The 10th Annual EFG Hermes One-on-One, the largest MENA-dedicated investment conference held globally with investors controlling some US$7 trillion, will convene today in Dubai, under the theme of "the search for opportunities."
The conference’s main session will kick off with a welcome note from Karim Awad followed by a keynote speech by Dr. Nassim Nicholas Taleb, professor of risk engineering at New York University and author of the best-sellers “The Black Swan,” “Fooled by Randomness” and “Antifragile."
The 10th Annual EFG Hermes One-on-One, scheduled from 9-12 March 2014 under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and President of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), will see 410 investors from more than 220 institutions meeting with senior management from 96 companies spanning 14 nations.
Participating companies are drawn from a broad list of sectors including financial services, energy, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, telecommunications services, health care, industrials, utilities, materials, real estate and hospitality.
