Youssef Salem

CFO

ADNOC Drilling

Youssef Salem is CFO of ADX-listed ADNOC Drilling, world’s largest integrated driller; IC Member of Enersol, energy technology JV between ADNOC Drilling and Alpha Dhabi; and Director at Gordon Technologies, real time drilling measurement and analytics portfolio company of Enersol. Youssef’s experience includes being CFO of AIQ, MENA’s fastest unicorn, first AI unicorn and now a subsidiary of ADX-listed Presight; CFO & Director at Nasdaq-listed Swvl, world’s first mass transit marketplace to go public and MENA’s first unicorn to list on Nasdaq; Executive Director & Senior Advisor at Moelis with 13 years of investment banking experience, executing >$100bn of capital raises, financings, M&A, and restructurings across >60 transactions; and Adjunct Professor of Practice at the American University in Cairo. Youssef is also the Founder of Qora71, a Hub71-backed venture investors syndicate; Entrepreneur in Residence at Hub71; and Board / Advisory Board Member in multiple technology companies and funds. He is a CFA Charterholder, Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, youngest CFO on both Nasdaq and ADX, and was featured in Forbes Middle East 30 under 30 list.