Shaher Awartani
Founder
- Abu Dhabi
Mr. Shaher Moh’d Ali Awartani is the Chairman and Co-founding Partner of Silver Coast Construction & Boring LLC, Abu Dhabi. Mr. Awartani has served in the capacity of Chairman & Co-Founding Partner since its establishment in 1997, leading a team of up to 4500 employees. SCCB has executed and completed projects in the UAE in the tune of USD 1.35 Billion.
Mr. Awartani has also Co-founded High Point Real Estate LLC in Dubai in 2017 in partnership with H.E Yousif Al Otaiba, H.E Waleed Al Mokarrab Al Muhairi as well as Mr. Ahmed Ismail Bashee. High Point Real Estate LLC developed and owns two residential assets in Dubai value of USD 100 Million.
In 2013, Mr. Awartani Co-founded Equalis Capital Ltd, a proprietary investment company registered in the Dubai International Financial Centre, with H.E Yousif Al Otaiba.
In 2015 Mr. Awartani was invited by Global Gate Capital Partners based in Geneva to become a shareholder and a member of the Board of directors. Global Gate Capital Partners is an investment firm that manages multiple assets classes through its group of companies specializing in real estate and private equity and has more than USD $ 2 Billion assets under management.
In 2017, Mr. Awartani became a Co-founder of Café Milano Abu Dhabi, Café Milano, is located in the prestigious Four Seasons hotel in Abu Dhabi, the only branch outside Washington DC USA, the partners are H.E Yousef Al Otaiba and Mubadala Investment Company.
In 2020 Mr. Awartani alongside his partners Yousef Al Otaiba and the Bashee family became substantial shareholder in Reem Hospital Abu Dhabi partnering with InvestCorp of Bahrain 25% owned by Mubadala Investment Company and Wisayah Capital a 100% owned subsidiary of Aramco.
In 2024, Mr. Awartani Co-founded Yasa Capital (DIFC) Limited, an investment and advisory company regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority as a Category 4 entity.
Mr. Awartani is also Co-founder of Abaad Wood Industries, founded in 2010.
Philanthropy is a near and dear cause to Shaher Awartani heart, with a private scholarship program that has started in 2015 as well as generous donations to health care institutions such as Children’s National Medical Center | Sheikh Zayed Campus for Advanced Pediatric Medicine in Washington DC.
Mr. Awartani completed his high school from Queen’s College Taunton, Somerset, UK, and later obtained a bachelor’s degree in Management from University of Toledo in 1986.