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Izzat Dajani (born November 22, 1953) is a Jordan-born Australian banker, advisor and an investment professional. He is the co-founder and CEO of IMCapital Partners.

Childhood and family
Dajani was born in Amman, Jordan, on November 22, 1953, as one of the six children of Rashed Hussain Dajani and Samira Fakhri Dajani. He attended the De La Salle College in his hometown. Izzat's family is of Palestinian descent. In the 1940's, emerging nationalism of the Palestinians, initiated a project to take over their homeland, marked the first phase of an ongoing war, a conflict that resulted in the 1948 Palestinian exodus or Nakba - the Palestinian term for the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian Arabs from their homeland to establish the State of Israel. In the period of Nakba, Dajani family was forced to abandon their home in Jerusalem, cross the Jordan river, and settle in the nearby Amman, Jordan.

Education
Izzat completed his schooling at De La Salle College in Amman, Jordan. In 1978 he obtained his BSc in Pharmacy from the Liverpool School of Pharmacy in the United Kingdom. He holds an MPA degree from Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University after which, he attended the Executive Management Program at Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1993.

Notable Positions
Dajani is a long-standing Honorary Consul of the Republic of Seychelles in Jordan with involvement in diplomatic relationships between Seychelles and Jordan as well as the promotion of various cultural business and economic ties between mentioned countries. Dajani is also one of the founding members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, which is a professional body for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians responsible for leading national agenda, promotion and support of pharmaceutical industry.

Global Connections
Izzat Dajani was a Foreign Policy Advisor to the former Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj, overseeing the development of strategic plans and incentive schemes to attract Foreign Direct Investments and strategic investors across multiple economic sectors to support economic development.

Career
Izzat started his career in pharmacy, co-founding "Dajani Pharmacy" in London, UK in 1978, after which he founded "Dajani International Pharmacy" in Amman, Jordan in 1980. Given his MPA from Harvard University, Dajani moved to Sydney, Australia in 1994, where he held positions of Senior VP and COO for a Sydney-based investment company called Gateway. In 1998. Dajani moved to Union Trust, an investment bank based in Dubai. Union Trust led some of the United Arab Emirates keys IPO’s including Emaar Properties and Tabreed.

Izzat Dajani then moved to work as a Senior Vice President for Rasmala Investments - a private Equity fund with Deutsche Bank as the anchor investor. In 2003, Dajani was assigned by Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, current ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, to set up the Investment & Development Office of the Government of Ras Al Khaimah. He became the founding Chief Executive of the Investment & Development Office (IDO) of the Government of Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) in the UAE .Dajani led major investment activities, attracted foreign investments to the emirate and represented RAK Government in regional and global strategic, economic, business and investment initiatives.

Dajani was also Head of the Country Rating Committee for the Government of RAK; Head of the Founders Committee of RAK Properties, Member of the Founders Committee and First CEO of RAK Petroleum, Chairman of RAK Multi-Specialty Hospital the managing director of RAK Education Company “EDRAK”, a $400 million investment initiative in education development based upon internationally renowned and highly experienced strategic international partnerships with RAK Government that included George Mason University and The Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Izzat Dajani was Chief Government Representative and board Member of several projects in real estate, hospitality & industry in RAK.

In 2007, Izzat joined Goldman Sachs in Dubai as head of key and priority clients in the Investment Management Division were he was responsible for growing the bank’s business in the region. In 2011, Dajani was appointed Chairman and CEO of Citibank in Qatar.

Board Memberships
Izzat Dajani currently serves as a board member for multiple corporations in various industries such as oil & gas, industrial, real estate, education, healthcare and hospitality. He is a board member and Chairman of Board Nomination and Remuneration Committee for Jordan Ahli Bank from 2019.

Conferences
Dajani is a regular speaker at various economic forums, conferences and events worldwide.

Personal Life
Izzat Dajani is married to Suzan Khammash, the daughter of Lieutenant General Amer Khammash. Izzat and Suzan have two children, Alia and Raad

professional body for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians responsible for leading national agenda, promotion and support of pharmaceutical industry.