Independent Investment Committee Members
Reem Khouri
Co-Founder & Chairwoman of Whyise, Founding Partner of Kaamen
Reem Khouri is passionate about impact. She is the co-founder and Chairwoman of Whyise, an impact analytics software solution that enables organizations to aggregate their data in real time, analyze it, align with international standards and benchmarks for evidence-based decision making.
She is also the founding partner of Kaamen, an impact design company that has worked in the Middle East, Asia and Africa with governments, companies and NGOs to design models for exponential economic and social returns.
Reem is a board member of Ruwwad for Development, a non-profit community development organization that works with disenfranchised communities through education, youth volunteerism and grassroots organizing. She is member of the board of trustees of the Welfare Association - Taawon, a non-profit civil society organization that supports vulnerable Palestinians to live in dignity through sustainable development initiatives. She also served as a member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Human Rights 2020-2022.
She previously worked with Aramex, one of the leading global logistics and transportation solutions providers and served on its sustainability council and working with the company's founder and CEO Fadi Ghandour on sustainability, strategic initiatives, research and support for entrepreneurs.
She was recognized as one of the World’s 100 Most Influential Arabs Under 40 by Arabian Business Magazine in 2015 and 2016 and was selected in 2018 as a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum.
Reem Khouri is passionate about impact. She is the co-founder and Chairwoman of Whyise, an impact analytics software solution that enables organizations to aggregate their data in real time, analyze it, align with international standards and benchmarks for evidence-based decision making.
She is also the founding partner of Kaamen, an impact design company that has worked in the Middle East, Asia and Africa with governments, companies and NGOs to design models for exponential economic and social returns.
Reem is a board member of Ruwwad for Development, a non-profit community development organization that works with disenfranchised communities through education, youth volunteerism and grassroots organizing. She is member of the board of trustees of the Welfare Association - Taawon, a non-profit civil society organization that supports vulnerable Palestinians to live in dignity through sustainable development initiatives. She also served as a member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Human Rights 2020-2022.
She previously worked with Aramex, one of the leading global logistics and transportation solutions providers and served on its sustainability council and working with the company's founder and CEO Fadi Ghandour on sustainability, strategic initiatives, research and support for entrepreneurs.
She was recognized as one of the World’s 100 Most Influential Arabs Under 40 by Arabian Business Magazine in 2015 and 2016 and was selected in 2018 as a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum.
Amir Salameh
Amir is a technology strategy advisor with extensive experience in providing expert technical expertise on diligence and tech strategy for leading global PE and VC firms, covering a wide range of technology segments, including ERP, Healthcare IT, E-commerce, Cybersecurity, E-Learning, IoT, Data Analytics, and ML.
Amir has over a decade of international experience in chip design and verification software systems for high-speed electronic IP blocks and cutting-edge System-on-Chip for the cloud. He is also a Customer Success Manager at Qualtrics - an Experience Management SaaS leader - looking after the most strategic global accounts in the Financial Services sector.
Previously, he worked with Deezer, a global music streaming platform, on business strategy and expansion in fast-growing markets. Before that, he worked for Synopsys - an Electronic Design Automation leader - as a Senior Design Engineer and for Marvell Technology Group.
Amir holds an MBA from INSEAD, BSc in computer engineering from the Technion, Haifa, and a post-graduate certificate in statistics with distinction from Trinity College Dublin.
Amir has over a decade of international experience in chip design and verification software systems for high-speed electronic IP blocks and cutting-edge System-on-Chip for the cloud. He is also a Customer Success Manager at Qualtrics - an Experience Management SaaS leader - looking after the most strategic global accounts in the Financial Services sector.
Previously, he worked with Deezer, a global music streaming platform, on business strategy and expansion in fast-growing markets. Before that, he worked for Synopsys - an Electronic Design Automation leader - as a Senior Design Engineer and for Marvell Technology Group.
Amir holds an MBA from INSEAD, BSc in computer engineering from the Technion, Haifa, and a post-graduate certificate in statistics with distinction from Trinity College Dublin.