The desert at dusk
By invitation · GCC & the wider region
الطليعة

The room where the future is built.

The Vanguard is a private circle for the physicians, founders, and investors carrying the Kingdom and the Gulf forward, people whose energy, ambition, and intellect deserve a room of their equals. A Council that sharpens thinking. Expeditions that build real friendship. A Signal where trusted deals and knowledge move first.

Invitation only Physicians · Founders · Investors Arabic & English

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Success is lonely at the top. The Vanguard exists so it doesn't have to be, a small circle of people who match each other's energy, ambition, and standards, and who choose to build the future of the region together rather than apart.

The Doctrine
What membership gives you

Three rooms. One circle.

Most networks give you contacts. The Vanguard gives you a room you actually belong in, and three ways to use it.

The founders

Convened by builders who have actually built.

One has transformed how medicine is practised in the Kingdom. The other has built and advised more than two hundred ventures across the region. Together, they convene the room they themselves always wanted to be in.

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Co-founder

Dr. Essa Al-Ahmad

Physician · Healthcare Transformation · Investor

A Saudi family physician and healthcare transformation leader who has directed health centres, achieved CBAHI accreditation, and modernised clinics with AI. His work reaches past systems to the physicians themselves, equipping doctors to lead, build, and grow their influence beyond the clinic.

“A career is long. Build it with people who want you to last.”
Family physician & transformation leader CBAHI accreditation AI-modernised clinics
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Co-founder

Shafaat Hashmi

Entrepreneur · Investor · Global Business Strategist

A fourth-generation business leader and Chairman of Stalliongates Capital and BrandBeat Global Group, and founder of Mawin Venture Partners. Twenty-five years, fourteen international offices, seven exits, and a portfolio across real estate, health-tech, fintech, and more.

“The best philanthropy is to create jobs.”
25 yrs · 200+ ventures 14 international offices Chairman, BrandBeat & Stalliongates
Who belongs here

Built for the few who carry the load.

  • Physician-leaders

    Doctors building practices, ventures, and influence beyond the clinic.

  • Founders & operators

    People building companies that matter, who want peers, not a panel.

  • Investors & family offices

    Capital that wants proximity to the best founders and the earliest signal.

  • Builders of the region

    People who share one trait above all, a long vision for a better future here.

Builders of the region
2
Founders, across medicine & capital
3
Rooms: Council, Expeditions, Signal
200+
Ventures built & advised in the region
1
Standard for entry: you must add to the room
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الطليعة

The room is small. On purpose.

Membership is by invitation, and by application. If the vision resonates, begin a conversation, in confidence.

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