Diala Sanbar Khlat

Diala is an investor, purpose-driven strategic leader and child safety advocate. She is a founding partner of Blue Five Capital, one of the most connected and fastest-growing global investment platforms in the Middle East and Asia, including its multi-billion technology and growth capital fund focused on Europe and the US. She is also an angel investor and strategic advisor, backing tech-enabled startups with disruptive business models.

Diala Chairs the NSPCC's Child Safety Online Taskforce, bringing industry leaders together to help create change. She is aTrustee at 5Rights, a Founding Member of the British Fashion Council’s Trust and a member of the V&A's Advisory Council. She graduated with an MA Cantab in Social and Political Sciences from Cambridge University, is fluent in 4 languages and was awarded an MBE for Services to Children. Cross-cultural and cross-industry collaboration are central to her work.