Salvatore Lavallo
Strategy and Investments
The move
MoveApeiron Investment Group → Safar Art
TitleManaging Director - Middle East and Africa → Managing General Partner
LocationAbu Dhabi → Abu Dhabi
Career arcRooted in UAE★
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Years in UAE11.4
Total experience16.2 years
Career arc
- Managing General PartnerJan 2026 — Present
Safar Art· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Managing Director - Middle East and AfricaAug 2023 — Present
Apeiron Investment Group· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- FounderMar 2023 — Present
Pamoja Art Projects· Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Head of FDI AttractionMay 2019 — Aug 2023
Abu Dhabi Investment Office· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Senior AdvisorApr 2018 — May 2019TTony Blair Institute for Global Change· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Summer AssociateMar 2017 — Jul 2017
Alkemi Growth Capital· New York, United States· Full-time
- FounderJan 2016 — Jan 2020
@SalLavallo - 193 Journeys
- Business AnalystMar 2013 — Feb 2016
McKinsey & Company· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Summer AnalystMay 2012 — Jul 2012DDalberg Global Development Advisors· Mumbai
- President and FounderMar 2010 — Mar 2013
Trail of Seeds
Education
- New York UniversityB.A · Economic Development and Identity StudiesPresent
- The Armand Hammer United World CollegeInternational BaccalaureatePresent
Languages
- Arabic · Elementary
- Spanish · Professional working
- Swahili · Professional working
- German · Limited working