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SCOOP: on Ahmad Al-Khatib, former director of Emerdata and head of Auspex International launched with Cambridge Analytica’s Mark Turnbull - some background infor now that he's a public figure showing Al-Khatib has links to the UAE & Russia - thread /1
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Months ago I found an online listing for Ahmad Ashraf Al-Khatib which matched the original name on the Emerdata filing - Ahmad Ashraf Hosny Al Khatib, later shortened to Ahmad Al Khatib /2
rocketreach.co/ahmad-ashraf-a…
beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/109118…
Based on Ahmad Al Khatib’s press release on the Auspex International Limited site, he is 29 and came to London to attend school when he was 18 - around 2007 or 2008 - and attended Cass Business School and City University London - matching bio on right /3
auspexinternational.com/contact-us.html
As the bio notes - Ahmad Al Khatib worked for both the Mubadala Development Company and ADIA, both UAE sovereign wealth funds - ultimately overseen by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan - who is the person Erik Prince met with in the Seychelles /4
medium.com/@wsiegelman/fr…
As I wrote in this article, the UAE government and Mubadala have made significant investments with the Russian Direct Investment Fund headed by Kirill Dmitriev - who also met with Erik Prince in the Seychelles /5
medium.com/@wsiegelman/fr…
There is no indication that Ahmad Al Khatib has met with either Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan or Erik Prince - however Al Khatib was appointed to the board of directors of Emerdata on the same date as Erik Prince’s business partner Johnson Chun Shun Ko /6
medium.com/@wsiegelman/ca…
In addition - Ahmad Al Khatib’s last role listed online was “Development Manager - Middle East, Africa & India @ AMAN” - Aman Resorts is owned by Russian businessman Vladislav Doronin /8
robbreport.com/travel/hotels/…
Ahmad Al Khatib and his brother Omar Al Khatib are both citizens of Seychelles /9
So Erik Prince met UAE Crown Prince MBZ and Dmitriev of Russian Direct Investment Fund in the Seychelles, and his partner Ko became director of Emerdata with Al Khatib, citizen of Seychelles who worked for UAE sovereign wealth funds & a Russian businessman - all coincidence? /END
I published the thread 👆🏼 as a story: Ahmad Al-Khatib who launched Auspex International and was at Emerdata with Erik Prince’s business partner Ko — has links to the UAE, Russia and the Seychelles - similar to Erik Prince - coincidence or something more?
medium.com/@wsiegelman/ah…
Oh, and forgot to mention that Mubadala makes another appearance - as part of the consortium organized by Dmitriev's RDIF that invested in Russian diamond company Alrosa with Charlemagne in 2016, the company run by Jim Mellon, Arron Banks' business partner
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#Emerdata Incorporated by Wheatland and Tayler in August of 2017, with 100 shares valued at 1 GBP. In September, paid up share cancellation of 98 shares, down to 2 shares by Wheatland. 23rd of January, Special Resolution, influx of $1,912,500. On 2/13, change of address
to Canary Wharf. Oops, on January 23rd, #AlexanderNix joined. I guess that's where the money came from. Same day, Wheatland and Tayler are removed as directors. Ahmad Al Khatib resident of #Seychelles , Johnson Chun Shun Ko (Frontier Services Group, chaired by #ErikPrince)
Cheng Peng (same address as Frontier in Hong Kong) are named directors same day. On March 16th, #RebekahMercer #JenniferMercer are named. Very intersting timing of events no? @JamesFourM @LincolnsBible @ericgarland @ninaandtito
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