Otabek T. Gadayev
Corporate Entrepreneur | Business Builder | Investor | Mentor | Advisor | Board Member | Venture Capitalist
The move
MoveToyota Central Asia → The Group IG
TitleChief Operating Officer → Founder and Director
LocationDubai → Dubai
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Native languageEnglish, Russian, Uzbek
Years in UAE14.4
Total experience23.3 years
The Group IG headcount1,001-5,000 employees
The Group IG industryFinancial Services
The Group IG HQLondon
The Group IG founded1974
The Group IG typePublic Company
Career arc
- Venture Partner2023 — Present
Spike Ventures· Stanford, California, United States· Full-time
- Board Advisor - Funding and Investments2021 — 2023KKilde Financial Technologies· Singapore· Contract
- Chief Operating Officer2019 — 2020
Toyota Central Asia· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Vice President - Middle East & North Africa2017 — 2019
Olam· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Mentor2017 — 2018
Bright Box· Part-time
- Founder and Director2017 — Present
The Group IG· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time - Program Director - GCC & Mediterranean Markets2015 — 2017
Nissan Motor Corporation· United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Global Program Manager - Electric Vehicles & Infiniti Products2012 — 2015
Nissan Motor Corporation· Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan· Full-time
- MBA Candidate2010 — 2011
IE Business School· Madrid Area, Spain· Full-time
- Operations Manager – Central Asia2004 — 2005
ECOM Trading· Tashkent, Uzbekistan· Full-time
- Business Unit Head - Russia & CIS2002 — 2010
Olam· Moscow, Russian Federation· Full-time
Education
- IE Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA · General Management and EntrepreneurshipPresent
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessExecutive Education · Advanced Project ManagementPresent
- MIT Sloan School of ManagementExecutive Education · Innovation and Technology ManagementPresent
- Syracuse UniversityBachelor of Science · Finance, Management, and Computer SciencePresent
Languages
- English · Native or bilingual
- Russian · Native or bilingual
- Uzbek · Native or bilingual
- Turkish · Professional working
- Kazakh · Professional working
- Farsi - Tajik · Limited working
- Spanish · Limited working