About Mishaal
Bio
Mishaal is the managing director of the Delma Insititute, an inter-disciplinary research house. Holding a BA and an MSc. in finance, he began his career in investment banking, shortly afterwards he helped his family set up a building materials business which he would later be named CFO. After maintaining a popular weekly opinion column in the local papers, he joined the Dubai government to establish its contemporary cultural projects strategy. Mishaal continues to write a column with a specific focus on the GCC. He analyses the challenges and opportunities of the region, its member states and cities from political, economic and socio-cultural considerations.