A career in venture capital can feel elusive, intimidating, and even impossible for some of us without a banking, investment, or technology background. Our conversation with Hadyah Fathalla proves otherwise: a cybersecurity and antiterrorism expert, Hadyah joined C5 Capital to transform their accelerator program. In this episode, Hadyah emphasizes the role of mentorship in this pivot, shares her strategies for building a mentor-mentee relationship, and discusses the changes afoot in the MENA venture...
A career in venture capital can feel elusive, intimidating, and even impossible for some of us without a banking, investment, or technology background. Our conversation with Hadyah Fathalla proves otherwise: a cybersecurity and antiterrorism expert, Hadyah joined C5 Capital to transform their accelerator program. In this episode, Hadyah emphasizes the role of mentorship in this pivot, shares her strategies for building a mentor-mentee relationship, and discusses the changes afoot in the MENA venture capital landscape.
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Speaker Bio:
Hadyah Fathalla is a strategy and security specialist with 20 years of experience in a range of fields including: national and global security, policymaking, entrepreneurship, innovation and digital transformation. Prior to establishing Hatter Consultants, she served as Chief Operating Officer for C5 Accelerate, a global technology investment firm, in addition to having established and managed the company’s MENA business. During her time with C5 Accelerate, she built Bahrain’s first technology accelerator in 2016 and established a number of initiatives to contribute to the government’s entrepreneurship and digital transformation efforts. She is a regular contributor to cybersecurity, innovation, and technology conferences and to mentoring aspiring entrepreneurs and startups.
In addition to her experience in the fields of entrepreneurship and digital transformation, she is also a national security and cybersecurity specialist. For over ten years, she has played an advisory role to a number of government agencies and senior government officials on topics including strategy, counterterrorism, armed groups, security policy, cybersecurity, and other national security threats and challenges.
Hadyah is an Independent Director for The Benefit Company (Bahrain) as well as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bahrain Youth Hostel Society. Additionally, she is a member of the Harvard W3D: Women in Defense, Diplomacy, and Development and a founding Board Member of the Women in Fintech Committee in Bahrain.
She holds an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School, concentrating on International Global Affairs and an MA in War Studies from King’s College in London.
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