Management
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Mr Abradat Kamalpour, CEO and Founder
Partner, Head of Emerging Markets & Islamic Finance Desk SDG, Ashurst LLPADVISORY BOARD
Senior Energy ConsultantMr Torsten Böhler, Advisory Board
Managing Director, Abacus Emerging MarketsMr Mark Elliott, Advisory Board
Managing Director and Global General Counsel, Merrill Lynch Commodities EuropeMr Rashid Gaissin, Advisory Board
Managing Partner, Grata (leading CIS law firm)Mr Charlie Geffen, Advisory Board
Chair of London Corporate Practice, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPMr Anupam Gupta, Advisory Board
Managing Director and Head of EM Structuring Solutions (CEEMA), Bank of America Merrill LynchMr Richard Heald, Advisory Board
Chief Executive, UK India Business CouncilMr Charles Hollis, Advisory Board
Managing Director, MENA at FTI ConsultingLord Lamont of Lerwick, Advisory Board
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer (1990-1993), Honorary President of the British-Romanian Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the British-Iranian Chamber of Commerce, Vice-President of the Bruges GroupVice Admiral Rory McLean CB OBE, Advisory Board
Former Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff, Vice-Chairman, Royal United Services Institute (Defence and Security), Partner, Kelvingrove Capital, Chairman, Harry Hotspur Holdings, Director, FORMaBLOCK LtdMr Stephen Phillips, Advisory Board
CEO China-Britain Business CouncilMr Walid Sarieddine, Advisory Board
Head of Islamic Finance, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking CorporationThe Rt Hon The Baroness Elizabeth Symons of Vernham Dean PC, Advisory Board
Chairman of the Arab-British Chamber of Commerce, the UK side of the Saudi-British Joint Business Council, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Qatar, and the British Egyptian Society. Advisory Boards of the Middle East Association, British Expertise, and the Egyptian British Business Council.Mr Richard Threlfall, Advisory Board
Partner, Head of Infrastructure, Building and Construction, KPMGKyle R. Williams, Advisory Board
Managing Director & Senior Counsel for Finance & Corporate, Goldman SachsSECTOR CHAIRS
Mr Ash Tehrani, Chair of Charity Committee
JP MorganMr Douglas Townsend, Chair of Tax and Accountancy Working Group
Further working groups to be announced
DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT
A number of diplomats and ambassadors have expressed their strong support for NSR Forum and have undertaken to attend forums functions.
SECRETARIAT
Mr Abdulkhaliq Elshayyal, Company Secretary
Mrs Elaheh Pouryayevali, Finance Consultant
Stephen Peel, Website designer
Mr Will Salomone, Managing Director of Communications
ACADEMIC AND EXPERT SUPPORT
Bloomberg - Co-author of "New Silk Road Built by China Connects Asia to Latin America", Bloomberg, 2 August 2010 Chairman of Cambridge Central Asia Forum, University of Cambridge and Senior Scientist at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, Director of Cambridge Kazakhstan Centre, Director and Trustee of Cambridge Kazakhstan Development Trust, General Director of Tashkent Centre for High Technologies and Innovation Member of the President of Kazakhstan's Foreign Investor Counsel, Co-Chairman of the Universe Ecology Charity Trust, Senior Partner, VSB Partners.- Ashurst LLP
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- Bloomberg
- China Britain Business Council
- Fortress Investment Group
- FTI Consulting
- Gas Strategies Group
- Goldman Sachs
- Grata
- JP Morgan
- Kazakh-British Trade and Industry Council
- KPMG
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Middle East Association
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
- UK India Business Council
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