Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates

تحت رعاية صاحب السمو الشيخ محمد بن زايد آل نهيان، رئيس دولة الامارات العربية المتحدة

Supported by

Youssef Salem

CFO

ADNOC Drilling

Youssef
Youssef

Youssef Salem is CFO of ADX-listed ADNOC Drilling, world’s largest integrated driller, IC Member of Enersol, energy technology JV between ADNOC Drilling and Alpha Dhabi, and Director at Gordon Technologies, real time drilling measurement and analytics portfolio company of Enersol. Youssef’s experience includes being CFO of AIQ, MENA’s fastest unicorn and first AI unicorn; CFO & Director at Swvl, world’s first mass transit marketplace to go public and MENA’s first unicorn to list on Nasdaq; Executive Director & Senior Advisor at Moelis with 13 years of investment banking experience, executing >$100bn of capital raises, financings, M&A, and restructurings across >60 transactions; Founder of Qora71, a Hub71 backed venture investors syndicate; Entrepreneur in Residence at Hub71; Adjunct Professor of Practice at the American University in Cairo; and Board / Advisory Board Member in multiple technology companies and funds. He is a CFA Charterholder, Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, youngest CFO on both Nasdaq and ADX and was featured in Forbes Middle East 30 under 30 list.

Session Overview
Wednesday, 6 November
14:00
Decarbonisation Conference Decarbonisation Theatre 14:00 - 14:45
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The role of startups in delivering the new clean energy future

Startups are at the forefront of developing affordable, efficient and reliable clean energy technologies driving innovation, securing investment, influencing policy, developing talent, and embracing digitalisation and sustainability – all of which are critical to meeting global climate goals. However, startups face challenges such as high upfront capital to develop, test, and scale their technologies, limited access to investment and funding, high levels of competition, and digital technology scalability. With the right investors, partners and collaborators, many companies considered startups today could be key players in the new clean energy system.

Attendee insights:

Understand how clean energy startups are uniquely positioned to add value in the clean energy future with the right innovation and investment.

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