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6 WALID MANSOUR Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) Lebanon CHRISTOS MASTORAS Iliad Partners UAE Walid Mansour is Managing Partner at Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP). Walid has more than 15 years of experience in venture capital, strategy, corporate finance and engineering within the digital, telecom, software and new media industries. Prior to joining MEVP in 2010, Walid was a lead associate at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants and before that he worked as a strategy manager at the UAE's Prime Ministry Executive Office focusing on public policy initiatives. During his stay in Dubai, he worked on setting-up entrepreneurship related programs and developing incubation in the Arab World through several Dubai based initiatives such as the Mohammed Bin Rashid Foundation. Prior to that, Walid worked at Booz & Company as a consultant covering telecom & media. Christos is a digital executive, tech entrepreneur and venture investor with over 17 years of experience in technology, digital media, e-commerce and telecom in MENA, the US and Europe. He is currently the Founder & Managing Partner of Iliad Partners, a new early stage tech venture capital firm based in Dubai. Previously, Christos was the Director of Business Development of Yahoo Maktoob, and before that an Engagement Manager with Booz & Company's Communications, Media & Technology practice. He is a co-founder, investor and Board Member of GlamBox.ME, a MENA e-commerce startup, and an angel investor and advisor to a number of startups in MENA. Before that, he helped build several startups in the US and Europe including Upstream and govWorks.com. LYUBOMIR MINCHEV Telelink Holdings Bulgaria Lyubomir Minchev is the Founder and CEO of Group Telelink Holdings B.V. Telelink is a leading system integration company in Southeast Europe with considerable expertise in the development of wireless network, system integration as well as security and automation systems. The customers of the company are the largest telecoms, enterprises and government entities. Lyubomir is also an active investor in the IT space. MICHAEL LAHYANI Property Finder UAE Michael is the Founder & CEO of Propertyfinder, the UAE's first online real estate catalog. The interface allows visitors to browse for free over 80,000 residential and commercial properties, posted by over 500 real estate agents in UAE, Bahrain, Qatar and Egypt. Users can filter their searches for price, location and size. Real estate agencies and developers profit from Propertyfinder's one million monthly views, which generate over 120,000 leads for their businesses. More than an online catalogue, Propertyfinder also publishes its own real estate tips and quarterly industry reports, as well as 'Prestige,' its luxury real estate magazine. Profertyfinder was listed as the third best SME in Dubai in 2012, won the Arabia Fast Growth 500 award in 2012, and took the Online Business of the Year title in the 2013 Gulf Capital SMEinfo Awards.