David L. Jackson
Chief Executive Officer
Istithmar PJSC

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Mr. Jackson was appointed chief executive officer of Istithmar in July 2006. In this capacity, he has overall responsibility for business initiated by Istithmar across all of its functions — investment, finance and administration, and funding. Prior to his appointment as CEO, Mr. Jackson served as the first chief investment officer of Istithmar, where he led the creation of the initial portfolio of approximately US$ 2 billion and the implementation of the policies and procedures that provide Istithmar its platform today (2003–006). Before joining Istithmar, Mr. Jackson spent more than 10 years on Wall Street where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions and worked with financial sponsors in leveraged buy-out transactions. Mr. Jackson was an associate, vice president, and senior vice president at Lehman Brothers in New York and Hong Kong (1993–2001). Furthermore, Mr. Jackson was a partner at Marco Polo Partners in New York (2002–2003). In 2007, Private Equity International magazine named Mr. Jackson on its list of “50 Global Movers: the most influential people in global private equity.” Mr. Jackson was also named among “100 Most Powerful People in New York Real Estate” by the New York Observer.

Mr. Jackson holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Yale School of Management and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Princeton University. Mr. Jackson is on the board of directors of Istithmar PJSC, Dubai World LLC, Ports & Free Zone World LLC, and several of Istithmar’s portfolio companies. He is also on the Board of Advisors for the Yale School of Management.