Alawi H. Al-Shurafa

Driven by my intellectual curiosity, I strive to contribute to ideation and value creation. I maximize the performance of my organizations by revitalizing corporate finance, treasury, commercial ops, investment management in conjunction with conceptualizing and executing strategic initiatives. With my relationship-centric mindfulness and refined skills at domestic and international markets in financing, investing, capital markets, M&A, risk management, policy development for capital structures, Corporate strategy and business development, I orchestrate and execute complex commercial projects with cross-functional teams. Strongly networked worldwide, I apply my knowledge in enabling delivery of strategic projects successfully. I particularly enjoy being involved in the startup & VC/PE world as an Adviser, Business Partner, Investor & Board Member for VC-backed start-ups, crystallizing knowledge in corporate structure/incorporation, market strategy, and fundraising at different scales and ecosystems. An anti-status quo, I am passionate about initiating and driving a change agenda spanning digitization, business model pivoting, transformation, process re-engineering or addressing complex issues relating to capital restructure, organic growth, acquisition, or strategic transactions, demonstrated in the following successes: Fluent in Arabic and English, I hold an MBA from Mays School of Business, Texas A&M University and a Bachelor of Science (Accounting) from the College of Industrial Management, KFUPM. I am a Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) and a graduate of The Public Policy Program from The Washington Campus, Stanford University’s Advanced Negotiation & Deal Making Strategies Program, Oxford University’s Strategic Projects Leadership & the Venture Capital Program, a joint initiative of Startup@BerkeleyLaw and National Venture Capital Association