About Chada El Islam
English
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Spanish
Conversational
French
Fluent
Arabic
Native or bilingual
Experience
- Women Collective InvestorsFounding Venture Partner & Board MemberPRIVATE EQUITYJanuary 2023 - January 2026 (3 years)Dubai - United Arab Emirates• • Investment Strategy: Execute equity financing for startups, negotiating 50% favourable valuations for women• • Portfolio Oversight: Provide strategic guidance and board governance for portfolio companies• • Market Development: Build strategic investor network and deal flow pipeline across MENA region
- ENTROGX AI Ventures – EnergyTech & ClimateTech Venture StudioFounder & Chief Executive OfficerDIGITAL AND ITJune 2023 - Today (3 years)Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Business Building: Transformed traditional incubator into AI-first venture studio with headquarters in UAE.
- Capital Strategy: Co-created a fund arm of $40M capital allocation, for pre-seed & seed startup funding.
- Sales & Commercial Leadership: Led the team towards $1.5M ARR in less than a year, with GTM expansion plans and market entry playbooks to 5 major markets in GCC & Africa.
- Product Leadership: Serve as Chief Product & AI Officer developing MVPs for portfolio companies in
EnergyTech, FinTech, and Industrial AI, leveraging latest generative AI technologies (ie: LLM, NLP, …etc)- International Expansion: Established partnerships across G20, BRICS, and UNFCCC-YOUNGO serving 30+ African startups annually.
- Strategic Partnerships: Secured +120 partnerships with C-level executives from IEA, IRENA, UNIDO, Intel, GE, and major VCs. Resulting in major government grants and strategic investor partnerships.
- Baker Hughes – Climate Technology SolutionsDirector – Commercial Product Management / Global Corporate VentureENVIRONMENTALJune 2021 - July 2023 (2 years and 1 month)Dubai - United Arab Emirates• • Go-to-Market Leadership: Orchestrated commercial strategy for Cordant emissions product targeting Fortune 500 clients (Qatar Energy, Aramco, ADNOC, BP, Petronas), resulting in $150M complex deals wins.• • Innovation Leadership: Spearheaded $60M innovation project building ClimateTech businesses from concept to commercialization• • Sales Growth & Optimization: Implemented SaaS sales strategies driving product adoption & revenue growth• • Market Positioning: Led competitive positioning in $16.7B emissions software management market• • Market Intelligence: Conducted comprehensive market research across 50+ enterprise accounts for product market fit validation• • Business Development: Secured 3+ paid pilot executions with UAE and Malaysia governments• • Strategic Planning: Designed and executed joint product strategy, roadmaps, and GTM plans across 5 business units• • Cross-Functional Leadership: Managed +35 senior professionals from Baker Hughes, Microsoft & C3 AI• • Executive Development: Selected for senior-level "Horizontal Leaders Program" for grooming the company's next-generation executives.• • Talent Development: Recruited and mentored commercial product managers for Digital Leadership Programs
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Education
- Bachelor of ScienceAmerican UniversityBachelor of Science
- Executive Graduate ProgramKelly School of Business, Indiana UniversityExecutive Graduate Program