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OUR PURPOSE
Enabling a brighter future for humanity
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OUR VISION
Empowering the world's brightest minds to shape a brighter
future for ALL, and with ALL
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OUR MISSION
Curating and enabling ideas to impact humanity sustainably
ABOUT THE FII INSTITUTE
The Future Investment Initiative Institute is a new
generation of non-for-profit global foundation that seeks to
empower the world's brightest ideas to materialize and scale
sustainably. The FII Institute will act as THE CURATOR of
the global conversation on humanity's most pressing societal
issues, sparking concrete actions and mobilizing
cross-border thought leadership, collaboration and resources
to cater for an accelerated impact in the short- and
mid-term, while also creating long-term platforms that have
the potential to significantly shape the future of our
societies.
WHAT ARE THE FOCUS AREAS OF THE FII INSTITUTE?
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Healthcare
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Sustainability
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Artificial Intelligence
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Robotics
HOW DOES THE FII INSTITUTE WORK?
Building on the three consecutive successes of the Future
Investment Initiative, the FII Institute is launched to
create real impact sustainably. The FII Institute will
achieve its vision through three execution vehicles – THINK,
XCHANGE, ACT each designed to position the Institute
uniquely as a global leader in both cultivating and
supporting the implementation of innovative ideas. The
Institute accompanies each of the promising ideas from
ideation to realization by providing the necessary support
to overcome major inhibitors that would have otherwise
limited the ideas’ chances of becoming reality.
WHAT MAKES THE FII INSTITUTE DIFFERENT?
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Sets new standards for doing instead of
only thinking
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Creates both short-term impact and
long-term platforms for change
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Solves today's issues, while shaping the
future of humanity
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Nurtures great ideas before they get lost through
active follow-up
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Drives true collaboration between
different actors and cross-border
BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBERS
HE Yasir Al-Rumayyan
Biography
HRH Princess Reema Bint Bandar
Biography
HE Mohammed AlAbbar
Biography
HE Matteo Renzi
Biography
Dr Peter Diamandis
Biography
Professor Tony Chan
Biography
Professor Adah Almutairi
Biography
Mr Richard Attias
Biography
His Excellency Yasir O. Al-Rumayyan has been Governor of the Public
Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia since 2015, leading all areas of
operation of the sovereign wealth fund, which sits at the heart of
Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 and economic transformation strategy. His
Excellency also serves as Advisor to the General Secretariat of the
Cabinet of Ministers, a position he has held since 2016.
H.E. Al-Rumayyan’s experience encompasses over 25 years working in
some of Saudi Arabia’s prominent financial institutions. He began his
career at the Saudi Hollandi Bank, where he occupied key positions
across various departments before becoming Head of International
Brokerage. In 2004, His Excellency joined the Capital Market Authority
as part of the founding team, being appointed Director of the
Corporate Finance and Issuance Division in 2008. From 2010 until 2015,
he served as Chief Executive Officer and board member of Saudi Fransi
Capital, during which he also sat on the board of Tadawul, the Saudi
Stock Exchange, from 2014 to 2015.
His Excellency holds key positions on the boards of some of the
world’s most influential companies and organizations, most notably as
Chairman of Saudi Aramco, the world’s most valuable listed company, a
position he has held since September 2019. He has also held the
position of Chairman of Ma’aden since September 2019. H.E. Al-Rumayyan
is currently a board member of Uber Technologies Inc., Saudi
Industrial Development Fund, SoftBank Group Corp. and ARM Limited
respectively.
H.E. Al-Rumayyan holds a degree in Accounting from King Faisal
University in Saudi Arabia and is a graduate of the Harvard Business
School’s General Management Program.
Appointed Ambassador to the USA in February 2019, HRH is the first
woman in the country’s history to serve in this role. From 1983 to
2005, she lived in Washington, DC, while her father Prince Bandar was
Ambassador. When Princess Reema returned to Saudi Arabia she focused
on private sector initiatives and the empowerment of women. From 2007
– 2015 she was CEO of Alfa International Company Limited - Harvey
Nichols Riyadh, a multi-brand luxury retail company, where she set the
tone for female inclusion in retail. In 2013, she founded Alf Khair, a
social enterprise elevating the professional capital of Saudi women
through a curriculum enabling financial self-sufficiency.
In 2016, Princess Reema left private sector and joined public service
as Vice President of Women’s Affairs at the Saudi General Sports
Authority where she developed policies and programs benefitting women
and children. In 2018 she was promoted to Deputy of Development and
Planning before also being appointed President of the Mass
Participation Federation, making her the first woman to lead a
multi-sports federation in the Kingdom.
Princess Reema’s other roles and appointments include: Chairman of the
Special Olympics (since 2019); Board Member of Saudi Arabian Olympic
Committee (since 2017), Board Member the Future Investment Initiative
Institute (2020), Board Member Panthera’s Conservation Council (2020);
Member of the World Bank’s Advisory Council for the Women
Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (since 2017), Member Saudi Arabian
Olympic Committee (since 2017), Member International Olympic Committee
(IOC) Women in Sports Commission (since 2018).
Mohamed Alabbar is a global entrepreneur with active interests in real
estate, retail, hospitality, e-commerce, technology, logistics, F&B
and venture capital.
At the forefront of global real estate since 1997, he leads marquee
real-estate development companies Emaar Properties and Eagle Hills. He
has spearheaded the growth of Emaar Properties to attain an unmatched
track record of successfully developing iconic residential, retail,
entertainment, hospitality & leisure assets and transform the
lifestyles of people globally though developing world-class mixed use
projects across 20+ markets.
In addition, he has driven the growth of several regional players into
world-renowned sector champions including Americana Group and
e-commerce platforms noon.com and Namshi. More recently, he expanded
holdings into China with leading mobile transportation platform Didi
Chuxing and popular coffee chain, Luckin Coffee.
He is a trusted partner to strategic investors including sovereign
wealth funds, family offices as well as public investors. He has
successfully nurtured distinctive long term relationships with housing
authorities, regional ministries, global and regional banks and tech
companies.
Alabbar is a recipient of three Honorary Doctorates from Seattle
University, London School of Economics and Sun Moon University in
South Korea.
Matteo Renzi has been the Senator of the electoral college of Florence
since 2018. In his political experience he has served as Prime
Minister of Italy from February 2014 to December 2016 and as Mayor of
Florence from June 2009 to February 2014. He was the youngest prime
minister in the history of the Italian Republic.
With his government's economic policies, Italy has gone from -1.7% of
GDP to + 1.6%. His "JobsAct" bill created 1.2 million new jobs.
Foreign investment, the export of Italian products, tourism, the trust
of consumers and companies all grew during his government, as had not
happened since Italy's adoption of the Euro. Renzi led the European
council with the Italian presidency in the second half of 2014. He
participated in numerous international meetings including three
editions of the G20 (Australia, Turkey, China) and three editions of
the G7. He signed the Paris agreement on environmental sustainability
and climate change. He tackled the migration crisis as Prime Minister
by proposing the Migration Compact in Europe and the Sophia operation
named after the little girl saved at sea by Italian volunteers. He
signed the law on the recognition of civil unions, multiplied state
investments against poverty by 100, led the only Italian government
with gender equality between women and men.
Renzi is the author of numerous publications and of a television
series on the cultural, financial and artistic beauty of Florence
aired in 2018-2019 on the Discovery platform. Renzi graduated in law
from the University of Florence. Since 2017 he has taught a course at
Stanford University at their Florence headquarters entitled "The
challenges of Europe". He is a member of a number of advisory boards.
He was a leader of the Italian catholic scout. He is married to Agnese
and has three children.
Recently named by Fortune as one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders,”
Peter H. Diamandis is the founder and executive chairman of the XPRIZE
Foundation, which leads the world in designing and operating
large-scale incentive competitions. He is also the executive founder
of Singularity University, a graduate-level Silicon Valley institution
that counsels the world's leaders on exponentially growing
technologies.
As an entrepreneur, Diamandis has started over 20 companies in the
areas of longevity, space, venture capital and education. He is
cofounder of BOLD Capital Partners, a venture fund with $250M
investing in exponential technologies, and co-founder and Vice
Chairman of Celularity, Inc., a cellular therapeutics company.
Diamandis is a New York Times Bestselling author of two books:
Abundance – The Future Is Better Than You Think and BOLD – How to go
Big, Create Wealth & Impact the World. His newest book in this series
of exponential technologies —The Future is Faster Than You Think —
released on January 28, 2020.
He earned degrees in molecular genetics and aerospace engineering from
the MIT and holds an M.D. from Harvard Medical School.
Diamandis’ favorite saying is “the best way to predict the future is
to create it yourself.”
Professor Tony Chan assumed his role as the third president of KAUST
in September 2018 after nearly a decade as president of The Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He led a strategic
planning process to lead KAUST into its second decade, including
growing the faculty and students by up to 50%. He has expanded KAUST’s
research emphasis from energy, water, food and environment to include
digital and health, launching new initiatives in Artificial
Intelligence and Smart Health. He is increasing investment and
capacity in innovation, entrepreneurship and knowledge transfer to
fulfill the second mission of the University. By positioning the
University to leverage KSA’s ambitious Vision 2030 strategic plan, he
is strengthening its engagement with the Nation. Finally, he is
leading efforts to enhance the global and national visibility of
KAUST.
Before joining HKUST, President Chan was Assistant Director of the
Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate at the US National
Science Foundation from 2006 to 2009. He taught Computer Science at
Yale University before joining UCLA as Professor of Mathematics in
1986 and was Chair of the Department of Mathematics in 1997 and later
Dean of Physical Sciences. He was a co-founder of the US NSF funded
National Math Institute IPAM.
He received his Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Engineering
from Caltech and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford
University. He is an elected member of the US National Academy of
Engineering.
Adah Almutairi is a scholar, inventor, and entrepreneur. Almutairi is
a Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry; affiliate faculty in the
departments of Bioengineering and NanoEngineering; and Director of the
Center for Excellence in Nanomedicine and Engineering in the Institute
of Engineering in Medicine at the University of California, San Diego
(UCSD). Her work focuses on nanomedicine, nanotechnology, chemistry
and polymer science.
Almutairi is a 2016 Kavli Fellow and has received numerous honors and
awards such as the NIH director's new innovator award in 2009 for her
work on "Chemically Amplified Response Strategies for Medical
Sciences".
Prof. Almutairi holds over a dozen U.S. and International patents,
many of which are currently licensed in Industry. Prof. Almutairi is
the Founder of eLux Medical Inc.
Richard Attias has built an unrivaled reputation for advising
international leaders, corporations and nations on how to build their
global influence, catalyze ideas, and mobilize populations. He has
provided clients across private and public sectors with hands-on
assistance in branding and strategic communications, the development
of public-private partnerships, and investment in emerging markets.
Richard Attias’ talent for anticipating and managing the most pressing
issues of our time, activating powerful networks and inspiring
innovation, is based on the development and production of more than
2000 events over the past 30 years. The following are just a few
examples of the leading platforms he has produced: World Economic
Forum Annual Meeting at Davos, Clinton Global Initiative, Nobel
Laureates Conferences, The New York Forum, The New York Forum AFRIC,
UNESCO NGO Forum, One Planet Summit, Olympism In Action, Future
Investment Initiative, Bloomberg New Economy Forum, The African Cup,
The African Games, and multiple opening ceremonies. Attias currently
serves as the CEO of the FII Institute, a new generation of not for
profit foundation dedicated to empowering the world's brightest minds
to shape a brighter future for all, with all.
Prior to founding RA&A, Attias spent a decade at the media
conglomerate Publicis Groupe, where he served as Executive Chairman of
Publicis Events Worldwide. Attias began his career at IBM where a
passion for innovation led him to establish several companies in the
IT Industry and Global Communications fields. He also served as the
CEO of the UAE Government entity Dubai Event Management Company.