Formula-G Authors
Ajayya Kumar
COO of Emircom
Ajayya Kumar, or Ajay as he is fondly called, is a man who wears many hats. He is an ethical investor, management thinker, startup mentor, business advisor, art enthusiast, TED speaker, and author. Born in Cherpu in the Thrissur district of Kerala, he is the youngest among the four children of A.M.N. Nair, a Hindi scholar, and Bharathy Menon, a Maths teacher. He is the COO of Emircom, an ICT Integrator company based in the GCC. Ajay now lives in Abu Dhabi with his wife Rakhi Menon and two daughters, Aparna and Jahnavi.
M. H. Abou-Zaki
CEO of EmircomFondly referred to as MAZ, M. H. Abou-Zaki is the CEO of Emircom, an ICT Integrator company based in the GCC. MAZ was born in the October of 1970 at Ainbal, a small village in Mount Lebanon. Through years of work in the halls of corporate leadership, MAZ combines vision with realism and believes that “the task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to inspire it to come out since the greatness is already inbuilt.” It is with this vision that MAZ co-authored this book – to inspire entrepreneurs to scale their business. He now lives in Abu Dhabi with his wife Nisreen and children Ceasar, Sabeen, and Ayaan.
Priya M Nair
Pre-startup mentorPriya M Nair is a pre-startup mentor based in Abu Dhabi. She helps aspiring entrepreneurs bring clarity to their business ideas through 1:1 mentoring workshops. She works with solopreneurs and Small Business Owners to research the market and brainstorm their product, leading to them preparing a proof of concept document. She also serves as an honorary member on the board of a number of startups, mentoring them on vision engineering and marketing strategy. She is optimistic that more female entrepreneurs would pick this book, apply these principles to grow their business and then help other women achieve similar successes. Priya is settled in the UAE with her husband Purushothaman and their two boys, Naraen and Abhay, who she wants to grow up as feminists.