Arun Chulani - Head of Strategic Investments

Mr. Arun Chulani has over 14 years of corporate finance experience working with blue chip companies, SWFs and private equity funds to advise them on their strategy and transactions. He has strong experience in strategy, corporate restructuring and M&A across a number of industries including natural resources, infrastructure, real estate and FIG.

Mr. Arun has worked in the UK, across Europe, India and the Middle East where he was instrumental in building up the Debt and Capital Markets team across the region for Ernst & Young. He has worked with a number of firms including Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen & Co. He is a Chartered Accountant, which he obtained while at Andersen and is a Masters graduate from the London School of Economics.

Osama Al-Issa - Head of Asset Management and Services

Mr. Osama Al-Issa has over 35 years experience in Kuwait National Petroleum Co.(KNPC).His last position at KNPC was Deputy Managing Director for Planning and Local Marketing.

He held other senior positions at KNPC including Executive Assistant Managing director for Local Marketing and Finance and Manager, Information Services. He has also served as Board member in Kuwait Foreign Petroleum exploration Co., Kuwait Oil Tankers CO. and Kuwait National Petroleum Co.

Mr. Al-Issa has Bsc. In Chemical Engineering and started his career as a Chemical Engineer at the KNPC shuaiba Refinery.

Ibtihal Al-Nesef - Head of Business Development

Ms. Ibtihal Al Nesef has over 23 years of experience across multiple industries including Oil and Gas, Metals and Banking. She started her career in the supply operations division at the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation from 1992-2001. She was one of the team members to build up a unique mission statement and set up a tactical plan for the marketing sector of KPC.

Her experience in the Banking industry comes from the Industrial Bank of Kuwait from 2001-2015 where she worked as Assistant Manager in various departments including Project finance and Investment and Promotion. She has a successful track record of evaluating and managing the implementation of local projects with a net worth of over KD 40 M in several industrial sectors such as chemical, metallurgical, food and printing sectors.

She served as a board member in the Gulf Aluminum Rolling Mill Co in Bahrain from 2004 until 2014 and has also served as the deputy chairperson of the Kuwait Industrial Projects Co.

Ms. Ibtihal is a graduate Chemical Engineer from the Kuwait University with a master’s degree in Business Administration from Concordia University-Canada and placed on the Dean’s honor list.