Mentors

Mentors of Intelak

Intelak is supported by over 135 mentors from the Emirates Group, Dubai Tourism, Accenture and Microsoft, as well as the local and international start-up ecosystem

Kelsey Johnson

Kelsey
Johnson

Digital Content Creator

Lipstickandluggage.ca

Jonathan Grice

Jonathan
Grice

Business Transformation Consultant

The Emirates Group

Keenan Hamza

Keenan
Hamza

Vice President Technology Futures & Innovation

The Emirates Group

Shanaz Begum Feroze

Shanaz
Begum
Feroze

Project Manager

dnata Travel

Shamim Shukla

Shamim
Shukla

Manager Performance & Change management

The Emirates Group

Rihab Mansoor

Rihab
Mansoor

General Manager

REHLATY by dnata Travel

Olga Fleming

Olga
Fleming

Co-Founder

Oruga Investment LTD.

Eliza Leonidou

Eliza
Leonidou

In-house Management Consultant

The Emirates Group

Aya Sadder

Aya
Sadder

Founder

Why Bolt

Safaa Khanfar

Safaa
Khanfar

Head of Strategic Partnerships and Innovation @ Scale

The Emirates Group

Taleed AlKhatib

Taleed
AlKhatib

Sustainability Manager

Dubai Tourism

Vimbai Mhlanga

Vimbai
Mhlanga

Finance Director

SchoolApply

Dana Fadlallah Baki

Dana
Fadlallah
Baki

COO & Co-Founder

Lunch:On

Hanane Benkhallouk

Hanane
Benkhallouk

Executive Director

Sustain Leadership Consultancy

Reem Al Hamed

Reem
Al
Hamed

Manager Innovation, Service Continuity & National Programs

The Emirates Group

Antonio Guadagnino

Antonio
Guadagnino

Co-founder & CEO

Paradigma Exponential Hub

Samuel James Dulka

Samuel
James
Dulka

Director Global Business Marketing

Dubai Tourism

Chirag Gupta

Chirag
Gupta

Managing Partner

8X Ventures

Marc Mekki

Marc
Mekki

Ex-founder, Travel Industry Veteran & Digital Innovation Consultant

Brian Marrinan

Brian
Marrinan

General Partner

Team ABC

Aurelius Noell

Aurelius
Noell

General Partner

Team ABC

Khaliq Khan

Khaliq
Khan

Interactive Delivery Lead for Middle East - Managing Director

Accenture

Anton Werner

Anton
Werner

Partner

Howzat Ennea Group

Gawel Walczak

Gawel
Walczak

International Affairs Manager

secpho

Ziad Mehanna

Ziad
Mehanna

Head of Online Travel in Middle East and North Africa (OTA MENA)

Amadeus

Matthieu Courmont

Matthieu
Courmont

Corporate Strategy & Consulting

The Emirates Group

Tej Mehta

Tej
Mehta

Director Business Strategy | Airline, Aerospace, MRO

Accenture

Rohit Surabi

Rohit
Surabi

In-house Consulting Manager

The Emirates Group

Komail Faizi

Komail
Faizi

Head of Strategy & Growth

Beyond

Adil Hosgor

Adil
Hosgor

Director Of Technology

Cedar White Bradley

Oscar Ibrahim

Oscar
Ibrahim

Director of Strategic Partnerships

Dubai Tourism

Ramy Fares

Ramy
Fares

Director of Retail & Travel for Middle East and Africa

Microsoft

Mohammed Al Rasbi

Mohammed
Al
Rasbi

Managing Director

Techween and OTF Accelerator Programs

Ihab Tabbara

Ihab
Tabbara

Managing Partner

Spectrum Retail Advisory LLC

Swethal Kumar

Swethal
Kumar

CEO & Managing Partner

Startupscale360 FZCO

Kashif Khalid

Kashif
Khalid

Regional Director - Middle East & Africa

IATA (International Air Transport Association)

Alan O' Mahony

Alan
O'
Mahony

Market Advisor in Aviation

Edward Batrouni

Edward
Batrouni

Director

Zenitech

Varis Sayed

Varis
Sayed

Chief Executive Officer

FINCASA Ventures

Ahmad Al Darwish

Ahmad
Al
Darwish

Chief Executive Officer

Falcon Robotics

Pedro Gutiérrez Kardum

Pedro
Gutiérrez
Kardum

Airline Business Development Manager

Kiwi.com

Linus Benjamin Bauer

Linus
Benjamin
Bauer

Founder & Managing Director

Bauer Aviation Advisory

Frederik Roeder

Frederik
Roeder

Angel Investor and Health Economist

Faisal Khan

Faisal
Khan

Director of Destination Development, Tourism Development & Investments

Dubai Tourism

Romain Hericher

Romain
Hericher

Director Operational Strategy

Dubai Airports

Abdel Rahman El Housseiny

Abdel
Rahman
El
Housseiny

Advisor - Business Transformation Office

Dubai Tourism

Shailender Thakur

Shailender
Thakur

Head - CTO Office & Value Stream Enabler

The Emirates Group

Maaz Zahid Qureshi

Maaz
Zahid
Qureshi

Programme Owner – Innovation

The Emirates Group

Khalid El Hassan

Khalid
El
Hassan

Manager Enterprise Effectiveness (Associated Partner), In-house Consulting Division

The Emirates Group

Nader AlBastaki

Nader
AlBastaki

Corporate Strategy Lead

Dubai Future Foundation

Paul Littlejohn

Paul
Littlejohn

Strategy and Operations

The Emirates Group

Samer AlHaider

Samer
AlHaider

Global Head of Online Sales & Interim Head of Commercial Emirates Holidays (East)

Emirates Airline

Ronnie Varghese

Ronnie
Varghese

VP - Digital Product

Seera Group

JP Mondalek

JP
Mondalek

Head of Peak Events and XCM, MENA

Amazon

Gaurav Dhar

Gaurav
Dhar

Second Gen. FinTech Entrepreneur, Tech Investor, UAE/India Advocate, Fund Advisor, Incubator/Accelerator Mentor

Cabell Fisher

Cabell
Fisher

Chief Executive Officer

Enviromena

Yousef Hamza

Yousef
Hamza

Partner

Venture 7 (V7) Group

Ibrahim Tadros

Ibrahim
Tadros

Corporate Development

Amna Investments

Gustavo Carriconde

Gustavo
Carriconde

Founder

Startupspace.io

Amir Farha

Amir
Farha

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

BECO Capital

Chris Collard

Chris
Collard

Senior Product Manager

Grab

Nils Quartier La Tente

Nils
Quartier
La
Tente

Digital Technical Services Director

GE Digital

Markus Engelberger

Markus
Engelberger

Senior Visual Catalyst

Markus Engelberger

Naguib Toihiri

Naguib
Toihiri

Head of Activation

Artefact

Damu Winston

Damu
Winston

Founder

Winston Trust

James Bradshaw

James
Bradshaw

Senior Manager - M&A

PwC

Edward Halliday

Edward
Halliday

Chief Operating Officer

Fire Tech

Nuno Mocica Brilha

Nuno
Mocica
Brilha

Founder & CEO

Three51 - TeamPlay Ventures

Oussama Gholmieh

Oussama
Gholmieh

CEO & Founder

Initium Group

Theo Ohene

Theo
Ohene

Founder

Skyamo

Frederico Fernandes

Frederico
Fernandes

Head of Global Markets at Prevention

PLM

Daniel dos Reis

Daniel
dos
Reis

Investment Director

Wamda

Roberto Croci

Roberto
Croci

Managing Director

Microsoft for Startups MEA

Davide Capitanio

Davide
Capitanio

Business Strategy Senior Manager

Accenture

Nitin Reddy

Nitin
Reddy

Senior Manager, Innovation Lead - Tourism

Accenture

Nauman Qureshi

Nauman
Qureshi

Cloud and AI Strategist (Enterprise Architect)

IBM

Amit Nayak

Amit
Nayak

Vice President & Exec. Board Member, Hospitality Asset Managers Association MEA

HAMA MEA

Samer Sobh

Samer
Sobh

COO & Co-Founder

DUBZ Powered by dnata

Gerhard Roux

Gerhard
Roux

Group CIO

AL-FUTTAIM GROUP

Kris Wadia

Kris
Wadia

Founder & CEO

Humanized Leadership

Virginie Madrona

Virginie
Madrona

Strategy/ Marketing & Business Development VP

Free Lance