1-on-1 with Ali El Ali, Managing Director of Zakher Marine International

Ali El Ali is the Managing Director at Zakher Marine International and QMS 2 Offshore Services, both of which are part of the Zakher Group of multinational offshore oil service companies based in Abu Dhabi and constitute his family business. After growing up in Abu Dhabi, he studied in Scotland and England. He is focusing on modernizing the Zakher Group during its phase of rapid international expansion and shipbuilding, and diversifying the group's interests into real estate, tech, and other areas.

Neslihan Aydagul is the Managing Director for The Business Year in the UAE. Ms. Aydagul's experience in the research field pans to the early 2000s where she lead research projects in Qatar and Bahrain as well as opening her employer's offices in South East Asia, particularly in Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam. After successful launches, she switched her focus to the GCC, and has been based in the Gulf for the past 10 years, Saudi Arabia and the UAE particularly Abu Dhabi, during which time directed the production of 12 annual investment manuals and gained a wealth of knowledge and experience in the Gulf.