Our Team

Behind every great financial system is a team that understands both sides of the equation: capital and code. At Tharwa, we bring together deep expertise in real-world asset management, quantitative finance, DeFi infrastructure, and artificial intelligence. This mix isn’t accidental. It’s necessary. You can’t build a protocol like Tharwa with just one background.

We’re building the infrastructure for serious capital. That means building with people who know how that capital works.

Saeed Al Fahim — Founder & CEO

Saeed Al Fahim is the founder and strategic architect of Tharwa. As a member of one of the UAE’s most prominent business families, Saeed brings not just vision, but access. His family’s group has been a cornerstone of the UAE economy for decades, with active roles in real estate, automotive, and large-scale capital deployment.

With roots in Abu Dhabi’s financial and commercial landscape, Saeed understands the challenges and opportunities facing traditional finance. At Tharwa, he’s applying that insight to the next frontier: programmable, risk-managed capital on-chain.

Saeed is also the driving force behind Tharwa’s position in the UAE, one of the fastest-growing hubs for blockchain regulation and RWA integration. His network enables direct engagement with asset originators, institutional partners, and regulatory advisors, giving Tharwa a structural edge that’s difficult to replicate.

Advisors

Ali Lari — Financial Advisor

Ali brings extensive financial expertise, offering high-level guidance across macro strategy, treasury structuring, and capital allocation. His role supports the protocol’s evolution into a capital-efficient, institution-ready product suite.

Hamad Mohamed Almazrouei — Investment Advisor

Hamad is an Investor Relations Specialist at EMSTEEL and advises Tharwa on fund strategy and capital sourcing. He supports deal structuring, fund operations, and ecosystem-level partnerships with asset managers and capital allocators.

Lauren Smith — Strategic Communications Advisor

Lauren guides Tharwa’s messaging and positioning strategy, working across media, investor relations, and long-term brand development. Her background in global comms and capital markets helps frame Tharwa’s value in a language institutions understand.

Tugce Orhan — General Counsel

Tugce is the founder of Orhan Legal and an expert in cross-border regulatory structuring, crypto compliance, and international financial law. She ensures Tharwa’s protocol structure, asset flows, and DAO governance are aligned with emerging legal frameworks across key jurisdictions.

Sulaiman Al Subaie — Strategic Partner, Saudi Arabia

Sulaiman is the CEO of Unlimited Vision and Tharwa’s key strategic partner in the Saudi market. His role focuses on regional expansion, institutional partnerships, and onboarding real-world asset opportunities across the GCC.

Engineering, Research, and Treasury Contributors

Tharwa’s protocol design is the result of collaborative input from AI researchers, DeFi engineers, quant finance professionals, and security auditors. The team spans both crypto-native and TradFi backgrounds, with experience across:

• Multi-chain smart contract development

• Quantitative risk modeling and CVaR optimization

• LLM-based asset analysis and agent architecture

• Institutional asset allocation and fund structuring

• Global compliance and regulatory strategy

Our engineering team has built the Confluence Engine; the AI-driven capital allocator at the core of Tharwa — to operate autonomously, transparently, and securely. Every piece of the system is designed to be observable, auditable, and resistant to failure under stress.

UAE Roots, Global Scope

Tharwa is headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, a jurisdiction that offers regulatory clarity, capital access, and deep alignment with the future of digital finance. Being based in the UAE gives us proximity to sovereign wealth capital, emerging markets, and real-world asset providers looking to expand on-chain.

But our ambition is global. We’re building for the billions of dollars sitting idle in stablecoins and off-chain accounts, waiting for a better way to earn. That starts with a team that understands where the industry is today, and where it needs to go.