Meet Our Team
Based in Saudi Arabia, with experience and access to Europe, North America, Africa and the rest of Asia.
Our Team
Mr. Yasser Al Kadi is the CEO of Kadi Group Holding and the Managing Director of Zajil. He is a member of several boards of directors, including Derayah Financial and Bahri Company. He is also a member of the Logistic Committee in the Eastern Province Chamber and a member of the Oqal Group Board of Trustees.
Mr. Yasser has completed his Bachelor’s degree in Finance and MBA from the University of Portland. Additionally, he completed a range of executive degrees at various universities, including Harvard, INSEAD, and London Business School.
Yasser AlKadi
Founding Partner
Mr. Abdulaziz Al-Turki held numerous leadership positions in different companies, including his role as an engagement manager of the McKinsey & Company subsidiary, Elixir Management Consulting. He previously worked for SABIC in multiple leadership positions. He has also worked in a number of startups in KSA and London.
Abdulaziz completed his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland and an MBA from London Business School.
Abdulaziz Al-Turki
Managing Partner
Ameer is the Co-Founder & Chairman of BasharSoft (Wuzzuf & Forasna), sits on the board of Egytrans, a publicly listed logistics company, and is a Board Member at ITIDA, the executive arm of the Ministry of ICT in Egypt to help in setting strategies from for Egypt on digitization, innovation, and entrepreneurship. He was selected as an Endeavor Entrepreneur in 2019 and named a Young Global Leader by the WEF.
Ameer holds a MSc degree in Computer Engineering and BSc in Electronic and Communications, and completed executive programs on Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and business leadership executive programs at Stanford, INSEAD, and Harvard Business School.
Ameer Sherif
Partner
Arjun has 5+ years’ experience in scaling startups across India and Middle East. He previously worked as a Product Manager at a Fintech unicorn in London.
Arjun has an MBA from LBS and BSc Engineering from Berkeley.
Arjun Chopra
Senior Investment Associate
Saud is a City University of London graduate with a Bachelor degree with Honors in Finance. He is keen and passionate towards Venture Capital, Private Equity, and the wider Investment landscape, and is always keeping an eye on new FinTech initiatives as well as the emerging technologies and startups, analyzing their financial and business models.
Saud AlJathlani
Senior Investment Analyst
A Software Engineering graduate from Prince Sultan University, a Toastmasters Competent Communicator, and a Core Member of Project1932.
Prior to joining KV, Noha worked as an Information Security Risk Officer (AppSec) at the Saudi British Bank (SABB) for 3 years, with an add-on role as Culture Champion.
Noha AlGwaiz
Senior Operations & Platform Analyst
Prior to joining KV, Dalal worked as a consulting intern at multiple firms, including McKinsey & Company, Portas Consulting, and The Consulting Co. She is also a BCG Jeel Tamooh member, a selective program for undergrad and fresh grads in the Kingdom.
Dalal holds a Bsc. in Banking and Finance from Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University.
Dalal AlNoaimi
Investment Analyst
Our Advisors
We are blessed to be working with leading advisors in the region
Ms. Liang is a deep-tech investor and serial entrepreneur. She is a Managing Partner at FoundersX and has invested in over 30 fast-growing tech companies with strong focus on enterprise AI and big data.
Helen Liang, PhD
External IC Member
Muhammed is the founder of AstroLabs, the first international business incubator licensed in KSA.
He is also the Co-Founder & ex-Managing Director of Namshi, a leading apparel online retailer. He graduated from Stanford GSB with an MBA in 2010.
Muhammed Mekki
Advisor
Mehdi is the CEO and co-founder of Eyewa, the largest online eyewear retailer in the Middle East. He was previously the Managing Director at Foodpanda.
Mehdi graduated with an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2014.
Mehdi Oudghiri
Advisor
Abdullah is the founder and ex-CEO of Offerna, Egypt’s group buying eCommerce platform. He is also the CEO of Sahl (exEgypt Pay), a leading fintech company in the region
He graduated from the Stanford Graduate School of Business with an MBA in 2010.
Abdullah Assal
Advisor