Middle East Private Equity Investment Group - Directors

H.E. SHEIKH JAMAL HASSAN JAWA
Chairman of the Board of Starling Holding Group
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors
Few individuals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have attained the level of business success and government leadership achieved by H.E. Sheikh Jamal Hassan Jawa.

As Chairman of the Jawa Group of Companies and the Board's Executive Committee, Sheikh Jamal Jawa is the leading principal of the Jawa Group. The group owes its ongoing strategic vision and investment philosophy to his guidance.

Sheikh Jamal Jawa was the Deputy Governor (a ministerial position) of Petromin, the state oil company that owns and operates all of Saudi Arabia's oil refineries and pipelines, from 1959 to 1985. He also held the position of  acting governor from 1985 to 1988 before he retired. He oversaw the formulation, execution and implementation of policy guidelines within the company.

Sheikh Jamal Jawa has long been a key figure in the Saudi Arabian government, serving in numerous leadership positions. He retired from government service in 1988.

Other government positions formerly held by Sheikh Jamal include:

• Chairman of the Board, Riyadh Oil Refinery
• Marketing Vice Chairman, Petromin Services Company (Petroserve)
• Founding Chairman of the Board, Arabian Petroleum Investment Corporation (APICORP)
• Chairman of the Board, Jubail Lube Oil Refinery

AHMED JAMAL JAWA
Board Member
Member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors
President & CEO
Ahmed Jawa has served as President, CEO and Board member of Starling Holding Ltd. since the company's inception in 1986. In this capacity, Mr. Jawa is directly responsible for the investment and operational performance of the Starling Group of companies.

In addition, Mr. Jawa is the founder of the CTC Group, a family entity created for the purpose of investing and operating businesses in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States.

He is a Director on the Board of Emaar Properties PJSC, one of the largest real estate companies in the world by market capitalization, and also sits on the company’s Executive Committee. He is also a Director on the Board of Emaar, The Economic City, Saudi Arabia and sits on the Executive committee and the Compensation committee of the company.

Mr. Jawa serves as Director on the Board of Emaar MGF, India and Emaar Turkey.

He was a founding partner and Chairman of Disney-Jawa (Middle East) Enterprises Ltd., a joint venture with the Walt Disney Company, the first international entertainment company in the Middle East.

Mr Jawa, who holds extensive investments in real estate and real estate development in Dubai, UAE, has served on the boards of the following companies:

• The Novapark Swiss Hotel Group
• Mirapolice, an entertainment company that builds theme parks in France
• Tricon Group, a US-based securities trading firm
• Chairman of Stallions Home Video LLC., a video distribution company for the Middle East

Mr. Jawa holds a B.Sc. in Business Administration and an MBA (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of San Francisco. In 1996, Mr. Jawa was elected a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

KHALID JAMAL JAWA
Board Member
Member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors.
Khalid Jawa is an active and dynamic member of Starling's Board of Directors. In this capacity, he has been instrumental in the strategic decision-making of the Starling Group. Mr. Jawa also serves on the Board of Directors of the CTC Group, a family entity created for the purpose of investing and operating businesses in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States.

He is the founder and CEO of Roots Decoration Ltd. (www.rootsdecor.com). Under Mr. Jawa's leadership, Roots has become the Gulf’s premier renovation and design group, catering to both residential and commercial clientele. Roots Decoration has manufacturing facilities for quality furniture in Jeddah, KSA and Sharjah, UAE.

Khalid Jawa holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, which he received in 1981.

NAWAL SALAMA AND SAWSAN JAWA
Board Members
The wife and daughter of H.E. Sheikh Jamal Hassan Jawa have served as Directors of Starling since 1986. Both are active and valued participants in the Group's decision-making process.

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