About G42

Peng Xiao is a global technology and business leader with a track record of building breakthrough products, delivering customer successes, and achieving commercial results.

As the Group CEO of G42, Peng is responsible for crafting the Group’s business and product strategies, and overseeing the operating companies across its numerous industry verticals.

Peng is a board member of MBZUAI, the world's first research-based, graduate AI university, based in Abu Dhabi. Previously, as Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, and Chief Information Officer of MicroStrategy, Peng spent a decade in the enterprise software industry working with leading technology companies.

Kiril Evtimov is a seasoned technology and business leader with global experience across start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. Throughout his career, Kiril has been successful in delivering cutting-edge cloud, analytical, and decision support products, as well as massively scalable data platforms. His contributions have spanned a range of industries, including healthcare, financial services, and technology, leading to clients’ success and significant business impact.

Kiril is a technology advisor for G42 Cloud. He is also a co-founder, board member and CEO of FairSignals Inc. In the past, he has held leadership roles in Teradata, MicroStrategy, and eBay.

As CEO of FairSignals, Kiril has a broad range of responsibilities, including - vision setting, financial management, product development, people management, and leading all externally facing interactions for the financial technology startup.

Previously, as Teradata’s Vice President and General Manager of Unified Data Architecture Platform Technologies, he was responsible for establishing the strategic direction and leading the execution efforts of the analytical ecosystem research and development organization. In this capacity, he oversaw a vast portfolio of over 30 software products, ranging from well-established and widely used to emerging and cloud-based products.

As Vice President of Program Management at MicroStrategy, Kiril focused on ideation, viability analysis, research and design of next generation on-premises and cloud analytical capabilities.

Prior to that, Kiril spent over 13 years in Silicon Valley, California. At eBay, Kiril held various technical management roles supporting eBay, PayPal, StubHub, Skype and Classified businesses. As Director of Analytics Platform Engineering and Architecture, he was responsible for implementing corporate-wide analytical self-service capabilities, business intelligence, and collaborative platforms. He also pioneered in the field of cyber fraud prevention, as well as led the efforts to establish customer support, and trust and safety data management practice.

In the past, Kiril consulted several notable companies, including Intuitive Surgical, Extreme Networks, and was a member of Tableau Software's Customer Advocacy Board on their quests for technology innovation, establishing data and digital transformation strategies, optimizing sales and distribution models.

As G42's Group CIO, Xiaoping oversees the company's investment strategy, with a focus on strenghtening G42's technology portfolio, while also producing financial returns.

Xiaoping has more than 25 years of experience in consulting and general management positions. He is also a renowned AI business expert.

Before joining G42, Xiaoping was the COO of Yitu Tech, a leading global AI player. He was also Managing Partner of Financial Services Industry at Deloitte, Managing Partner of Energy and Resources Industry at Ernst & Young, and Consulting Partner at PwC.

As the Group GC, Marty leads G42's legal in-house operations and advisory team.

Marty is also a partner in the world-leading law firm of Paul Hastings and has more than 30 years of experience in corporate mergers and acquisitions transactions, with a focus on large and complex deals, including cross-border transactions. He has been involved in all stages of legal development of pioneering financial structures, including participating debt instruments, institutional JVs in real estate, and JVs between U.S. financial sources and European companies.

Sanjiv brings with him over 25 years of global experience in strategic finance, business set up and restructuring. Sanjiv has held several leadership roles across a wide spectrum of industries, including defence, cybersecurity, construction and oil & gas.

Prior to joining G42, Sanjiv held the position of Vice President of Finance for a key government entity in Abu Dhabi, where he was responsible for the entire finance function worth AED 2 billion and the organization’s business transition.

Sanjiv holds an MBA from SP Jain, UAE; and degrees in Chartered Accountancy, Cost Accountancy and Company Secretary from prestigious institutions in India.

Sanjiv’s areas of expertise also include financial planning, business acquisition and divestment, pricing, enterprise risk management, policy development, treasury fund raising, banking, among others.

A Human Resources Professional with 20+ years of leadership exposure, elevating the employee experience journey through periods of both development and consolidation, in cross-sector complex matrix structures across MEA & Asia.

Maymee has rich experience in developing and executing exceptional HR practices with extensive know-how in Organisation Design, Strategic Talent & Performance Management and HR and Culture transformation.

Known for being result-oriented with sustained value while taking bold decisions to build capacity at all levels within an organization, extending true partnership to help business leaders achieve their long-term and short-term business goals.

A coach and mentor to many.

Faheem is the Group Chief Marketing & Communications Officer accountable for building and delivering the Group’s communication and brand strategies, alongside managing stakeholder communications across G42 Group and across all communications disciplines. He advises the global leadership team on all communications and brand-related matters.

He has over 27 years of global experience in building organizations, and driving cross-cultural, effects-based communication solutions, including a decade in behavioral communications driving social-impact programs. Faheem has worked on client and agency side on a wide range of industries and brands including BAT, Cadbury’s, Tourism Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines, Samsung, Pentax, Delsey, Scintilla, Sage and VISA. He has been a trusted advisor to Nations, Boards, CEOs and world leaders.

With a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) and MBA in Strategic Management, Faheem is an active participant in social impact and over the years taken several industry roles. Currently serving as Vice Chairman and Board Member of The Marketing Society (Abu Dhabi Chapter), and recently was final jury judge for MENA EFFIE’s Awards 2021.