Emirati businessman and patron Abdelmonem Bin Eisa Alserkal is the founder of Alserkal, a socially responsible cultural enterprise, and its initiatives: Alserkal Avenue, Alserkal Arts Foundation, and Concrete. Concrete was shortlisted for the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
Abdelmonem serves on the boards of numerous art and business institutions around the world, including the British Museum’s Contemporary and Modern Middle Eastern Art Acquisition Group; the Tate’s Middle East and North Africa Acquisition Committee; the Guggenheim’s Middle Eastern Circle; and Etisalat Telecommunications Group Company PJSC (Etisalat). He is also a Supporter of the Centre Pompidou International Circle – Middle East.
Abdelmonem is also the managing director of Nasser Bin Abdullatif Alserkal Est., a Dubai-based family business with diversified interests in the UAE and internationally, and serves as a member of the board of the Alserkal Group.
Abdelmonem and the Alserkal family have long been supporters of the arts and have been awarded the UAE Patron of the Arts award twice.
