Investment committee, Chief Executive Officer, Direct Investments

Ahmed Yahia Al Idrissi

Ahmed is the Chief Executive Officer, Direct Investments at Mubadala Investment Company, with oversight of the energy, chemicals, technology, life sciences, consumer, industrial and financial services portfolios.

Prior to joining Mubadala, Ahmed was a partner at McKinsey & CO., where he co-led the Principal Investor practice and was also the Managing Partner of the Abu Dhabi practice. He was formerly a Marketing Manager at Procter & Gamble, where he led several flagship brands.

Ahmed holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from the École Centrale Paris; Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Board Positions: Chairman of GlobalFoundries, NOVA Chemicals and Cepsa. He is also a Board Member of Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), and PCI Pharma Services.