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Conference:
Day 1
23rd Nov 8.50am - 5:30pm
Day 2
24th Nov 8.50am - 5:30pm
Master Classes:
Sunday 22nd Nov
KMPG - Making your investments sweat - driving value from portfolio companies
Wednesday 24 Nov
BDO Corporate Finance & Lawrence Graham - The challenges of restructuring & re-financing in the current market
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Private Equity World Awards, MENA 2009
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Important dates
Submit all nominations: 30th September 2009
Shortlists announced:
October 2009
Gala awards evening:
23rd November 2009
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Nominations can be put forward for a series of categories depending on the meeting of category criteria.
Categories
- Deal of the year
- Professional services firm of the year
- Best fund raising of the year
- Best new private equity fund
- Best private equity house
- Best venture capital fund
- Special merit award
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The awards evening will be one of spectacular entertainment, food, networking and a whole lot of fun. You will not want to miss it!
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 Mr Alaya Bettaieb,
Director Arab Academic Tech Transfer project, Manager, ASTF Techno Fund, Head, ASTF Bureau (Tunisia) ASTF Bureau Mr. Bettaieb is a known venture capitalist in MENA, former chairman of Tunisian Venture Capital Association, Founder of Euromed Capital Forum, member of its BOD and that of Licensing Executives Society –Arab Countries. He cumulated 10 years in foreign investment activities within the Ministry on Int’l Cooperation & Foreign Investment, and 10 years with good track record in Venture/Seed Funds Management. He was assigned in April 2006 to raise and manage several corporate venture funds within Tunisia’s public and private groups. Mr. Bettaieb is behind several reforms in the VC & PE sector in Maghreb and the initiator of seed funding in Tunisia. He gained the trust of the US government to conduct a unique training program for young VC professionals in Algeria and to lead a regional Innovation program launched in 2005 to value Technology in Innovative SMIs in Maghreb. Mr. Bettaieb is pioneer in Introducing Intellectual Property & Technology Transfer related issues to the VC community in MENA. He is guest speaker at several international conferences dealing with Venture Capital issues in general and financing high value added technology start-ups in particular.
In September 2008, he joined the Arab Science and Technology Foundation to raise and manage its Technology Fund and to lead its Arab Academic Technology Transfer project for the region. Mr. Bettaieb graduated in physics, petroleum engineering and economics from Tunisian, US and Japanese universities. He is Certified IP Licensing Practitioner for the Arab world by Licensing Executive Society International.
Appearing: Conference day two - Tuesday 24 November 2009 3pm Panel discussion: Angel investing, Seed Capital, SMEs and VC
- Market models: the US, European and Asian models
- VC returns: comparing returns to quoted markets
- Capital: Government vs. institutional vs. UHNW investors
Chief Executive Officer,
Riyada Ventures Managing Partner,
Arab Seed Ventures Director Arab Academic Tech Transfer project, Manager, ASTF Techno Fund, Head, ASTF Bureau (Tunisia),
ASTF Bureau Vice President,
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The Awards ceremony brings together top executives from private equity institutions from across the region.
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