Amin Ismail has over 30 years of private equity investment and banking experience and is currently working as a Managing Director at Certares, a leading private equity investment company that owns several of the largest international travel, tourism and hospitality brands. Prior to Certares, Amin worked in mergers and acquisitions at American Express Global Business Travel and has served in several executive management positions including as the CEO of Palestine Investment Fund’s real estate and hospitality investment company Amaar Group. He started his career working in leveraged finance for Bank of America and Abn Amro Bank. He previously served on several board of directors including Nirvana Holdings and a tourism investment joint venture with Dubai Holdings, Jerusalem Tourism Investment Company and Dead Sea Development Corp.