
Esam El-Makkawy MBA CPA
Managing Director
The move
MoveNEOM → Dokainish & Company
TitleRegional Finance Director - The LINE → Managing Director
LocationAbu Dhabi → Abu Dhabi
Career arcRecent arrival
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Years in UAE8.6
Total experience21.4 years
Career arc
- Managing DirectorOct 2024 — Present
Dokainish & Company· Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Regional Finance Director - The LINE2021 — Oct 2024
NEOM· Full-time - Chief Financial Officer2020 — 2021
Reditum Capital· Mayfair, London
- Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary2017 — 2020
Souq Extra· Dubai, UAE - Head of Treasury2013 — 2017
Dubai World Trade Centre· Dubai, UAE - Director, Finance2012 — 2013
Dream· Toronto
- Director, Corporate Finance2010 — 2012WWhiterock REIT (Acquired by Dream in March 2012)
- Associate, Institutional Equities2007 — 2010
TD Securities· Toronto
- Associate, Institutional Equities2006 — 2007
UBS Investment Bank· Toronto
- Associate, Corporate Finance2005 — 2006
CIBC· Toronto
Education
- Queen's UniversityBSc. (Hons.)1995 — 1999
- The University of Western Ontario - Richard Ivey School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration (MBA) · Accounting and Finance2003 — 2005
Languages
- Arabic
- English
- French