Shorooq says its venture strategy is to invest across sectors and stages, backing founders in MENA growth markets as early as the idea or pre-seed stage. The firm emphasizes locally embedded partners, deep regional knowledge, and a value-focused approach to identifying exceptional outlier founders; Abdul's profile adds a strategic lens shaped by real estate and infrastructure development and investment.
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Abdul Hameed Arwani is listed as a Partner at Shorooq under the firm's Strategic Advisors section. Shorooq says he is an entrepreneur and C-level executive with extensive real estate and infrastructure investment experience, including prior service as Managing Director of an engineering design firm where he led a sixfold increase in revenue and headcount. His earlier roles were with international engineering consultancies and major real estate developers, and he holds engineering bachelor's and master's degrees from United Arab Emirates University plus an MBA from London Business School.