Zaid Maleh
Managing Director of MODUL University Dubai
Zaid Maleh is the CEO of DACH ADVISORY, a fully-fledged investment firm headquartered in Dubai with offices in Vienna & Moscow.
Zaid is a seasoned investment banker with over a decade long experience in EmergingMarkets and a vast network of relationships globally.
Throughout his career, Zaid has led and managed the establishment of numerous, world-class ventures across multiple asset-classes and geographies. Most recently, Zaid oversaw the establishment of a fully-fledged Campus of Austria’s leading private university MODUL University in the Middle East’s economic and tourism capital – Dubai.
Prior to DACH, Zaid held senior positions within leading international banks incl. Raiffeisen in Vienna, Gatehouse in London and VTB Capital in Moscow and Dubai.
In his capacity as the Head of Investment Banking at VTB Capital, Zaid was instrumental in positioning the bank as the 1st Russian financial institution in the DIFC while leading the bank's efforts regionally for several years.
He started his professional career as a Middle East Consultant at the United Nations Headquarters in Vienna back in 2000. In addition to his role at DACH, Zaid holds several board representations including DIID Management, a JV investment firm of Dubai Investments and Industries, Quantum International, a private equity firm based in the United States. He is also an active member of several business councils worldwide.
An Austrian national with Syrian heritage, Zaid holds an MSc in Investment Banking and Finance from the Vienna University for Economics & Business Administration. He is native in Arabic, fluent in German and in English with advanced knowledge of Russian language.