Experience

Parlia

• United Kingdom
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • Jan 2019 - 5 years

  London, United Kingdom Parlia is a collaborative encyclopaedia of opinion, and home of the Opinion DNA™



North Base Media

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Venture Partner

  • Aug 2015 - 8 years 5 months

  EMEA North Base Media is a global venture-capital firm focused on media, content and information technologies in the world's fastest growing markets.



Porto i/o

• Portugal
• Facilities Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co Founder

  • Jan 2014 - 10 years

  Porto Area, Portugal Porto i/o is the leading tech hub in Greater Porto.



Art Dubai

• United Arab Emirates
• Events Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Director, Global Art Forum, 2015

  • Sep 2014 - Mar 2015

  Kuwait and Dubai



Techstars

• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Mentor

  • May 2014 - Jul 2014

  London, United Kingdom



Seedcamp

• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Entrepreneur-in-Residence

  • Apr 2013 - Jul 2013

  London, United Kingdom



Demotix

• United Kingdom
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & CEO

  • 2007 - Apr 2013

  Demotix was a multi-award winning global newswire, and the world's largest photojournalism network. Demotix exited to Corbis Corporation in November 2012.



Freelance

• Journalist, Policy Analyst, Writer, Lecturer

  • 2000 - 2009



Mina Corp

• Business Development

  • Jul 2006 - Oct 2007

  London Afghanistan, Ghana, Liberia



Royal United Services Institute

• United Kingdom
• Think Tanks
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head, Middle East and North Africa Programme

  • 2004 - 2005

  The world's oldest security and defence think-tank, founded by the Duke of Wellington in 1831.



Beirut Review

• Founder and Editor-in-Chief

  • 2003 - 2004

  Lebanon



I.B. TAURIS & CO. LIMITED

• Book and Periodical Publishing

• Commissioning Editor

  • 2000 - 2003

  London, United Kingdom Middle East and Regional Studies; International Relations; Current Affairs; Arab and Islamic History