Ahmed Bin Sulayem

Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
DMCC

Ahmed Bin Sulayem is the Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DMCC and has driven its growth from a start-up of 28 member companies in 2003 to the world’s leading free zone in 2023 with 24,000+ member companies from 180 countries, employing over 80,000 people.

Tasked with enhancing commodity trade flows through Dubai, DMCC has introduced to the market a number of value-added products and services under Mr Bin Sulayem’s leadership. In 2023, DMCC has been named the ‘Global Free Zone of the Year’ by The Financial Times fDi Magazine, for a record ninth consecutive year.

Mr Bin Sulayem oversaw the exponential growth of the DMCC Free Zone master development in Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT), a 200-hectare business and residential community in Dubai of over 100,000 people living and working across 87 towers. Mr Bin Sulayem also oversees the development of DMCC’s latest real estate project; the much-anticipated Uptown Dubai district.

Mr Bin Sulayem currently serves as the Chairman of the Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE) and the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX).

The Kimberley Process officially appointed the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the first and only Arab country to Chair the Kimberley Process in November 2015. Shortly after, the UAE Ministry of Economy officially appointed Mr Bin Sulayem as the UAE’s Chair of the Kimberley Process for 2016.

Alessandro Mauro Rossi

Director in Chief,
Forbes Italia

Alessandro Rossi is a professional with over 30 years of experience in the editorial sector.
He started working at the newspaper L’Unità where he was immediately noticed for his great passion for writing and reporting.

From this beginning Alessandro climbed up the ranks all the way to co-founding Bloomberg in Italy, the financial magazine Milano Finanza and Italia Oggi.

Today he is the Director in Chief of Forbes Italia, the Italian edition of the world’s most famous magazine, and director at Blue Financial Communication in charge of all the publications (Private, Asset and Bluerating).

Francesco Corbello

Strategic Partner,
Dubai FDI, Corbello Cardo, Gravante & Raimo

A highly experienced and professional advisor, with more of 20 years of experience, extremely motivated to constantly develop skills and grow professionally.

Well known to provide individuals and owners of businesses small and large with the tools and information they need to succeed, while servicing each client in a manner tailored to the requirements of their individual road to success.

Francesco Corbello has a deep knowledge of the reality of Italian companies abroad and also of individual Italian citizens abroad and offer the following internationalization services to Italian SMEs:

• Assessment, that is, evaluation of the product and process characteristics, of the strengths and weaknesses of the company
• Selection of the geographic area or country to which to direct the company;
  design of a marketing plan for the promotion of the company in the selected geographical area
• Verification of the results achieved with the implementation of the marketing plan and proposal of adjustments in objectives, strategies or tactics.
  

In addition, Francesco Corbello provides assistance to companies wishing to undertake an internationalization process to find public funds from EU Commission and italian Government.

Giuseppe Esposito

Chairman,
EP World Catering Facility Management

Giuseppe Esposito was born on August 12, 1973, in Naples, Italy. My upbringing was heavily influenced by my hardworking father, who served as a role model. Academic pursuits were never my forte, and I began working at the age of 16, managing one of Napoli’s largest bars. 

My modest academic performance stemmed from my inclination towards hands-on work over textbooks, reflecting my entrepreneurial spirit. However, I recognize the evolving importance of education in today’s world.

I’ve been fortunate to contribute to our family business, EP, witnessing its growth and my personal development. Some noteworthy achievements and challenges include:

• Serving as the president of the food industry in Campania, Italy, under Confindustria.

• Pioneering the use of electric vehicles in the F&B industry in Europe.

• Expanding our company to Dubai in 2013.

• Involvement in events like the Americas Cup in 2013, Expo in Milan in 2015, and Expo in Dubai in 2021, where we earned the title of best F&B provider.

• Employee in Italy 1.200, Employee in Dubai 298

These milestones reflect a journey of growth, marked by both successes and setbacks, which have molded me into a better individual and entrepreneur. I eagerly anticipate the future, embracing it with an open mind and a commitment to learning from every experience.

Barbara Mazzali

Regional Minister for Tourism, Territorial Marketing, and Fashion,
Regione Lombardia

Lorenzo Zurino

President,
Italian Export Forum

Stefano Antonelli

Chief Representative - Italy Global Markets Sector,
Dubai Chambers

Giulia Piscina

Journalist,
Forbes Italia
Giulia Piscina is an anchor and journalist with a strong economic-financial background. In 2019 she graduated from the University of Pavia in Communication, Innovation and Multimedia with a thesis on the TED format. Her relationship with the University continues to this day in the role of tutor for the Public Speaking and Classical Oratory course. After some TV experiences in the entertainment world, she starts specializing in news in 2021 becoming anchor woman of Finanza Now TV in Milan. In 2024 she began her collaboration with Mediolanum TV, Banca Mediolanum's corporate television, as Author and Host of the program Good Morning. She is committed to financial education issues, thanks also to the conduction of the 2022 and 2023 editions of the Io penso positivo - Educare alla finanza Project, a training course dedicated to students in the last three years of secondary school financed by MIMIT with Unioncamere and SiCamera. She collaborates as a freelancer with BFC Media, Forbes Italy and Forbes Small Giants and others. Among others, she has led and moderated for: TEDx, Assolombarda, Libero, Investing group Rome and Naples, Forbes Italia, Guide Espresso, Plenaria Synergie, Plenaria Banca Reale, Wealth Management EY, Corporate Wellbeing AON, Franciacorta Golf Club and corporate team building, Phygital Sustainability Expo at Fori Imperiali in Rome.

Domenico Giudici

CCO,
Next S.r.l.

Federica Minozzi

CEO,
Iris Ceramica Group

After graduating with honours from the Faculty of Law at Modena University, Federica Minozzi joined Iris Ceramica, her family’s industrial holding company, where she studied and investigated the areas of sales and marketing, an orientation that soon turned out to be strategic for her future and essential for the development of her entrepreneurial and managerial skills.
Over the years this has allowed her to hold positions of the highest responsibility in all the companies in her family’s multinational group; she is now Group CEO at the age of only forty.

Along with her father, Romano Minozzi, Federica won the "2017 Innovation Award" at the 21st EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards.
In 2017 she also won the “Copernico40 Award” presented by "Il Quotidiano Immobiliare".
In 2019 she established Fondazione Iris Ceramica Group, a non-profit organisation aimed at promoting environmental protection, sustainable development and social cohesion.

In 2021 Iris Ceramica Group won the "Premio Industria Felix" and received the Alta Onorificenza di Bilancio for being one of "the best female-run businesses" thanks to her entrepreneurial spirit.
The same year, Iris Ceramica Group becomes Main Sponsor of the Italian Pavilion at the Biennale of Venezia and, during the event “The H2 Road to Net Zero” of Bloomberg, illustrates the new industrial project for the construction of the world’s first green hydrogen-powered ceramics factory.

In December 2021 Iris Ceramica Group results to be the top company that women are happy to work in, according to the ranking table drafted following the survey “Italy’s Best Employers for Women” by the Istituto Tedesco Qualità Finanza (ITQF), published in December 2021 on La Repubblica – Affari & Finanza.

Beniamino Garofalo

CEO,
Unopiù

15 years of experience in consumer goods multinational companies in Sales and Trade Marketing roles. Negotiation skills, leadership, business acumen and strong interpersonal skills. In 2007, joined LVMH as GM and have achieved knowledge in selective distribution, business development, management of commercial and business strategy for different brands; development of marketing plans and strategy.

Team building, motivating others, drive for results, problem solving, ambition. From September 2014 until September 2015 joined at Sephora as VP Retail Sales and Network Development in order to improve retail knowledge

From September 2015 increased entrepreneurial skills ,leading a family company at global level · Esperienza: UNOPIU' · Località: Milano · Più di 500 collegamenti su LinkedIn. Vedi il profilo di Beniamino Garofalo su LinkedIn, una community professionale di 1 miliardo di utenti.

Khozama Al Saadi

Senior Manager, Corporate Sales – UK, Western Europe & Türkiye,
DMCC

Khozama Al Saadi is a Senior Manager - Corporate Sales at DMCC, where she is responsible for operations in Western Europe and Türkiye. She brings a decade of expertise in fostering strategic partnerships, relationships and alliances notably with governments and prominent industry stakeholders.

Prior to joining DMCC, Khozama worked for Dubai Chambers in the Investment Attraction division and has experience in Corporate Sales for Jumeirah Group and Mashreq Bank.

Khozama holds a Bachelor in Business Administration and Management from the American University of Dubai.