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Stephen Attenborough
CEO of Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic expects to start taking $200,000-a-ride passengers into space in 2008, with the world's first commercial space travel for the mass market. Yet few of the 45,000 who have signed for the 15-minute space ride so far are from the Middle East, and so the first Virgin Atlantic conventional flights to Dubai this week provided a useful platform to launch this concept in the region.
United Arab Emirates: Sunday, April 02 - 2006 at 12:29 |

Sanjoy Sen
UAE head of Consumer Banking, Citibank
Sanjoy Sen is the Country Business Manager for Citibank's Consumer Banking business in UAE. This seasoned manager has vast experience in Asia Pacific and has just moved from China, where he built Citibank's consumer business in the world's fastest growing economy, and considers the UAE as a model Wealth Management market.
United Arab Emirates: Thursday, March 23 - 2006 at 13:46 |

Nicholas Bang
MD & Partner, ACM
With Arab stock markets in retreat, online forex broker Advanced Currency Markets has just launched its Dubai offices and hopes to attract some of those investors who no longer have faith in local equities. Regulated by the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, ACM is one to of the leading global players in online forex.
United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, March 21 - 2006 at 14:46 |

Faisal bin Juma Belhoul
Founder & Managing Partner, Ithmar Capital
British private equity giant 3i is to be a strategic partner in Ithmar Capital's second private equity fund, Ithmar Fund II which is expected to close next month substantially ahead of its $150 million target. Ithmar Capital is a GCC focused private equity firm targeting growth, capital and buyouts in attractive sectors.
United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, March 14 - 2006 at 14:54 |

Antoine Massad
CEO, Man Investments Middle East
More than 600 delegates gathered for the 7th Hedge Fund World conference in Dubai this week, sponsored for the seventh year in a row by Man Investments. But with local stock markets now in a correction phase this is a special moment for hedge funds which are finding renewed interest from investors.
United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, March 07 - 2006 at 17:07 |

Osman Sultan
CEO Du, the second UAE telco
With the launch of Du the UAE has its second telecom, Internet and cable-TV services provider, creating a duopoly in place of the Etisalat monopoly. But with the group's initial public offering opening on March 4th, the spotlight is now very much on Du.
United Arab Emirates: Thursday, February 23 - 2006 at 16:33 |

K.W. Kim
President of LG Electronics
LG Electronics has reported a tough year in 2005 with a variety of regional political issues and growing competition pushing growth down to single figures. But this Korean multinational group is now set to fight back with innovative, high-end products to provide market differentiation and higher profit margins.
United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, February 22 - 2006 at 14:28 |

Dr. Gerard Lyons
Chief Economist, Standard Chartered Bank
Global financial markets are not pricing in risk, and universal bullishness is a little worrying, Standard Chartered Bank's most senior economist told a power breakfast of business leaders at the Burj Al Arab. His concern is that unexpected events could bring this party to an abrupt end, although the business outlook in the Middle East remains very strong.
United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, February 08 - 2006 at 11:52 |