Joshua Steiner

Co Founder and Chief Executive Officer of LIH, dedicated to localizing next generation technologies and manufacturing in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East.

Executive Director responsible for Development at OXAGON, including industrial, residential, hospitality, retail, and commercial developments. Creating OXAGON, a Region of NEOM, is a multidisciplinary effort that encompasses generating demand -- jobs and industrial investment -- and providing supply -- real estate and communities delivering exceptional livability. The real estate development will include over 20+ hotels, 80'000+ residential units, and attracting over 100'000+ jobs, and dozens of sport, entertainment, innovation, tourism assets.

Executive responsible for Development at OXAGON, including industrial, residential, hospitality, retail, and commercial developments. Creating OXAGON, a Region of NEOM, is a multidisciplinary effort that encompasses generating demand -- jobs and industrial investment -- and providing supply -- real estate and communities delivering exceptional livability. The real estate development will include over 20+ hotels, 80'000+ residential units, and attracting over 100'000+ jobs, and dozens of sport, entertainment, innovation, tourism assets.

NEOM is the world's largest and most ambitious project to deliver a vision for future living. A $500bn+ giga-project being built in the pristine Red Sea coastline in northwest Saudi Arabia. NEOM includes towns and cities, ports and manufacturing zones, research centres, sports and entertainment venues, and world-class tourist destinations. It will be the home and workplace for more than a million citizens from around the world. Corporate Development and Partner Acquisition in NEOM Industrial City will work with both startups and the world's largest and most innovative companies across all focus sectors of NEOM to build world-class manufacturing across NEOM, making NEOM the leading place to work, to innovate, to learn, and to live.

Joshua led EY's Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) practice in the Swiss Romande (Geneva and Lausanne). TAS includes M&A Lead Advisory, Restructuring, Operational Transaction Services, Transaction Support, Transaction Tax, Valuation & Business Modelling, Capital & Debt Advisory, and Commercial Advsiory. Joshua also led EY's Operational Transaction Services (since renamed Strategy and Operations) across Switzerland, helping clients deliver the value of their M&A transactions. The team of 55 professionals has depth of expertise in Pharma, Med Device, Consumer Health, Consumer Products, Manufacturing, Chemicals, Automotive, and Telcom. The functional coverage includes Commercial, R&D, Manufacturing, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, IT, HR, and Shared Services. The team is based in Zurich, Geneva, Basel, and Lausanne, and is an integral part of the EMEIA OTS team with over 500 professionals.

Joshua launched the Merger Integration and Separation practice at Deloitte Corporate Finance, Switzerland, and served some of the largest Swiss companies on their complex acquisitions and divestitures. Joshua led the development of the practice for 5 years expanding the footprint to over 15 focused professionals. Joshua served Swiss and multi-national clients in around the world, specifically leading engagements in Switzerland, UK, Germany, Middle East, and Africa.

Advised client executives to contemplate, plan, and execute mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and other restructuring activities to achieve growth aspirations and/or performance improvement goals. Joshua worked in High Tech, Auto, Pharma, Media and Telcom, and many other sectors. Joshua traveled extensively outside the US on large multi-national transactions from 2005 - 2011 leading projects in Asia Pacific, India, UK, Poland, and Brazil.

Created Cornell's Web presence for its Alumni Affairs and Development Group. www.alumni.cornell.edu; Launched the online giving platform; revamped the attendee tracking system for Cornell's annual reunion program.

Masters of Engineering program in conjunction with the Johnson School of Management, focused on Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Management

Masters of Engineering program in conjunction with the Johnson School of Management. Studied Manufacturing Management through the Johnson School's innovative semester-long immersion program called 'Semester in Manufacturing' providing an in-depth end-to-end learning opportunity focused on leading a manufacturing organisation, from strategy, marketing, and finance to operations, labor relations, and management information systems.

Majored in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering. Studies included optimisation, modelling, stochastic processes, financial analysis, computer programming, organisation behaviour, marketing, finance, physics, mathematics, economics, international business, and other engineering topics (civil, mechanical, electrical)