Kamran is the Co-founder and Co-CEO of City Innovate for the past 5 years. Much of Kamran’s professional experience is in financial engineering around new technology ventures, including smart city initiatives. Previously he served as head of investments to a company owned by one of the royal family members in Abu Dhabi, UAE and prior to that as the VP of Private Equity for Convergence Capital in the Dubai International Financial Centre, responsible for closing transactions of interest to the general partners in Real Estate, Aviation, Mining, Water Desalination, Carbon Credits, Health, Education, Media. Kamran has a Masters Degree in International Business from Aston Business School (UK) and Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Manchester Metropolitan University (UK).

Kamran was born and raised in the United Kingdom and has a 8-year old daughter.