEART OF HER PRACTICE, DESIGNING SOCIALLY MEANINGFUL SPACES THROUGH A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO PROJECTS. DAWOOD BELIEVES IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO EVERY PROJE

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ELLEN BROOKS SHEHATA

FINANCE & INVESTMENT STRATEGY

  • ADVISES ON FINANCE AND INVESTMENT STRATEGIES, ACCOUNTING AND BUDGET, CLIENT ACQUISITION, AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS.

  • A DECADE OF EXPERTISE WORKING IN THE MIDDLE EAST IN FINANCE, INVESTMENT ADVISORY, FUNDRAISING, AND POLICY; MOST RECENTLY A VICE PRESIDENT IN JPMORGAN'S PRIVATE BANKING DIVISION.

  • B.A. IN ART HISTORY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES

  • MASTER’S DEGREE FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL FINANCE, MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES

  • PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF ARTEEAST AND CO-FOUNDER OF NY POLICY PERSPECTIVES.