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Cordoba Club de Fútbol is a professional football club based in the city of Cordoba, Spain. The club was founded in 1954 and plays its home matches at the Estadio Nuevo Arcángel, which has a capacity of just under 22,000 spectators.Cordoba CF has a rich history, having spent a significant amount of time in both La Liga and the Segunda División, the top two tiers of Spanish football. With a strong and loyal fan base that supports the team through thick and thin and strong positioning as the only club in the city, Cordoba CF has a bright future ahead and is poised to return to its rightful place as a competitive force in Spanish football.

Founded in 2021, Ingame is a football mobile game that is introducing a unique gameplay and an unprecedented reward scheme to the football masses. The company is currently based in Egypt, with a focus on developing content and gameplay that is both local & digital.

Paris FC is a professional football club based in the beautiful city of Paris, France. The club was founded in 1969 and has a rich history of success on the pitch. Paris FC is widely regarded as one of the most exciting and dynamic teams in the French football scene.The club has a strong commitment to developing young talent, and has proven time and time again that its youth academy is one of the best in the country. In recent years, Paris FC has enjoyed some great successes, and is now widely recognised as the second biggest club in Paris. Overall, Paris FC is a club that is steeped in history and tradition, with a passionate fan base, talented players, and a strong commitment to success both on and off the pitch.

Entrusted with building the Venture Capital & Private Equity footprint of the Infinity group.

Milano Investment Partners is an Italy based, pan-European focused Venture Growth firm that focuses on Lifestyle-tech business models. Key verticals include Fashion, Food, Furniture & Design, Travel & Sport. Our team combines strong sectoral and digital experience, investment track record, local relationship and know-how and company building skills.We focus on the digitalisation in consumer: either through bringing experience and capital to new brands born in the digital age or bringing digital knowledge in marketing and expansion to old established brands: Development / Growth capital.

Watchmaster provides consumer sellers with a watch valuation, refurbishment and certification service and enable them to sell their fine watches to and through Watchmaster. Consumer buyers benefit from a wide range of certified, fully refurbished fine watches at highly attractive prices, often 15-40% below MSRP. Therewith we build a loyal, highly valuable customer base that engages in fine watch trading.

Gulf CX is a thriving business process outsourcing solution (BPO) with a focus on building, integrating and delivering the best customer experience solutions from around the world. By customizing our packages to meet your specific goals and business requirements, we’re able to operate omni-channel, world class customer experience centers on your behalf. Our spectrum of services includes inbound and outbound sales, social media marketing, monitoring and response, geo-marketing, customer satisfaction surveys, service dispatch, complaints handling, journey mapping, loyalty management, payment and e-commerce support, technical support, mystery shopping, and customer analytics.

Sahara Sports is a Football Agency specializing in taking Middle Eastern talent to Europe.• Responsible for all relations & communications in the Middle East & North Africa • Developed the framework agreement utilized between Sahara Sports and European based sports agencies • Managed the recruitment process through the scouting and interviewing specific personnel that will add value to the company• Identified talented players & staff throughout the Middle East and evaluated their potential fit across developed professional paradigm

E4Impact Foundation has a proven track record of supporting African entrepreneurs to help them build sustainable and impactful businesses. There is still a huge need to support SMEs build impactful businesses and provide access the funding to help them scale. To meet this need, E4Impact Foundation through funding support from the Italian Agency for Development co-operation, has launched the E4Impact Accelerator that works with African businesses to build scalable business models, mentorship & investor linkages. The E4 Grant program involved discussing and assessing the best seed stage businesses in Africa where the winners received grants and a enrolment into the accelerator program.

The Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) was formed to deliver on the vision of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa the Crown Prince and Prime Minister to:-Deliver effective and fair regulation in the real estate market-Promote economic growth and investment in Bahrain-Protect the rights of and create a better life for every Bahraini.The central role of RERA is to ensure that the real estate industry in Bahrain is aligned to international best practice standards and to deliver a professional service in a cost-effective and transparent manner. RERA will work closely with Government and industry stakeholders to oversee the development of a National Real Estate Policy supported by a national five-year sector strategy and plan to bolster the real estate sector, improve consumer protection and streamline real estate services.

As the Director of Projects & Investments at the Urban Planning & Development Authority, I am responsible for all Private Sector developments in the Kingdom. This includes:• Administering the direct support of all private sector developmental projects in the Kingdom throughout their life cycle through targeted interventions, advisory services & the assigning of relationship managers • Spearheading the UPDA ‘firefighting group’ responsible for the rapid cycle problem solving of major issues in key national projects • Completing the digital overhauling of the organization’s communication channels including an updated website, a social media presence & an exhaustive customer care center • Facilitating the introduction of the digital workflow system (including fast track) thereby increasing the institution’s ability to produce efficient decision-making in a consistent & transparent manner • Controlling the production of weekly aggregate statistics & corresponding KPI’s allowing senior management to evaluate the productivity of the institution over time • Formulating & implementing a market communication strategy focusing on providing consistency in message to the market • Chairman of the Staff Grievances Committee (SGC) responsible for protecting the rights of the staff, custodians and contract staff• Contributing as a member of the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) working group, responsible for crafting the mandate of the newly found authority • Contributing as a member of the National Committee of Government Services (NCGS) responsible for evaluating the level of services provided to applicants across the Public Sector

The role of the Senior Strategic Advisor within the General Directorate of Urban Planning is to provide the entity with strategic direction that will allow it to proactively & effectively plan for the future of Bahrain while simultaneously inducing the change within the organization to best allow it to achieve those goals.In addition to his full-time role and in order to achieve the previously stated objectives, Faisal was appointed as the Project Manager for the Bahrain French Town Planning Initiative responsible for improving the management of Urban Planning & Development in the Kingdom.

Selected as one of 200 global experts responsible for the development of the United Nation's New Urban Agenda over a 7 month engagement which will guide the efforts on cities of a wide range of actors — nation states, city and regional leaders, international development funders, United Nations programmes and civil society — for the next 20 years. Inevitably, this agenda will also lay the groundwork for policies and approaches that will extend, and impact, far into the future.

Worked on a variety of projects involving both public and private sector institutions.Highlights include (not limited to): • Performed a GAP analysis on a national development plan, Objective: Determine whether real development of the country has been obtained. Role: Data collection, impact assessment, and analysis on developmental effect of impact • Conducted a country’s first national entrepreneurship workshop, Objective: Identify the top entrepreneurs in the country and prepare them for their business endeavors. Role: Content development, work plan management, lecture presentation, and stakeholder administration• Developed a market entry strategy into Africa for a large energy firm, Objective: Identify which sectors (power, upstream, water, etc.) within the 54 African markets are attractive. Role: Model management, market analysis, and market and political forecasting• Re-designed and streamlined a high profile public institution, Objective: Increase the efficiency of the organization. Role: Process evaluation, change management, and client relationship management• Evaluated the investment portfolio of a high profile institution, Objective: Identify drivers of past success and the ideal portfolio composition for the future. Role: Framework development, model creation and management, and investment assessment, • Examined the R&D incentive structure for a high profile university, Objective: Evaluate the reasons behind the lack of investment into the R&D facility and determine a new improved incentive structure. Role: Data collection, stakeholder engagement, and stakeholder analysis• Developed a strategy for a planned city within a GCC country, Objective: To create a vision for the city satisfying all stakeholders and an actionable implementation plan for the next decade. Role: Data collection & validation, framework development and stakeholder interviewer

Contributed weekly articles regarding all of Chelsea FC, the English Premier League and Asian Football (Estimated 70,000 readers weekly)