Saleh is the Global Managing Partner for Safanad, he leads all capital formation activities of the firm, and chairs the firm’s operating partners group. He is based in Dubai and spends significant time in New York and Riyadh. Saleh has over 30 years of experience, including in investment banking at Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs and most recently as the Managing Partner responsible for the Softbank Vision Fund. At the Vision Fund, he was a member of the investment committee, head of the operating group (over 250 companies) and closely managed the firm’s strategic relationships in Saudi Arabia and the UAE. He also served as a Board Member of SoftBank Investment Advisors. Saleh serves as a director and member of the executive committee of Beyon (Batelco) and is a member of the Board of Advisors of Georgetown McDonough School of Business.

Saleh holds an MBA from The University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.