In partnership with UAE Consulate General in Barcelona, Foment del Treball Nacional and Banco Sabadell, join us for our upcoming webinar Made for Trade Live - Dubai, the gateway to global trade for Spanish Market to discover how you can easily set up, run and expand your business in Dubai.
Home to 19,000+ businesses ranging from multinational corporations to start-ups, DMCC offers unparalleled access to global markets, bespoke business services and world-class infrastructure.
Register to get practical advice from experts, explore DMCC benefits and services, as well as learn about Dubai’s attractive tax policies, lifestyle and business opportunities that can help you succeed.
The live session will give you the chance to:
The webinar will be in English with a live interpreter in Spanish.
Don’t miss out. Register now!
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Executive Chairman & CEO
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 2019 with over 19,000 member companies from 170 countries, employing over 60,000 people.
Tasked with enhancing commodity trade flows through Dubai, DMCC has introduced to market a number of value-added products and services under Mr Bin Sulayem’s leadership. In 2020, DMCC was named the ‘Global Free Zone of the Year’ by The Financial Times fDi Magazine, for a record sixth 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 68 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.
UAE Consul General in Barcelona
Director of the International Department
Foment del Treball- Barcelona
Kilian Garcia is the Director of the International Department at Foment del Treball – Barcelona. He has 11 years of experience in trade, economic and foreign policies.
Prior to this role, he was advising on international trade for the Spanish Embassy in Venezuela, legislative policies for Diputació de Barcelona and became a parliamentary advisor for the European Parliament in Brussels.
He has a Bachelors degree in Political Science and Administration, Masters in International Business Management and Human Rights, Democracy and Globalisation.
Founder & Executive Chairman
Private Investment Group - CIO, HH Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Nahyan
Adam Ladjadj has experience across an array of investment and finance sectors and possesses a strong track record of success managing activities ranging from investment strategy, M&A, capital raising and business development. His understanding of business and global markets has secured positions of authority with ultra-high net worth individuals and Royal families in the Gulf Cooperation Council.
His experience includes:
He serves as an advisor and board member on several companies, including start-ups and funds.
Managing Director
RLD - UAE
Leticia is specialized in commercial law and internationalization of companies.
She counts with wide experience in internationalization and corporate advice as well as international professional background in America, Asia and Middle East. Leticia joined RLD's UAE office in 2015 and since then she has worked helping many companies to establish in the country.
Leticia runs the daily operative of RLD's office in the UAE and provides advice for the incorporation of companies, M&A transactions and business secretary services, among other activities.
Leticia has a law and business administration degree from the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE) of Madrid as well as a master's degree in International Business Management from the ICEX-CECO.
In addition, Leticia is member of the Bar Association of Madrid.
Director of the Dubai Office
Banco Sabadell
Director of the Representative Office of Banco Sabadell in Dubai with coverage on Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Lebanon and Jordan.
Bachelor of Law and certified lawyer by ICAM, having more than 20 years of experience in different financial entities, always within the international scope. He has developed his professional career at Banco Sabadell, Banco Atlántico, Caixabank (Paris), BCH (Paris) or AXA (Montreal). He has studied Financial Advisor at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Economics at the Sorbonne in Paris and the CEF in Madrid.
Founder/Vice President
Swiss International Legal Consultants & Swiss Business Council
Urs Stirnimann is the Founder of Swiss International Legal Consultants, UAE.
Urs worked for more than 25 years in various countries of the Middle East and Latin America with different responsibilities in the financial, diplomatic and legal field.
Since 2004, Urs is working as a lawyer in the UAE. He assists mostly Europeans who would like to benefit from the various advantages Dubai offers. He has established several hundred companies in the UAE. He advises also in the creation of Islamic products and structures and real estate issues and counsels as well in the fintech/blockchain field.
Urs has plenty of honorary positions like Vice President of the Swiss Business Council Dubai and chairman of the Swiss Financial Group, where 20 Swiss banks and insurance companies are represented. In addition, he is the Executive Director of the Emirati Swiss Friendship Forum under the leadership of HH Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan and HE Pascal Couchepin former president of Switzerland. He was elected to represent the Swiss in the UAE at the Parliament for Swiss Living Abroad.
Urs studied economics and law at the University of Zurich. Urs speaks fluent German, English, Spanish and French.
European Business Development Representative
DMCC
James started his career working in the London financial markets for several international institutions and trading houses where he developed his passion for commodities, logistics, and global trade. He later incorporated his own group of companies producing, distributing and trading in physical commodities and derivatives.
After joining DMCC in 2006 as Associate Director of Commodities he took over as Director of Business Development in 2009, leading the next stage of growth for DMCC Free Zone which to date has attracted over 17,000 companies to its central Dubai location.
In his next role as DMCC Head of Corp Sales he has helped to successfully take DMCC on to achieve unprecedented growth and to develop into a multi award winning Free Zone.
James was recently appointed as DMCC’s European representative and operates from offices in the Netherlands.
As one of the founding members of the DMCC ‘Blockchain Innovation Group’ and ‘Global Blockchain Council’ he continues to assist in the development of Dubai as a global sector hub and DMCC as a global crypto ecosystem.
