Mohammad al Duaij
Mohammad al Duaij (born 1980) is a Kuwaiti business man and entrepreneur. He became the Chief Executive Officer of Alea Global Group in 2008.
He studied accounting and finance at Leeds university and graduated in 2002 and began his career by joining the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development as part of the Asian projects funding team. From 2004 to 2008 he worked as Investment Manager at Global Investment House in Kuwait.
Since 2008 he manages his family business, which is centrally administered in a Single Family Office - Alea Global Group. His family's business began by trading with physical commodities. Until today commoditiy trading remains a crucial part of the firm's activity, while Mohammad al Duaij began to follow other business opportunities, too. Today, Alea Global Group is conglomarate with a globa-spanning network of direct investments in real estate and private equity, and offers financial and investment advisory services.
In 2015 he became partner at Italian R & P Consulting. In this role he is responsible for the business development and expansion of the firm's business activity in the Middle East.[1]
Besides his activity as CEO and partner, he is organizer and host of the Middle East Family Office Investment Summit, a twice-yearly gathering in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Family Offices, either from the Middle East or with an interest in the region follow his invitation to gather for two days to network and initiate business cooperations. The event generally attracts a high number of C-level executives and influential decision-makers from the Gulf. Participation in the conference is by invitation only.
Distinguished personalities amongst the guests of previous events were:
- Auma Obama (half-sister of Barrack Obama) - Princess Tessy of Luxembourg - Hisham al Gurg (CEO, The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum)[2] - Mohammad Khalid al Ali (CEO, Sheikh Ahmed Bin Obaid Al Maktoum International Investment Enterprises)[3]
Mohammad al Duaij is the recipient of several awards. He was named The Man of the Year 2017 by Business Worldwide Magazine for his work ability to maintain excellent professional relationships despite often challenging political circumstances.[4] Further, he is a recipient of the Business Worldwide Magazine's CEO award in 2016.[5] Also in 2016, Alea Global Group received the Global Business Award 'Advisory firm of the year', awarded by The European.[6]
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- ^ "The Advisory Firm of the Year 2016 – Alea". aleaglobalgroup.com. Retrieved 2018-03-20.