2025 Certified Trade Mission to

Abu Dhabi, UAE

September 28-30, 2025

For Energy Services Companies

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Agenda

Sunday, September 28, 2025

Arrival in Abu Dhabi

3:00 PM Check in at the Fairmont Bab Al Bahr - Abu Dhabi

Evening at leisure

Monday, September 29, 2025

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Buffet Networking Lunch

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Members of the U.S. delegation will meet in one on one meetings with merchant families

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Reception hosted by the U.S. Embassy

Overnight at the Fairmont Bab Al Bahr - Abu Dhabi

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Check out of the hotel

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Follow-up meetings with merchant families

Trade Mission Conculdes

Acommodations

HotelFairmont Bab Al Bahr - Abu Dhabi
Khor - Al Maqta' St - Rabdan - RB2 - Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates

Check In:Sunday, September 28, 2025

Check Out:Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Phone:+971 2 654 3333

From the time of payment up to six weeks prior to the trade mission: You are eligible for a 50% refund of the payment amount if you cancel your participation during this period. From six weeks prior to the trade mission: There will be no refund available if you cancel your participation during this period.

EVENT CO-CHAIR

Alex Kalai

CFO and EVP at Amerapex

Alex Kalai is the CFO and EVP at Amerapex. He oversees financial reporting, investments, budgeting, and financial allocations. Additionally, he is responsible for the sourcing, negotiation, and execution of various deals. Alex is heading up Amerapex’s strategic expansion into the GCC. Prior to Amerapex, Alex worked on mergers & acquisitions at Kirkland & Ellis.

Alex received a law degree from Columbia Law School where he was a Kent Scholar. Additionally, he received an MBA from Columbia Business School. For his undergraduate education, Alex attended Rice University where he received a double major in statistics and mathematical economic analysis. Alex will be teaching economics at Rice University for 2026.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Brian N. Beams

Director, Global Financial Services Team Senior International Trade Specialist U.S. Commercial Service

Peter Sexton

Deputy Director, Global Financial Services Team U.S. Commercial Service

Fred Aziz

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Testimonial

“I thought the Trade Mission was one of the most unique fundraising assets I’ve ever seen. The ability to have 50+ warm leads provided over the course of 1 day is phenomenal. It would have been impossible for our fund to have done anything like this ourselves and I doubt any financial service organizations could have provided a stronger group. I would highly recommend the Trade Mission, not just because of the quantity of potential investors but the quality of investors.”

– Maxx Bricklin, Principal, Bold Capital Partners, LP

U.S. Department of Commerce Certified Trade Mission:

Bespoke Introductions to Leading U.S. Alternative Asset Fund Managers

This Trade Mission is arranged exclusively for investors seeking to meet with leading U.S. fund managers.

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