With 25 years of experience in Global Financial Services, Dr. Bijna Kotak Dasani is a former Investment Banker turned Entrepreneur, Investor, and Venture Capitalist. She has worked with leading Wall Street firms and monarchies and now serves on the Investment Committees and Advisory Boards of multiple Venture Capital Funds globally. She is also the Chief Investment Officer to a portfolio of Venture Capital Funds in the GCC region.

A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), Dr. Dasani is an alumnus of the University of Oxford and De Montfort University. She holds Venture Capital certifications from UC Berkeley, Venture Forward, NVCA, and Newton.

In 2020, Dr. Dasani was appointed Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Her Majesty, The (Late) Queen Elizabeth II, and serves on the UK Government’s Economy Committee.