Alpha Partners Co-Founder and Partner Brian Smiga joins our host Ivan Zeljkovic at Web Summit 2022 for an interview regarding the nature of the modern market.

Entrepreneurial legend David Meltzer joins us for an exclusive interview about the latest developments in the media industry at Web Summit 2022.

Monika Mikac, CEO at NAD Capital, joins us for an exclusive interview about the future of the automotive industry at Web Summit 2022.

Award-winning entrepreneur and Founder of AquaFun Ahmed Ben Chaibah joins host Rachel Meuleman on The Change Officer. He shares how success does not come without brave, inspired risk. He shares how he let himself go into debt in order to finance the structuring of the waterpark into its iconic Dubai shape. Years later, the 44,000 square-meter waterpark has expanded into what Ahmed describes as "the biggest bouncy castle in the world".

YC-backed neobank and social banking app Zywa is delivering financial inclusion and empowerment to Gen Z across the MENA Region. Its visionary Co-Founders, Alok Kumar and Nuha Hashem, join us on The Change Officer Podcast to share how and why they started this innovative fintech startup.

Our guest for this episode, Simon Hudson, has unique insight into the booming NFT and Web 3.0 space. Simon is the Founder and CEO of Cheeze, Inc., a dedicated platform for photography-focused NFT projects. He joined us on The Change Officer before to speak about his entrepreneurial journey. This time, he's come in to demystify these complex and often misunderstood elements of Web 3.0.

While it is easy to talk about our successes, it is far more challenging to openly share our failures and what we learned from these experiences. In this episode of The Change Officer Podcast, media and advertising hall of fame member Kamal Dimachkie steps up to the mic to humbly share his most valuable life lessons and how they moulded him into the leader he is today.

Enjoy our Step 2022 series, short conversations with experts, leaders, and visionaries that got together at Step Conference in Dubai to discuss tech & innovation.

Blockchain. Metaverse. Web 3.0. NFTs. In this latest episode of The Change Officer Podcast, we're delving into how these advancements will impact the retail industry. Our guest today is Nick Vinckier, the Head of Corporate Innovation at Chalhoub Group, the largest luxury retailer in the Middle East. Nick introduced us to the top 5 mega-trends shaping the retail industry and beyond, including the awakening of society to sustainability, diversity and inclusion and the role customer experience plays in cultivating brand loyalty. He also walked us through the process of launching an NFT collection for one of Chalhoub's brands and his greatest learnings from the process.

Enjoy our Step 2022 series, short conversations with experts, leaders, and visionaries that got together at Step Conference in Dubai to discuss tech & innovation.

Enjoy our Step 2022 series, short conversations with experts, leaders, and visionaries that got together at Step Conference in Dubai to discuss tech & innovation.

Stepping up to the mic for this episode is Emirati Equestrian & Mechanical Engineer Amna Banihashem. Amna is an experienced horse rider, renowned show jumper, and an international advocate for women empowerment. Amna and Vuk chatted about what it takes mentally, emotionally and physically to step outside of our comfort zones and go after the things that we are passionate about. Amna also shared an inside look at the powerful daily routines she has in place that empower her to live a life that she loves.

In the latest episode of The Change Officer Podcast, we spoke to Suneel Gokhale, one of the founding partners of VentureSouq, a MENA-based investment firm focused on high growth early-stage technology companies. Suneel and Vuk spoke about Suneel's journey into venture capital, focusing on his takeaways and the lessons he has learnt over the last decade of operating in this space. Suneel shared how VentureSouq evaluates founders pitching for investment, the commonalities he sees in companies that don't make it, and the importance of structuring cap tables wisely.

Enjoy our Step 2022 series, short conversations with experts, leaders, and visionaries that got together at Step Conference in Dubai to discuss tech & innovation.

Enjoy our Step 2022 series, short conversations with experts, leaders, and visionaries that got together at Step Conference in Dubai to discuss tech & innovation.

GrubTech co-founder and CEO Mohamed Al Fayed has walked a fascinating journey. In the summer of 2019, his adeptness for recognising patterns led him to start GrubTech, a plug and play end-to-end operating system for restaurants and cloud kitchens. GrubTech is currently in 16 countries and shows no signs of slowing down. Mohamed joins us on The Change Officer Podcast to share his key learnings from his story as a proven intrapreneur and successful entrepreneur.

24-year-old Dukkantek founder Sanad Yaghi is one of the brains behind the UAE's first store management platform that offers an end-to-end technology partner to make the lives of small business owners easier. Sanad stepped up to the mic on The Change Officer Podcast to share what goes into launching a successful social impact startup that actually makes a difference in the local community.

Enjoy our Step 2022 series, short conversations with experts, leaders, and visionaries that got together at Step Conference in Dubai to discuss tech & innovation.

Forward-thinking venture capitalist Kareem Anabtawi of Annex Investments believes the future of the VC space lies in collaboration, conscious, considered alignments between startups and investors, and, above all else, everyone involved doing their homework.

Enjoy our Step 2022 series, short conversations with experts, leaders, and visionaries that got together at Step Conference in Dubai to discuss tech & innovation.