
Maktoum Bin Mohammed Meets With EMEA Co-Head Of Global Firm KKR
Muhammad Irfan Published January 20, 2025 | 05:30 PM

DUBAI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 20th Jan, 2025) H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, First Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, today met with Tara Davies, Partner, Co-Head of KKR for Europe middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Co-Head of European Infrastructure.
KKR is one of the world’s leading private equity and investment firms. The meeting was held at H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed’s office.
During the meeting H.H. Sheikh Maktoum underlined the UAE’s commitment to fostering strategic partnerships with global financial firms and helping them thrive with robust infrastructure, business-enabling services and growth-friendly regulatory frameworks.
The UAE’s exceptional industry ecosystem makes it an ideal hub for global financial firms seeking to capitalise on high-growth opportunities and expand their footprint in the broader region, he noted.
H.H. Sheikh Maktoum further said that as part of its strong ethos of public-private partnerships, Dubai seeks to foster collaboration with leading global financial companies to achieve the goal of the Dubai Economic Agenda D33 to establish the city as one of the world’s top four financial hubs by 2033.
The meeting was attended by Mohamed bin Hadi Al Hussaini, Minister of State for Finance; Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of Sports; Omar bin Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy, and Remote Work Applications; and Helal Saeed Al Marri, Director-General of the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism.
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), one of the world’s foremost private equity and investment companies, established its office in the Dubai International Financial Centre in 2009. The firm, which invests across private markets in every asset class all over the world, has US$624 billion worth of assets under management (AUM), as of 30th September 2024.
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