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Tuba Terekli is an international business development, investment expert, and a well-known Saudi Vision 2030 Leader, with a focus on futurism, innovation, tech development and equity investments. She is an avid supporter of entrepreneurs across borders and an angel investor. She also serves on many for-profit and non-profit boards, locally and internationally. Her current roles are the Executive Advisor for Fakieh Group and GM of Avon Saudi Arabia and is the MENA Ambassador of the Women Entrepreneurship Day Organization.
Her most important roles include being a mother to her 4 dear children, Abdulaziz, Omar, Dalia and Dania, a wife to her loving husband and best advocate Samer Abughazaleh, being a daughter to her parents, Tuncay and Zuhal and her in laws as well as being a family member of many uncles and aunts, while caring for her two cats and eight birds....
Her life revolves around family, friends and community and especially youth, for whom she extensively advocates, supports, and promotes in all platforms as a futurist and she makes it her mission to bridge the gap between generations to help with the transformation of communities.
She is also known for her following past roles; Former Advisor to the Governor of Saudi SME Authority, Co-founder of Qotuf Al Riyadah Development Company, the first Private Entrepreneurship Foundation in KSA and established the First Tech Accelerator in Saudi Arabia Flat6Labs Jeddah among many other initiatives that she has brought to the entrepreneurial ecosystem since 2011.
She has established and managed the first Global Entrepreneurship Week, Global Entrepreneurship Network, Creative Business Cup in Saudi Arabia, in addition to serving as a judge in many regional and global competitions.
Furthermore, she has reached out to over 70,000+ entrepreneurs in numerous events and works with over 57 countries' top institutes in SME and entrepreneurship development. Working throughout Silicon Valley, Europe, Turkey, GCC, and 13 regions of Saudi Arabia with the various chambers, ministries, universities, accelerator programs, and venture capitals. She served 2016-2018 as the High Commissioner of Saudi Arabia in World Business Angels Forum.
She has supported key local policy reforms, the World Bank Studies, regional governmental research, legislative reviews and development towards formulation of knowledge-based economies in the region and was selected to be among the 2030 Leaders to serve the Vision 2030 of Saudi Arabia.
Specialties: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Angel Investments, Strategic Planning, Marketing, Healthcare, Project Management, Commissioning, SME Development, Systems Design, Policy Making, Scale Up Companies, Company Turnarounds and Restructuring, Investment Opportunity Evaluations, Due Diligence, Investor Relations, Tech Companies and International Business Consultancy.