Eng. Rashid Al Ballaa
CEO
N2V

Rashid Al Ballaa is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of National Net Ventures (N2V), one of the largest internet holding companies in the MENA region. N2V enables web ventures in the region by investing capital and offering essential infrastructure services to help accelerate their growth. Some of N2V flagship Companies are Net Advantage, OneCard, N2V Dev House, HawaaWorld, and Mubasher.Info. Rashid is also a board member of National Technology Group (NTG), the region’s largest ICT conglomerate and key provider of Financial Technology and Services. Some of NTG Flagship Companies include Arabic Computer Systems (ACS), Ebttikar, AIM, Getronics ME, and Mubasher Technologies Group.

Before N2V, Rashid was spearheading the regional business development efforts of Mubasher, the first e-trading solution in the MENA region with the most advanced e-trading engine that empowers investors to buy and sell securities online, providing the region with real-time price dissemination, sophisticated analytical tools, news and other information to allow investors to make sound investment decisions. Rashid is also the founder of Direct Broker for Financial Services (DBFS), the UAE’s first STP e-brokerage company and currently the largest broker in the UAE. Rashid serves on the boards of both Mubasher and DBFS. Rashid holds a B.Sc. in Computer science with honors degree from King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.