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Kassandra Attara

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Operation Manager at Exel by Merak

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

About

Kassandra Attara leads innovation programs across the MENA region, focusing on growth and transformation initiatives. She has prior experience at Astro Labs and MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab, with expertise in program design, stakeholder management, and innovation-led growth.

Experience

  1. Merak CapitalOperations Manager of Innovation Platformcurrent2025 — presentRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
  2. Exel by MerakOperations Managementcurrent2025 — present
  3. AstroLabsProgram Manager2022 — 2025Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  4. MIT Enterprise Forum Pan ArabSenior Project Manager2016 — 2021Beirut District, Lebanon
  5. Lebanese American UniversityContent Creator2016
  6. LAU Model Arab League & Model United NationAssistant Director Of Communications2016Beirut District, Lebanon
  7. Lebanese Rugby League FederationProducer2014 — 2015Beirut District, Lebanon
  8. SOGEPUBMarketing Assistant2015
  9. UNDPCommunity and Communications2014Beirut District, Lebanon

Education

  1. Lebanese American UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Communication and Media Studies2013 — 2016

Skills & more

Film Production4Documentaries4Research4Customer Service2Social Media Marketing1Editing1Microsoft Office2Microsoft Excel2PowerPoint2Microsoft Word1Public Speaking2

From Kassandra's professional profile.

Colleagues at Exel by Merak

Abdulelah Alshareef
Vice President - Venture Capital, Merak Capital at Exel by Merak
Abdullah Altamami
Founder and CEO at Merak Capital
Adham Elsawy
Finance Manager at Exel by Merak
Afaf Abu Sabha
Executive Assistant at Exel by Merak
Deema Almutairi
Associate at Exel by Merak
Faisal Al Tamami
Innovation Platform Specialist at Exel by Merak
Faisal Alsharari
Senior Innovation Specialist at Exel by Merak
Faisal Sedrani
CEO, Exel by Merak at Merak Capital

Frequently asked questions

Where does Kassandra Attara work?
Kassandra Attara is Operation Manager at Exel by Merak.

Same school

Also attended Lebanese American University7

Elsa AR YanniMENA PROGRAM LEAD, SEEDSTARS at SeedstarsFiras EzzedineMember of Investment Committee at Cedar Mundi VenturesRamzi RizkAngel at Expedite VenturesHussein WehbiFounding Partner, Director, Public Equity at Ajeej CapitalDanai IbrahimHead of Marketing & Communications at Razor CapitalJasmine BussonManaging Partner at Globivest

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Shared employers

Also worked at AstroLabs4

Faisal SedraniCEO, Exel by Merak at Merak CapitalMuhammed MekkiAdvisor at Khwarizmi VenturesAhmad AlsaawyVenture Partner at Milemark Capital PartnersGobhanu Sasankar KorisepatiFounder at Vela

Also worked at MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab5

Bryan FinkelVenture Partner, Investing & Operations at CatchLight Capital PartnersJason PontinGeneral Partner at DCVC (Data Collective)Ameer SherifVenture Partner at Khwarizmi VenturesNoor SweidFounder at Global VenturesEmilio EscartinPartner at Fuel Venture Capital

Also worked at Lebanese American University1

Elsa AR YanniMENA PROGRAM LEAD, SEEDSTARS at Seedstars

Also worked at UNDP39

Ska Sijia DuPrincipal at Karma VenturesKarissa AdelaidePrincipal, Southeast Asia at Jungle VenturesAviral GoenkaSenior Associate, India at Jungle VenturesWhitney Haring-SmithManaging Partner at Anzu PartnersDavid KleinInvestor at MatterScale VenturesDaniel MuletPartner at Radical Ventures

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