Speaking & Media

Strategy, AI &
Venture Capital.

Sharp insights for boards, conferences, podcast studios, and editorial outlets — anchored in three decades on every side of the table.

Ugo Mosanya
Ugo Mosanya

Three decades of executive experience at McKinsey, LG Electronics, and Philips, with seventeen years on the ground in the Middle East and Africa. Computer scientist by training, AI entrepreneur, management consultant, regional senior executive, and AI investor.

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Speaking and Media: keynotes, panels, podcasts, articles
Why this voice

Substantive perspective from inside the room.

The conversations that matter most on AI, on strategy inside complex organisations, and on venture capital in MENA happen in serious rooms: boardrooms, conferences, podcast studios, opinion pages. They need voices that combine depth on the topic with operating experience inside the kind of complex, volatile markets where the answers actually need to land.

That is what I bring to a stage, a panel, a microphone, or a page: three decades on every side of the table, anchored in the Gulf and across MEA, with a fluent read on where the regional AI agenda is heading and where the work actually gets stuck. Not analyst commentary, not vendor pitch — substantive perspective from inside the room.

Topics

What I speak about.

Three substantive areas: AI broadly, Strategy to Impact inside complex organisations, and Venture Capital. Each carries multiple sub-topics, tailored to the audience and the moment.

Strategy to Impact

The journey from strategic intent to adopted new reality.

  • AI strategy, transformation, and adoption
  • Business development and partnerships in volatile markets
  • Building AI-Native ventures from inside incumbents
  • Operating model design for AI-first organisations
  • Strategic planning and cascading at scale

Artificial Intelligence

The AI agenda for executives, the regional context, the sovereign angle.

  • AI for executives and boards
  • The Middle East AI agenda
  • Sovereign AI and national strategy
  • AI-Native organisations
  • Adoption at the individual, team, and organisational levels

Venture Capital

Pre-seed AI investing, regional venture building, the AI-Native firm model.

  • AI-Native pre-seed investing
  • Regional venture building and ecosystem development
  • Perspective on emerging-market AI venture
  • The AI-Native firm model
  • Sovereign capital and AI in the Gulf
Formats

From the stage to the page.

From short briefings to multi-day engagements: across stages, studios, panels, and pages. Each format tailored to the audience, the context, and the depth required.

Keynote

A substantive talk for a conference, corporate event, or executive gathering. Tailored to the audience, anchored in the regional context, designed to leave the room with a sharper read on where AI is heading.

30 to 60 minutes

Panel

Moderated discussions on AI strategy, regional venture, sovereign AI, or the executive agenda. Available as panelist or as moderator depending on the format and the room.

45 to 75 minutes

Executive Offsite

Half-day or full-day strategic session for boards and C-suite teams, customised to the sector, the AI maturity, and the strategic questions on the table. More interactive than a keynote, more focused than a workshop.

Half day to one day

Podcast

Long-form conversations on AI, strategy, and the regional venture landscape. Available as guest on established shows, or for ongoing co-host arrangements when the editorial fit is right.

45 to 90 minutes

Article

Op-eds, long-form essays, and contributed pieces for business, tech, and editorial outlets. Topics span the same three areas, written with the substance the page deserves.

800 to 2,500 words

Workshop

Working sessions with leadership teams on AI strategy, transformation, or venture building. Practical, hands-on, designed to leave the team with a sharper plan than they walked in with.

Half day to two days
Press Kit

For media and event organisers.

Reusable assets for journalists, conference organisers, podcast producers, and editorial teams. Bios, headshots, boilerplate, and areas of expertise — ready to copy, paste, or download.

Short bio — 120 words

For event programmes and podcast descriptions.

Ugo Mosanya is Founder and Managing Partner of Nexan Ventures, an AI-Native venture capital firm backing pre-seed AI founders across the Middle East. He is also Executive Advisor to CEOs, founders, and senior leaders at corporations, sovereign-owned enterprises, governments, family conglomerates, universities, and research agencies, across three fronts: Strategy & Transformation, Business Development, and Venture Building. Ugo brings three decades of senior executive experience at McKinsey, LG Electronics, and Royal Philips, with seventeen years on the ground in the Middle East and Africa. Computer scientist by training, AI entrepreneur, management consultant, regional senior executive, and AI investor.

Long bio — 350 words

For feature articles, keynote announcements, and editorial introductions.

Ugo Mosanya is Founder and Managing Partner of Nexan Ventures, an AI-Native venture capital firm backing pre-seed AI founders across the Middle East. Nexan invests through two vehicles: Nexan AI Fund I, a focused pre-seed fund for founders with a substantive connection to the UAE or Saudi Arabia, and Nexan Select, a deal-by-deal co-investment vehicle for exceptional AI opportunities sourced through the Nexan Network.

Beyond capital, Ugo serves as Executive Advisor to CEOs, founders, and senior leaders driving disruption in the age of AI: corporations, sovereign-owned enterprises, governments, family conglomerates, universities, and research agencies. His practice spans three fronts: Strategy & Transformation, Business Development, and Venture Building.

Ugo brings three decades of senior executive experience: an MSc in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences with a dissertation in AI and Computer Vision; co-founder of a VC-backed AI speech-recognition startup in San Francisco and Belgium; management consultant at McKinsey & Company in Strategy & Corporate Finance; and seventeen years in C-suite roles at LG Electronics and Royal Philips across the Middle East and Africa, leading regional strategy, healthcare consulting, venture building, and B2G growth. He speaks on AI, Strategy to Impact, and Venture Capital.

Headshots

High-resolution images.

For use in event programmes, podcast cover art, press features, and editorial materials.

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Areas of expertise

For quotes and feature framing.

  • AI strategy, transformation, and adoption
  • The Middle East AI agenda
  • Sovereign AI
  • Business development in volatile markets
  • Building AI-Native ventures
  • AI-Native pre-seed investing
  • Regional venture ecosystem building
Nexan Ventures boilerplate

For company references.

Nexan Ventures is an AI-Native venture capital firm advancing the next wave of AI. Based in the UAE, Nexan backs pre-seed AI startups in the UAE and Saudi Arabia through Nexan AI Fund I and Nexan Select, and engages the regional ecosystem as adviser, mentor, and speaker. nexan.vc →

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