Home lists Top 100 most powerful Arabs 2022 Faisal Al Bannai Executive chairman, Edge Group Origin: UAE Residence: UAE Sector: Science and technology Having previously founded DarkMatter Group and Axiom Telecom, Al Bannai took over a more prominent role at Edge in January when he was appointed as executive chairman of its board. Edge has built cutting-edge tech capabilities in weapon systems, electronic warfare and cyber protection. It is now showcasing its services to foreign countries having reportedly signed 20 export sales contracts last year worth Dhs1bn. Al Bannai is also on the board of trustees of Khalifa University, and secretary general of the Advanced Technology Research Council that awarded Dhs40m in research funding to 53 R&D projects last year.