Aiman holds an MBA in strategic management from the University of North Texas, and in his corporate life has worked with such notable organizations as Unilever, the International Monetary Fund, and Emirates Airline. Currently he is a serial entrepreneur and investor, with a portfolio of startups including an innovative recruitment platform, an online entrepreneurship community, various creative media projects and social mobile apps.
Mr. Kabli also mentors and assists other entrepreneurs in the region. Aiman is passionate about enabling and supporting the entrepreneurship culture in the GCC, and has co-founded the platform eleva8or.com which offer many investment- preparation tools & connections for startups.
Major Engagements:
Speaker, SME World Summit 2015
Speaker & Mentor, HackaMENA 2015
Panel Judge, AngelHack 2015
Mentor & Judge at Turn8 Incubator in 2015
Panel Judge, ShjSEEN Incubator in 2016
Full-session video interview with StartupGrind
MC and main stage presenter, Arabnet Digital Summit 2016
Live talk on Al-Hurra TV channel
Speaker & Mentor at Startup Saudi Arabia conference, 2017
Workshop presenter at The Spot, 2018
Finalist mentor at MIT-EF competition in Jeddah, 2018
Osama is Head of Development and Strategic Alliances at Prince Mohammed bin Salman College for Business and Entrepreneurship. He is also a member of the steering committee of the Entrepreneurship Hub of King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC). Previously, he served as Head of Entrepreneurship & SME Development at KAEC. Prior to joining KAEC, Osama was founding VP of Strategy at Namaa Almunawara, a quasi-government organization that catalyzes the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Almadinah region.
Osama served as a judge in a number of business plan competitions and frequelty participates as a speaker and panelist in entrepreneurship conferences and events. He earned an MBA from Babson College. IHe also participated in executive education and professional development programs at Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan School of Management and Stanford University.
His publications include: Navigating Saudi Arabia's Entrepreneurship Ecosystem (author); The Role of Universities as Catalysts within Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (co-author); The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, Saudi Arabia's National Report (co-author)
