Vol. III: About Taleem

Built by people who’ve sat on both sides of the table: clinical, technical, and commercial.

Taleem is a GCC-first learning platform, led by an executive team spanning AI strategy, clinical governance, and risk leadership, and guided by strategic advisors across regulation, healthcare, and growth.

Executive Team
Yusra Ahmad

Yusra Ahmad

Founder & CEO

18+ years building AI and data systems at scale, including $1.5B+ in digital transformation programmes and AI deployments serving 15,000+ users across a $2B real estate portfolio. Contributed to national AI policy aligned with Vision 2030.

Abda Rothman

Abda Rothman

Chief Risk Officer

Financial-services technology leader with 20+ years across risk, regulation and digital transformation, including sustainability-risk oversight, AI governance and regulatory change at major banking institutions.

Strategic Advisors
OA

Omar Ahmed

Advisor: Chief Medical Officer

Healthcare transformation executive with 20+ years in clinical governance, digital transformation and public-private healthcare systems. Led national programmes and scaled tech-enabled healthcare services at board level.

AP

Alex Pavel

Advisor: Intl. Expansion & RegTech

20+ years scaling B2B SaaS, RegTech and FinTech across the Middle East and APAC. Supported a Nasdaq IPO (2021) and led regional execution for an $800M exit (2024); launched operations in 9 new markets.

MS

Mo Smadi

Advisor: Strategy & AI

Founder & CEO of Perform by AI, a UAE/KSA strategy and AI consulting firm. 20+ years leading strategy and transformation at PwC, Deloitte and GE across the UK and GCC.

EC

Eric Craig

Advisor: Commercial & Growth

Chief Commercial Officer and board advisor with 25+ years scaling commercial organisations across SaaS and fintech, including CCO of Tungsten Network and VP Global Sales Execution at Pagero Group.

PB

Paul Birkin

Advisor: Technology & Digital Transformation

Chief Technology & Digital Officer at KERB. Former Global Chief Digital & Technology Officer at CBRE, CIO UK & Ireland at Experian, and CTO at Capita, with 20+ years leading enterprise technology and digital transformation.

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