Mohammad Al Duaij graduated from Leeds University Business School in 2002 with an accounting and finance joint honours degree. Mohammad started his career at the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development as part of the Asian projects funding team. He followed this by joining Global Investment House as investment manager, forming and managing real estate funds around the world.

In 2008, he became the CEO of a single family office, Alea Global, where his responsibilities include investment in real estate and private equity, investment advisory, commodities trading and business development. Mohammad has earned his experience by working in diversified projects and dealing with high level individuals around the world. In 2017, he won the ‘Man of the Year’ Award from the Business Worldwide Publication. The title was awarded due to the success of Mohammad’s global mediation work, bringing countries together through business.