Roula Khaled
General Counsel
I started my career as a private practice lawyer working in Paris, Lebanon and the UAE. I then moved in-house to take on roles including Regional Senior Legal Counsel at IBM Consulting in the UAE and KSA – and Regional Senior Counsel at Majid Al Futtaim Ventures handling all legal matters across UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Lebanon, and Egypt. Before that I spent six years as a Legal Counsel Mergers and Acquisitions at Etisalat working on a broad range of the biggest deals in the region including the acquisition of Maroc Telecom, the sale of Zantel and Canar and the merger of Etisalat Lanka with Hutch Lanka. I’m now looking forward to employing my 18 years’ experience to help Khazna realize their ambitious expansion plans across the region, and beyond. My knowledge of cross border M&A, and experience of strategic transactions in several jurisdictions will help build Khazna’s global offering and position the UAE as a leading ICT hub.