His Excellency Ahmad Al-Sayed is the Minister of State and the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Free Zones Authority, Qatar. H.E. Mr. Ahmad Al-Sayed is also the Chairman and Managing Director of Doha Venture Capital (DVC), and serves on the boards of Qatar Development Bank and Msheireb Properties. Mr. Ahmad Al-Sayed served as Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Investment Authority and Qatar Holding, where he played a critical role to build, oversee and manage Qatar Sovereign Wealth Fund. During his tenure, he executed mega deals such as the QIA/QH’s investment in Credit Suisse and Barclays Bank, engineered the Merger of VW and Porsche as well as Xstrata and Glencore, the take-over of Songbird and Canary Warf Group, and the acquisition of Harrods Group, Iberdrola Energy, Tiffany Heathrow Airport and others. Prior to QIA, Mr. Ahmad Al-Sayed held key roles in various local and international institutions, including the Supreme Council for Economic Affairs and Investment. Mr. Al-Sayed has also served as board member for Qatar National Bank, Canary Wharf Group and Volkswagen, Vice Chairman of Qatar Exchange and Executive Chairman of Harrods LHD. His Excellency Ahmad Al-Sayed holds his MBA with Trium Global (from LSE, NYU Stern, HEC Paris), and a Master of International Banking & Financial Law from Boston University, and an LLB from Qatar University. He was awarded an Honorary Degree (DLitt) in July 2019 from Swansea University, UK. He is the PhD candidate at Oxford University, London.