The Founders



Ibrahim Al Mannaee
Founder
Ibrahim is a seasoned executive with a career that spans government, real estate, global airlines and recently technology. Ibrahim is a serial entrepreneur who started his first venture while in university at the age of 21.
Experienced in operations, advisory, and restructuring Ibrahim was successful at delivering large mandates with lean teams, a skill that allowed him to establish new functions and organizations and stabilize their operations. Pura benefits from his experience where he set the vision and successfully drove the development and growth by assembling the team to bring this vision to life.
Ibrahim holds a Master in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School and a Bachelor of Economics from the American University of Sharjah. He holds a professional Certificate in Real Estate Finance and Development from the MIT Center for Real Estate.
Ibrahim’s interests include hiking, camping, architecture and design and recently wellbeing. He is also known for his love of cars.
Abdalla Al Mannaee
Co-Founder
Abdalla Almannaee is a qualified banker with expertise ranging from risk assessment and deal structuring across various sectors including health care, district cooling and real estate. Abdalla is an avid business minded individual that has also played a key role in the restructuring of the operation of an Italian retail brand in the GCC.
During his experience in banking and corporate finance, Abdalla has deployed his expertise into advising, structuring, and managing notable transactions including syndicated debt and LBOs. Abdalla brings abundant market specific knowledge putting the right structure while managing the team at the highest standard to achieve Pura’s growth ambitions.
Abdalla holds a bachelor degree in Accounting and Managing for Sustainability from CSU Chico, California and he is a certified Associate in Project Management by the PMI.
Abdalla enjoys being outdoors, kayaking and cycling, while he has a hidden passion food and cooking which comes to life in the right setting. At times, he is also a thrill seeker.
Bashar Al Dulaimi
Co-Founder
Bashar has a diverse business experience ranging from supply of civil contracts to managing various trading and service businesses. Bashar is a toughened individual that takes ventures into exciting opportunities with complex requirements.
Whether he was supplying civil contracts to the US Army and UN for mega projects in Iraq (for oil fields and refugee homes) or commodity trading, Bashar sourced and delivered key materials around the world, while managing international suppliers and logistics. Bashar contributes a wealth of management and trading knowledge which facilitates the procurement and construction of Pura’s unique developments, in line with the Pura vision.
Bashar holds a Bachelor of Software Engineering from Al Mansour University, Baghdad.
Bashar enjoys playing football and camping in the desert. He also enjoys the company of friends and family.