Name: Shehab Gargash
Designation: Managing Director & Group CEO
Company: Gargash Group
Shehab M. Gargash is the Managing Director and Group CEO of Gargash Group, a diversified UAE-based conglomerate with interests spanning automotive, real estate, financial services, and food and beverage. Under his leadership, the Group has expanded its regional footprint through several landmark initiatives, including the launch of the GAC Motor and AION brands in Oman in November 2024 and the introduction of Ankai buses in the UAE through Charabanc in December 2024.
In the financial services space, Daman Investments, the Group’s finance arm, partnered with Allianz Global Investors in July 2024 to launch one of the UAE’s first onshore retail feeder funds. Shehab Gargash is a key figure in Dubai’s Gargash family business, successfully leading its unification in 2016 and serving as Founding Chairman of Daman Investments. With a background in banking at Citibank and Emirates Bank International, he holds board positions across regional institutions and is a noted commentator on socio-economic trends. An avid art collector and founder of the Daman Middle East Art Fund, he also holds an MBA and a BBA from George Washington University as well.
