TURN8 - Key Persons


Brent Traidman

Job Titles:
  • SVP Global Sales at BRD

Catherine Safaya

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer at BEERWULF

Chenghung Chen - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Founder

Christan Rebernik

Job Titles:
  • Senior Executive @ Zanox AG

Eveline Sleebom

Job Titles:
  • Manager Innovation at Rabobank

Faris Barazi

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advisor - Policy & Strategic Planning at the Ministry of Energy, Saudi Arabia

Gunnar Skoog

Job Titles:
  • COO at Nexxo

Hugo Cespedes

Job Titles:
  • Entrepreneur, Adviser ( Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Technology, . ) Start - Up Mentor Former Professor MBA MBEvolution

Justin Baird

Job Titles:
  • Vice President - Head of Innovation, Asia Pacific at DHL Customer Solutions & Innovation

Kamal Hassan - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Co - Founder
  • Managing Partner
Kamal Hassan is the co-founder and CEO of TURN8 Venture Capital. For the past 20 years, Kamal has helped global companies with their innovation and corporate venturing strategies & invested over $100M in early-stage startups through multiple CVC funds in the US, Europe, and Middle East. Prior to TURN8, Kamal co-founded Innovation 360 and The Cribb in Dubai, worked at BMGi - US (innovation management firm), Instantis (acquired by Oracle) and was a co-founder in 2 other startups in Silicon Valley. Kamal holds a graduate degree in Genetics from UCSF & has taken executive education courses at Harvard & The Warton School.

Prabhakar Reddy

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder @ FalconX Former VC @ Accel

Tanvir Mufti

Job Titles:
  • Partner at Venturebright

Tarek Amin

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder at Dubai Angel Investors

Thanos Mitrelias

Job Titles:
  • Founding CEO of HLectron ( Healthcare ) and Cambridge BioMagnetics ( Solutions for Oil & Gas ), Entrepreneur, Executive

Yousif Al Mutawa - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder
  • Managing Partner
Yousif Al Mutawa is the co-founder and Managing Partner of TURN8 Venture Capital. He leads the Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) advisory practice. Prior to joining TURN8, he served as DP World's group Chief Information Officer (CIO) for 8 years where he managed their global IT organization, established innovation practices, including Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) with a corporate accelerator and led an internal entrepreneurial transformation for its internal corporate culture. His past roles also included CIO for Dubai World Group, Vice President for DU Telecom, Head of Dubai eGovernment IT, an e-Business and an Internet professional for various companies in the US and a co-founder for 1 startup in the Silicon Valley. He holds a BSc in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from California State University, Sacramento, USA.