Maha Al Shamsi is an Emirati entrepreneur, strategic advisor and business leader with an extensive international network spanning governments, family offices, private investors and institutional stakeholders across the UAE and global markets.

Her career has developed across both government-linked and private-sector environments, building a multidisciplinary background in strategic advisory, government relations, investment facilitation, commercial development and cross-border transactions. Over the years, she has cultivated trusted relationships with senior decision-makers and stakeholders across multiple jurisdictions, enabling her to connect capital, businesses and strategic opportunities across borders.

Ms. Al Shamsi is the Co-Founder of MSKD, a commercial brokerage and business development platform through which she originates, structures and facilitates opportunities across multiple sectors. Her work involves engaging with family offices, high-net-worth individuals, investors, asset owners, developers, corporations and government-related stakeholders regionally and internationally. She focuses on identifying opportunities where capital, strategic interests and capabilities can be brought together to create long-term commercial value.

Her international reach allows her to operate in both directions: supporting global investors and businesses seeking opportunities and strategic partnerships within the UAE, while connecting UAE-based investors, businesses and opportunities with international markets, capital and counterparties.

As Senior Managing Partner and Board Member of BCFG, Ms. Al Shamsi contributes to the Group’s strategic direction and the origination and development of high-value opportunities across its areas of focus. She leverages her global network, government relationships and access to private capital to establish strategic partnerships, facilitate investment opportunities and develop cross-border transactions for the Group and its partners.

Her approach combines relationship-driven business development with commercial execution, bringing the right stakeholders to the table and transforming strategic relationships into sustainable, long-term value.