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Neil Reid

Investor

Business Development Lead, MENA at Creative Dock Group

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

About

Neil Reid is an Associate Partner at True North Partners who brings nearly 30 years of strategy consulting experience focused on transformational work across the GCC and Europe. He advises organizations on business growth and productivity improvements through optimization of existing assets. Reid recently joined Creative Dock, an independent venture building firm, to develop its MENA operations.

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Experience

  1. True North PartnersAssociate Partnercurrent2026 — presentDubai
  2. Creative Dock GroupSales Lead MENAcurrent2025 — present
  3. AlixPartnersManaging Director2021 — 2025London, England, United Kingdom
  4. Oliver WymanSenior Partner2018 — 2021Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  5. Oliver WymanPartner1995 — 2021

Education

  1. University of OxfordDPhil Physiological Sciences, Sugar transport in the human placenta1991 — 1995
  2. University of OxfordBA Physiological Sciences, Medicine1988 — 1991
  3. Cults Academy

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Also attended University of Oxford688

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Shared employers

Also worked at Creative Dock Group19

Sintija MeissnerStartup Analyst at Czech Founders VCGustav WakéusVenture Partner at Ff Venture CapitalMartin PejsaFounder and Executive Chairman at Creative Dock GroupGabriela TeissingChief Executive Officer at Creative Dock GroupKazuki NishigakiDirector of Business Innovation, Japan at Creative Dock GroupBeth RostanManaging Director, North America at Creative Dock Group

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Also worked at AlixPartners14

Toby TriebelPartner at FinTech CollectiveMark BlakeStrategy & Corporate Development Leader at Joyance PartnersGuthrie StewartInvestor at AgeTech CapitalJoshua M. DamonInvestor at Madison Dearborn PartnersKatharina ManPrincipal at Vorwerk VenturesJonas JeandupeuxPrincipal at Forestay Capital

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Also worked at Oliver Wyman96

Leonard PicardoAdvisor at Manta Ray VenturesGizem CakilInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersDale ChangOperating Partner at Scale Venture PartnersAmias GeretyPartner, Head of U.S. at QED InvestorsLaura BockPartner at QED InvestorsWarren ChengVenture Partner at Context Ventures

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Colleagues at Creative Dock Group

Ales Machander
Director, International Ventures at Creative Dock Group
Beth Rostan
Managing Director, North America at Creative Dock Group
Chris Lindener
Deep Tech Lead at Creative Dock Group
Christian Lindener
Managing Director, Deep Tech at Creative Dock Group
Craig Milligan
Head of Agentic Commerce at Creative Dock Group
Daniel Buning
Head of Hardware and Physical Innovation at Creative Dock Group
Felix Staeritz
Board Member at Creative Dock Group
Gabriela Teissing
Chief Executive Officer at Creative Dock Group