Investments: Noor Sweid

Noor Sweid is the visionary behind Global Ventures, a venture capital firm with approximately more than Dhs1.1bn in managed assets, with hubs in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Cairo, Jeddah and Lagos.

She is also a board member of Immensa, an additive manufacturing startup. Previous roles she has held include co-founding Leap Ventures, serving as the chief investment officer at the Dubai Future Foundation, and being a founding board member of Endeavor UAE. She also established ZenYoga, a network of yoga and Pilates studios, later acquired in 2014 by Cedarbridge. She previously held board director roles at MIT Sloan and is the founding chairwoman of MEVCA.

Sweid holds bachelor’s degrees in finance and Economics from Boston College and an MBA from MIT Sloan and her professional recognition includes being part of the first Finance Leaders Fellowship class and the Aspen Global Leadership Network.

In April 2008, Sweid became the first Arab woman to scale, take public, and manage a public company in the MENA region. This was her family’s business Depa’s listing on NASDAQ Dubai and the London Stock Exchange.