Alex is an early stage technology investor and Director at Mount Sinai Capital, proprietary institutional investment and advisory platform based in Dubai, UAE. He is a former Director at Ajlan and Brothers Holding Group Ability, top-5 private sector conglomerate in MENA based in Riyadh, KSA. Prior to joining ABHGA, Alex was Associate Director at private equity arm of #2 largest bank in CEE with over $4bn of capital majorly comprised of co-investments from global alternative asset managers (TPG, GS and Macquarie), IFIs (EBRD and IFC) and SWFs (Asian and GCC) in leaders of retail, TMT, QSR and agri sectors across CEE/CIS, where Alex served as Board member. Before, he was Associate at QInvest, top-3 Islamic financial institution in Qatar with $2bn of managed assets, responsible for principal investments. Alex initiated his career as investment banker at Goldman Sachs and BofA Securities focusing on TMT sector. Alex also led venture funding in a number of startups, including pre-Series B round in SberMarket (#1 e-grocer in Russia currently valued at $1.5bn), and secondary buyouts of growth companies, including Dodo Brands (top-5 fastest-growing owner of 3 QSR brands in EMEA) by leveraging Qatari-based co-investors. Additionally, Alex provided strategic and financial advice to Droice Labs, New York based AI-data builder for clinicians, life-science and insurance companies.