The Ventura team has deep global institutional investment experience across technology sectors.
Mo El Husseiny
Managing Partner
James has over 18 years of experience in financial roles within investment organisations and in industry, including at the Abu Dhabi based sovereign wealth fund, Mubadala Development Company, where he was a member of the Group's finance leadership team.
Prior to this, he worked at EY in both London and the Middle East in the transactions advisory practice, covering a broad range of strategic financial advisory projects, valuations and transaction modelling. James also held the position of Finance Director at one of the UK's leading airport operators
James holds an MBA from the London Business School.
James Amos
Chief Financial Officer
Rick Haythornthwaite is the global chairman of Mastercard Inc and an Advisory Partner to Moelis & Co. He was previously the CEO of Invensys from 2001-2005 and Blue Circle Industries. He has served on the boards of Network Rail as chairman and Cookson, Lafarge, ICI and Land Securities as non-executive director. In the UK non-for-profit sector he is the current chair of the Creative Industries Federation.
Rick Haythornthwaite
Operating Partner
Daniel has over 18 years of experience as an m&a, corporate and securities lawyer, having practiced at leading global and Canadian law firms. Prior to joining Ventura in Dubai in 2014, Daniel was a senior corporate associate with Allen & Overy in the UAE and prior to that, Goodmans LLP in Toronto.
Daniel primarily advises on structuring and executing Ventura's investment transactions into target private companies, SPV formation matters, as well as optimal and compliant structures for accredited and qualified institutional investors' investments.
Daniel holds an LL.B. from the University of Windsor, and B.Sc. (Hons.) from the University of Toronto.
Daniel Jeon
General Counsel and Head of Compliance
Cristina has more than 15 years of progressive experience in business management, operations and HR with a successful track record in leading, managing and supporting a variety of businesses and teams. She also has a wealth of knowledge and senior experience within the ‘Big Four’ firms in Advisory Transactions Services, Financial and IT audit practices across EMEA region.
Prior to joining Ventura Group, Cristina worked for Saudi Fransi Capital International Ltd (Investment arm of Banque Saudi Fransi, KSA) and several companies in the UAE where she gained valuable exposure to the region and regulatory bodies such as the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA).
Cristina holds an MBA from the IE Business School and double Masters Degree in Business Administration and Law from Universidad Antonio de Nebrija in Madrid, Spain.
Cristina Merino
Financial Controller
Jimena joined Ventura in 2018 and has more than 10 years of managerial experience in the aviation and legal industry.
Prior to joining Ventura, Jimena was the Head of Cabin Operations and Head of Cabin Safety for VistaJet. She also worked for the Air France Group for over 5 years. She is currently the Chairman of the Human Factors Cabin Crew Standing Group at the Royal Aeronautical Society.
Jimena was part of the Commercial Litigation and International Arbitration Team at U.S. law firm, Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP in Mexico City.
Jimena Saiz
Operations Manager