Following six years in banking at Standard Chartered where he covered strategic clients in Bahrain and the UAE, Ali shifted his focus to technology start-ups. He joined Uber and established its operations in Saudi Arabia, then helped launch Fetchr’s on demand crowdsourced package delivery platform in the GCC and scaled their C2C business across the. region. Ali holds an MBA from London Business School and a BBA from The American University in Dubai. On the weekend, you’ll either find him at a barbecue or going down a rabbit-hole of random but fascinating topics.