Our Leadership Team

Member of the MGX Board of Directors, Board Executive Committee, and Chairman of the Investment Committee.

Ahmed Yahia Al Idrissi is the Managing Director and CEO of MGX, a leading technology investment company focused on accelerating the development and adoption of AI and advanced technologies in the UAE and globally. Ahmed is a member of the MGX Board of Directors, Board Executive Committee, and serves as Chairman of the Investment Committee. The Investment Committee is mandated to develop the organization’s investment policies, establish investment guidelines and review and approve all proposed projects and investments to ensure they are in line with MGX’s business objectives and strategy.

Previously, he served as CEO of Private Equity at Mubadala, where he sat on the Mubadala Investment Committee and oversaw investments across a range of sectors including technology, healthcare, consumer, energy and sustainability, industrials and business services, and financial services. Prior to his roles at MGX and Mubadala, Ahmed was a Partner at McKinsey & Company. There, he co-led the Principal Investor practice and served as the Managing Partner of the Abu Dhabi practice. While at McKinsey, he advised a number of Fortune 500 companies, where the central themes of his work involved strategy, business building and corporate performance transformations.

Ahmed currently serves as Vice Chairman of the AI Infrastructure Partnership – AIP (USA). He has previously served as Chairman of GlobalFoundries (USA); NOVA Chemicals (Canada); and Moeve (Spain); and as a board member of Advanced Micro Devices (USA), Abu Dhabi Investment Council (UAE), Mubadala Capital (UAE), TM Mining Ventures – MATSA (Spain), Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company – Masdar (UAE), National Central Cooling Company – Tabreed (UAE), and Emirates Global Aluminium (UAE).

Ahmed holds a Master of Science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Mechanical Engineering/Product Strategy and an Engineer’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the Ecole Centrale Paris, both with highest honors. While at MIT, he received the JWF Foreign Scholarship Board award for academic excellence.

Member of MGX Investment Committee and Co-Chair of MGX Management Committee.

Danny Dweik is MGX’s Chief Operating Officer and Chief Finance Officer. He was previously an Executive Director at Mubadala, where he led the Industrials and Business Services sector as well as the Energy and Sustainability sector as part of the Direct Investments platform.

During his tenure at Mubadala, Danny held key leadership roles, including serving as Chief Executive Officer of Nova Chemicals, one of Mubadala’s largest assets. He also served as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), where he led the post-merger integration and revenue growth program.

Prior to joining Mubadala, Danny was an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company, where he led engagements for clients in multiple industries and across various strategic topics, including strategy development, operational and performance transformation, M&A and financial due diligence.

He holds an MPA from Harvard University, an MBA from McGill University and a BS degree in Accounting & Finance from the Lebanese American University.

Member of MGX Investment Committee.

Ali Osman is Chief Investment Officer at MGX, overseeing Artificial Intelligence

Before joining MGX, Ali spent over 15 years at Mubadala Investment Company, where he led multiple investment teams and units, managing a portfolio exceeding $10 billion in assets under management. He established Mubadala’s Technology unit within the Direct Investments platform, overseeing over $4 billion in investments across software and tech-enabled services while leading a team of more than 25 investment professionals across offices in Abu Dhabi and New York. Additionally, Ali co-founded Mubadala’s Life Sciences unit, contributing to over $5 billion in strategic investments in the sector.

Ali has served on the boards of organizations including Avalara, Outset Medical, Sterling Pharmaceutical Solutions, and Envision Pharma Group.

He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University.

Member of MGX Investment Committee.

Guy Harmelin is Chief Investment Officer at MGX, overseeing Advanced Technology.

Prior to MGX, Guy was senior advisor to the CEO of Group 42 and to CIM Group, a US-based real asset manager with over $30 billion in AUM.

Guy was previously an investment executive at 7-main, a single-family office focusing on industrial and deep technology investments. Before 7-main, Guy led the direct technology investment arm at Harel Insurance Investments and Financial Services, the largest insurance group in Israel with over $120 billion in assets under management.

Prior to joining Harel, Guy was the co-founder and CEO of RondinX, a computational drug target discovery company which merged with BiomX and went public on NYSE in November 2019, and co-founder of Ayala Pharma which went public on NASDAQ in 2021 and was acquired by Immunome.

Guy has an MD from the University of Florence and served as a Resident Physician at the Tel Aviv Medical Center.

Member of MGX Investment Committee and Member of MGX Management Committee.

Omar Alismail is Chief Investment Officer at MGX, overseeing Semiconductors & Infrastructure.

Prior to MGX, Omar established the Mubadala Operating Partners team with 20+ senior executives focused on critical value creation capabilities for Mubadala portfolio companies (e.g., Digitization, Go-to-Market, Operations). During his time at Mubadala, he oversaw value creation across the Mubadala portfolio, generating an estimated ~$2.5bn in incremental EBITDA through transformation initiatives. Prior to establishing the Mubadala Operating Partners group, Omar served as Deputy CFO of GlobalFoundries and co-led the company’s landmark IPO in 2021.

Omar’s previous and current Board observer positions include GlobalFoundries, TM Mining Ventures and Sociedad Minera de Santander.

Omar is a CFA Charterholder, holds an MSc in Finance from Imperial College of London, and BSc in Business Administration from American University of Sharjah.

Member of MGX Management Committee.

Laila Saif is the Chief People Officer at MGX, where she oversees the overall talent agenda across multiple spectrums including acquisition, organizational culture, employee experience & growth. With over 21 years of international HR leadership experience, including 12 years at Mubadala Group companies, Laila has a track record of delivery across multiple sectors.

Before joining MGX, Laila served as Director of Human Capital at Emirates Global Aluminium, where she led a team of 60+ HR professionals and implemented HR strategies for over 7,000 employees.

Previously, she founded a successful corporate wellness company and, prior to this, was Head of Human Capital Business Partners at Mubadala, driving initiatives to enhance operational efficiency through a robust operating model and was involved in several strategic initiatives across the platform. Earlier in her career, Laila worked with GE Capital in Germany and the UK, spearheading talent development initiatives. She also played a key role in advising the leadership of EDGE Group on the comprehensive restructuring and transformation program that consolidated 16 advanced technology and defense companies into a unified platform.

Laila holds an EMBA from the Higher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi, and is a recipient of the Abu Dhabi Industry Award for outstanding academic achievement.

Member of MGX Investment Committee and Member of MGX Management Committee.

Andre is responsible for the company’s legal, compliance and tax functions, including all investment related activity, governance and regulatory compliance. He also serves as a member of MGX’s Investment Committee, which reviews and approves proposed transactions and projects, as a member of MGX’s Management Committee, which reviews and approves policies and procedures, and as the Board Secretary. He also serves on the Investment Committee of the AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP).

Prior to MGX, Andre was the General Counsel of Direct Investments at Mubadala Investment Company, where he provided legal oversight for Mubadala’s technology, healthcare, consumer, energy & sustainability, financial services and industrials & business services investments. Andre also served as a member of the Direct Investments Platform Investment Committee, which reviews and approves proposed projects and transactions within the platform. He previously served in a variety of other roles at Mubadala, including as General Counsel of Corporate Finance & Treasury. Before joining Mubadala, Andre worked at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York and Hong Kong.

Andre received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University, his D.Phil. from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and his law degree from the Yale Law School.

David Scott is an expert in strategy formulation and implementation with an extensive track record of successful engagements involving multi-billion dollar projects and ventures in both the public and private sectors.

As chief of the strategy function at MGX, he works with the Funds’ leadership and investment professionals to identify priority target themes and sectors for capital allocation, as well as the management of portfolio risk. As the chief of the safety function, he oversees the development of safety-related criteria to support the Fund’s diligence of investment opportunities, recognizing the important safety and socioeconomic consequences of emerging AI technologies and applications.

In prior roles, David has served as Executive Director for Economic and Energy Affairs at Abu Dhabi’s Executive Affairs Authority, as a regional VP at Occidental Petroleum Corporation, as the National Security Council’s Director for Arabian Peninsula and North African Affairs at the White House. He is also a former US Foreign Service Officer and a veteran of the United States Army.

Among other roles, David serves as a board member of TikTok USDS JV, the AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP), the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC), and TerraPower. He is also Managing Director of the Mohamed bin Zayed Water Initiative and serves on the advisory board of Yale University’s Jackson School of Global Affairs.

He is a graduate of Brigham Young University and the Defense Language Institute, as well as the US Army’s Cryptologic and Electronic Warfare School and Non-Commissioned Officers Academy.

Member of the MGX Management Committee.

Misha is responsible for driving AI value creation across the company’s investment lifecycle and operations, and leads its New York office.

Prior to MGX, Misha was a senior operating partner at Mubadala Investment Company, where he led technology and go-to-market value creation across its private equity platform. Before Mubadala, he was Managing Director and Head of Technology Strategy at EQT Group, where he helped establish the firm’s digital operating practice.

Earlier in his career, Misha spent two decades in Silicon Valley building and scaling technology companies. He held senior executive roles at Oracle, where he led customer adoption and growth for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in North America, and at Lithium Technologies, where, as CIO, SVP of Business Development, and Chief Customer Officer, he helped grow revenue sixfold and scale the platform to more than 100 million users, culminating in the company’s acquisition by Vista Equity Partners.

Misha holds a bachelor’s degree from Plekhanov Russian University of Economics.

Member of the MGX Management Committee.

Amal Al Qasim is Chief of Staff to the CEO at MGX, where she oversees the operations of the CEO Office. She drives execution on the CEO’s priorities, partners with the Chief Legal Officer on board and investment committee matters, and manages senior internal and external relationships.

Amal joined MGX from Mubadala Investment Company, where she spent nearly a decade as Operations Manager for the Direct Investments platform. In that role, she ran operations for the Direct Investments CEO Office, including the integration of offices across multiple geographies, and managed the CEO Office’s extensive network of relationships with global portfolio companies and partners. She also oversaw operational matters relating to the CEO’s global board and committee appointments. Prior to joining Mubadala, Amal took time away from the workplace to dedicate herself to her growing family.

At MGX, Amal provides operational support to the CEO across his board and committee commitments, including the MGX Board of Directors, MGX Board Executive Committee, MGX Investment Committee and the AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP USA).

Amal holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the Higher Colleges of Technology Dubai.