Mr. Shailesh K Dash

Award winning Entrepreneur, Ideator, Mentor, Author and Philanthropist

A veteran of the MENA alternative investments sector with over 24 years of alternative investment experience founding and promoting ethical, socially responsible investments in the Middle East & South East Asia region across various industries such as healthcare, education, logistics and financial services.

Throughout his entrepreneurial career, Shailesh has executed more than 150 transactions of over $1.7billion, raised in excess of $2.5bn from investors, managed cumulative $6bn of AUMs and served on more than 15 boards of prominent private companies.

"Coming from a humble background in the small city of Puri from Odisha in India, I have come a long way by building successful businesses in the Gulf, while raising multi-billion-dollar funds for various corporations as well as working on new business venture ideas and bringing them to fruition.

I love what I do. I believe my purpose in life is to create successful businesses and take great ideas and turn them into valuable, profitable entities. My core belief is based upon adding value to society through increasing employment opportunities and improving financial literacy to make as many people financially independent as humanly possible".

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