Abu Dhabi’s Hub71 appoints new deputy CEO

Abu Dhabi’s Hub71 appoints new deputy CEO

Abu Dhabi’s tech ecosystem Hub71 has appointed Ahmad Ali Alwan as its deputy chief executive officer. The appointment reinforces Hub71’s senior leadership team to help drive forward its long-term strategy and fulfil its global ambitions, the company said in a statement. Alwan has been a founding member of Hub71 since 2019, and will guide the growth of its community of startups as well as raise its profile in worldwide technology markets. He was previously responsible for various functions at Hub71 including strategy, stakeholder management, finance, investor engagement and operations. Prior to his appointment as deputy CEO, Alwan worked in the UAE Clusters asset management team at Mubadala’s UAE Investment Platform, overseeing a portfolio of UAE-based aerospace and technology assets. The assets included Strata, an aero-structures manufacturing facility; Sanad, an aerospace and industrial services champion; G42, the AI and cloud computing company; and Hub71. Prior to that, Ahmad supported the launch of Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners in 2019. Ahmad was also previously part of Mubadala’s portfolio strategy team where he worked on formulating the corporate strategy, overlaying internal and stakeholder objectives as well as supporting Mubadala’s leadership with special projects, the statement added Alwan began his career at Mubadala within Mubadala