Waleed Abu Nada is an entrepreneur and strategist whose career spans from building community-based organizations in refugee camps to helping startups grow under Silicon Valley ecosystems. His work bridges social innovation and technology entrepreneurship, grounded in the belief that impact and market value can go hand in hand.

He is the founder of The Champ Camp, a social enterprise empowering refugee youth in Jordan through sports-based development and innovation enablement. He has mentored hundreds of startups, serves on advisory boards for NGOs, and engaged audiences in global forums from Tokyo and Beijing to Paris and Marrakech, sharing insights on innovation, entrepreneurship, and youth development.

Internationally recognized, Waleed is a Ford Foundation Global Fellow, part of a $50Million investment across 10 years supporting leaders advancing innovative solutions to the world's most pressing challenges. He is also a Global Fellow at Stanford University's AMENDS program. In 2018, he became the first Arab recipient of the Filippas Engel Award for his contributions to youth development and social innovation.

In his current role as Executive Director of Innovation at 7X, Waleed leads the design and launch of a portfolio of digital products and ventures across the region. Previously, he was a founding team member of Infinite pl, the digital arm of Saudi Post & Logistics, where he scaled a multi-venture innovation portfolio with government, corporate, and startup partners. Waleed is an IE University alumnus.