Board

Khaldoon Al Mubarak was appointed to the Board in September 2008.

Mr Al Mubarak is the Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of Mubadala Investment Company.  He also serves as the Chairman of the Boards of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank and Emirates Global Aluminium and sits on the Board of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. He is also Chairman of the Executive Affairs Authority of Abu Dhabi and a member of the New York University Board of Trustees.

Martin Edelman was appointed to the Board in September 2008. He is also Vice Chairman of New York City FC.

Since June 2000, he has been Of Counsel to Paul Hastings LLP, a New York City law firm.  Mr Edelman also currently serves as Chairman of Manchester Life Development Company and as Director of Equity Commonwealth, BXMT and Aldar. He is also on the Advisory Board at Columbia University’s Business School.

Mr Edelman works on behalf of several philanthropic initiatives and is on the boards of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, Fisher Alzheimer Center and Tribeca Film Institute.

Simon Pearce was appointed to the Board in September 2008. He is also Vice Chairman of Melbourne City FC.

In 2006, Mr Pearce joined the Executive Affairs Authority of Abu Dhabi, and currently serves as Special Advisor to the Chairman. He is also a Board Member of Abu Dhabi Motorsports Management, operator of Yas Marina Circuit and home of the F1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and a Board Member of Manchester Life Development Company.

John MacBeath was appointed to the Board in January 2010. He also served as Interim Chief Executive Officer of Manchester City FC from September 2011 to September 2012.

John MacBeath is a Chartered Accountant with extensive international business experience in the oil and gas, and aerospace industrial sectors.

Alberto Galassi was appointed to the Board in June 2012.

Alberto Galassi is the CEO of Ferretti Group, a multinational shipbuilding company and leader in luxury yachts. Mr Galassi is an attorney at law specialised in international commerce and arbitration.

Abdulla Khouri was appointed to the Board in July 2018.

Mr Khouri is the Chairman of Abu Dhabi Motorsport Management, operator of Yas Marina Circuit and home of the F1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and Flash Entertainment, the leading music, sports, and entertainment events company based in Abu Dhabi. He is also a Board Member of Miral, Abu Dhabi’s leading curator of experiences. Abdulla is the Executive Director of Government Affairs for the Executive Affairs Authority of Abu Dhabi.

Egon Durban was appointed to the Board in December 2019. 

Mr Durban is a founding principal and Co-CEO of Silver Lake. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Endeavor Group Holdings.

He also serves on the board of directors of Dell Technologies, Learfield, Motorola Solutions, Qualtrics, Twitter, Unity Technologies, VMware, Verily, and Waymo.

Mr. Durban graduated from Georgetown University with a B.S.B.A. in Finance.