Omar Alkhawaja

Omar Alkhawaja is an Executive Advisor at Global Ventures.
He is the Founder & Managing Director of AMK Investment Office.
AMK Investment Office is a second generation family office for the Alkhawaja family, investing in Real Estate, Public Markets, and Venture Capital.
The firm identifies and invests in venture funds in the US, Europe, and the MEA region.
The firm also invests in top performing companies in the fintech, infrastructure technology, enterprise technology, consumer-tech, digital health, and AI sectors among others.
Omar is also the Managing Partner of Omakase Investment Club, a food & beverage fund based in Europe which invests in food & beverage companies as well as food-tech companies.
Along with the above roles, Omar serves as a Strategic Advisor and Board Member to Al Arabia Cinema, and Renaissance Cinemas in Egypt.
Prior to this Omar was the Executive Chairman of Four Winters, a global Ice Cream & Dessert chain with stores on 4 continents at the time.
Omar was also employed in private banking in 2014 working for Coutts Bank in London and then left to set up the businesses and investment firms mentioned above.
Omar is a serial investor who started his career making investments in several sectors and companies while studying in the UK.
These include small investments in companies like Roznama Media which he exited, and today is one of the large Egyptian film and TV production companies, producing well renowned TV shows as well as theatrical films for the big screen.
Omar obtained his Bachelors of Science (BSc) degree in business management from King's College London in 2012.
Followed by obtaining his Masters (MSc) degree in Real Estate from Cass Business School (now known as Bayes Business School) in London in 2013.