Faisal al Hammadi

Faisal Al Hammadi has an extensive work experience with various organizations. Faisal currently serves as the Managing Partner at Further Ventures since September 2022 and as the Chairman at Zero Two since March 2023. In addition, they hold positions as a Board Member at Wio UAE since February 2022, and as a Board Member at Endeavor UAE since March 2022. Faisal Al Hammadi was also a Fellow at The Aspen Institute's Middle East Leadership Initiative from October 2019 onwards. Faisal held the position of Chairman at twofour54 Abu Dhabi - Media and Entertainment Hub from July 2022 to June 2023.

Further, Faisal Al Hammadi has worked at ADQ holding multiple roles. Faisal was the Executive Director of Incubation from April 2021 to September 2022, and also served as the Chief Technology Officer at Silal, a subsidiary of ADQ, from October 2020 to March 2021. Prior to their time at ADQ, Faisal Al Hammadi co-founded OneKitchen and served as its Co-Founder & Chairman from September 2018 to September 2021. Faisal also worked as an Advisor to the Government of Abu Dhabi from March 2020 to October 2020. Furthermore, Faisal Al Hammadi founded YACOB and served as its CEO from September 2018 to September 2020.

Faisal Al Hammadi started their education at the American Embassy School in New Delhi from 1995 to 1999, where they completed their Middle School. Faisal then attended the International School of Brussels from 1999 to 2003 and obtained their High School degree. Following that, Faisal pursued a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Finance, General at the American University Dubai from 2003 to 2007. Recently, they attended the Columbia Business School from 2013 to 2015, where they completed a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.